Metall-Chemie

Metall-Chemie is a German family-owned industrial holding company headquartered in Hamburg. It was founded in 1949 as a trading company and was originally part of the Paris-based Lubovitch group, which had been established in the 1920s and already operated branches in North and South America as well as Australia. In its early years, Metall-Chemie traded exclusively in raw materials such as ores and semi-finished metal products. The product range was later expanded to include chemical raw materials and refractory products for industry. These trading activities formed the nucleus of today's Metall-Chemie Group, which is now led by Metall-Chemie Holding GmbH and has remained in private ownership since its founding. Today, the Metall-Chemie Group describes itself as a globally active, diversified corporate group with economically independent, decentrally organized business areas. The group comprises various medium-sized production and trading companies in the segments of metal chemicals, surface coatings, stainless steel solutions, transport technology and metal trading. Its subsidiaries include Metall-Chemie GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg), Märtens Transportbänder GmbH (Flensburg), MC Metallhandel GmbH (Frankfurt am Main), Zimmer Schrott- und Metallhandels GmbH (Hürth), MC Oberflächentechnik GmbH (Hamburg), G.S. Stolpen GmbH & Co. KG (Stolpen), and Sudametal S.A. (Buenos Aires, Argentina), among others. The holding company positions itself as a strategic parent that develops its subsidiaries and actively supports them with coaching, consulting and controlling. Beyond selecting and appointing managing directors, Metall-Chemie Holding assists with the definition of corporate strategy, corporate organization, financing and general business questions. Acquisition projects are pursued jointly with the operating management teams. A small team of qualified employees in the areas of controlling, taxes & accounting, and human resources supports the management of the holding and its subsidiaries, ensuring efficiency through short communication and decision-making paths. As a family business focused on successful medium-sized individual companies, Metall-Chemie follows a needs-oriented financing and retention policy within the group. This strengthens the affiliated companies and enables investments and sustainable growth. It also provides access to financial and know-how resources that medium-sized companies often cannot reach on their own. The group operates at various locations worldwide, with activities spanning production and trading.

Metall-Chemie was founded in 1949 as a trading company in Hamburg. It was originally part of the Lubovitch group, headquartered in Paris, which had been established in the 1920s and already maintained branches in North and South America as well as Australia. In its first years, the company traded exclusively in raw materials in the form of ores and semi-finished metal products. The range was subsequently expanded to include trading in chemical raw materials and refractory products for industry. These trading activities formed the nucleus of today's Metall-Chemie Group, which is now led by Metall-Chemie Holding and has remained in private ownership since its founding. Over the decades, the group evolved from a pure trading house into a diversified industrial group. Today, the Metall-Chemie Group is a globally operating, diversified corporate group with economically independent, decentrally organized business areas. It comprises various medium-sized production and trading companies in the segments of metal chemicals, surface coatings, stainless steel solutions, transport technology and metal trading. The holding company, Metall-Chemie Holding GmbH, is based in Hamburg and acts as the strategic parent. It develops its subsidiaries strategically and actively supports them with coaching, consulting and controlling. In addition to selecting and appointing managing directors, the holding assists with corporate strategy, organization, financing and general questions, and pursues acquisition projects jointly with the operating management teams. A small team in controlling, taxes & accounting, and human resources supports the management of the holding and its subsidiaries, ensuring efficiency through short communication and decision-making paths. As a family business focused on successful medium-sized individual companies, Metall-Chemie follows a needs-oriented financing and retention policy within the group. This strengthens the affiliated companies and enables investments and sustainable growth, while providing access to financial and know-how resources that medium-sized companies often cannot reach on their own. The group is represented at various locations worldwide. According to Wikipedia, the Metall-Chemie Holding holds interests in numerous subsidiaries, including Metall-Chemie GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg, 100%), Verwaltung Metall-Chemie Handelsgesellschaft mbH (Hamburg, 100%), Deutsche Handels-Compagnie GmbH (Hamburg, 100%), Märtens Transportbänder GmbH (Flensburg, 100%), MC Metallhandel GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, 90%), Zimmer Schrott- und Metallhandels GmbH (Hürth, 70%), MC Transporttechnik GmbH (Hamburg, 90%), Verwaltung Metall-Chemie Grundstücksgesellschaft mbH (Hamburg, 100%), Sudametal S.A. (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 95%), Sudamercantil S.A. (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 94.7%), MC Chemietechnik GmbH (Hamburg, 100%), Metall-Chemie Technologies GmbH (Hamburg, 100%), Metall-Chemie China Company Ltd. (Shanghai, China, 100%), MC Oberflächentechnik GmbH (Hamburg, 90%), ALSTAB Oberflächentechnik GmbH (Osterwieck, 100%), L&P Beschichtungen GmbH (Hilkenbrook, 100%), Timm Lackierungen GmbH (Hamburg, 100%), G.S. Stolpen GmbH & Co. KG (Stolpen, 100%), and G.S. Verwaltungs GmbH (Stolpen, 100%).

• 1949

  Metall-Chemie founded as a trading company in Hamburg, part of the Paris-based Lubovitch group.

• Product range expanded from ores and semi-finished metal products to chemical raw materials and refractory products.

• Metall-Chemie Group evolves into a globally active diversified corporate group with decentralized business areas.

Family-owned, decentralized industrial holding focused on medium-sized production and trading companies in metal-related segments, providing strategic, financial and know-how support to its subsidiaries.

• Metal chemicals

• Surface coatings

• Stainless steel solutions

• Transport technology

• Metal trading

• Chemical raw materials

• Refractory products

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