TPT September 2014

Industry News

Wuppermann planning a new plant in Hungary

Hungary Kft is under the responsibility of the holding company Wuppermann AG, assigned to the business unit flat products, and will be employing around 200 employees in Győr-Gönyű. Dr Carl Ludwig Theodor Wuppermann, chief financial officer and spokesman of the management board at Wuppermann, said: “As a family-owned company we do not aim short-term profit, but continuity. With the construction of our new plant in Hungary we are carrying out the largest investment in our 140-year company history. We are convinced that with this step we guarantee our customers an optimal long-term supply.” Dr Ing Peter Jongenburger, member of the board of management, business unit flat products, added: “Our new site in Hungary will operate on the highest technical level. I am glad that we can bring in our long-time experience from the existing plants in this site’s set-up and that we can even further improve production processes and procedures for our customers.” In the business unit flat products Wuppermann produces from hot- rolled strip steel, through pickling, galvanising, slitting and skin pass rolling, a tailor-made pre-product according to specific customer requirements. Customers include the automobile and construction industry as well as fitting engineering and silo construction. Likewise, the in-house areas tube production and modular

THE Wuppermann group has signed the leasing contract for a site in the Hungarian port of Győr-Gönyű. From mid-2016 a combined pickling and hot galvanising plant will start operating there. With this step the family-owned company ensures the regular customers of Wuppermann Bandstahl GmbH a seamless transition. The galvanising plant at the Wuppermann site in Linz, Austria, needs to be closed due to expiring leasing and supply contracts with voestalpine Stahl GmbH at the end of 2016. At the same time, the new plant in Hungary will serve the Austrian sites of Wuppermann in Altmünster and Judenburg. With an investment volume of nearly €100mn, the Wuppermann group is planning four production and logistics halls with a total area of about 32,000m² on the 80,000m² plot of land. The Hungarian site provides a trimodal transport connection so that supplies can result directly by truck, train and ship. The newly founded Wuppermann

A new plant is to be leased in Hungary

construction are delivered with specific slit strip. The Wuppermann Group, a medium- sized family enterprise with head office in Leverkusen, Germany, has operated successfully in the steel processing sector for more than 140 years. The product portfolio includes surface-coated flat products, tubes, tube components and sheet metal parts made of steel, stainless steel and aluminium for the electronics industry, the shop fitting and machine construction sectors, the medical technology sector, the furniture, food, packaging, vehicle, building and solar industries as well as water and waste water technology. The Wuppermann Group has ten production sites and 1,300 employees in Europe. In 2013 Wuppermann Group generated sales of approximately €544mn. The Wuppermann Group – Germany Website: www.wuppermann.com

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