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Company Presentation
The group’s vision
provides guidance and direction
HCS Group is a leading global
provider of solutions for high value
specialty Hydrocarbons
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HCS Group was formed from two of the oldest
chemical companies in the world
Carless starts to sell a
volatile petroleum distillate
and names it 'Petrol’
1859
Petrochem UK acquires
Carless from Repsol-YPF
Group to form
Petrochem Carless
1870
1964
Carless, Capel &
Leonard was formed
by Eugene Carless
2000
Harwich
refinery is
commissioned
Johann Haltermann
GmbH is founded
in Hamburg
2004
2013
Managament
Buy-Out
Speyer refinery is
commissioned
1912
Gasoline production is
launched in Hamburg
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Dow Chemical
acquires Haltermann
2011
2001
1965
1898
Haltermann
Holding acquires
Petrochem Carless
H.I.G. Europe
acquires Haltermann
Products from Dow
Chemical
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HCS Group – A global leader
with a growing global footprint
Whitmore
Lake, MI
Gunness
Detroit, MI
Los Angeles, CA
Charlotte, NC
Harwich
Leatherhead
Antwerpen
Houston, TX
Brownsville, TX
Facts and Figures HCS Group:
• 420 employees
• 5 sites
• Harwich, UK
• Speyer, Germany
• Gunness, UK
• Hamburg, Germany
• Bourgtheroulde Infreville, France
• Sales offices in Germany, UK, Belgium and USA
• Headquarter in Frankfurt/Main, Germany
• Sales to >90 countries worldwide
• Sales: €600m (2014)
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Bourgtheroulde
Hamburg
Frankfurt
Speyer
Saarbrücken
Office and/or production
Headquarters
Storage location and/or
toll blender
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HCS Group combines expertise in speciality- and
petrochemicals
Speciality &
Performance
Chemicals
Petrochemicals
Know-how
transfer
Key Success Factors
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Performance Driven
Broad Portfolio
High Flexibility
Tailored Products & Technical Service
Flexible Supply Chain
Reliability
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Key Success Factors
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Price Driven
Narrow Portfolio
Economy of Scale - max. asset utilization
Standard Products
Lean supply chain
Reliability
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HCS Group serves industries
benefiting from global megatrends
Megatrend
Description
Industries
Urbanization &
Mobility
Changing Energy Mix
Increasing global mobility
Optimized Engines and Fuel consumption
Automotive
Aviation
Knowledge &
Information Society
Prevalence of knowledge as basis for economic
value
Increasing automation
Faster information & knowledge transfer
Electronics
Media
Climate change &
Resource Scarcity
Energy security and optimized consumption
Shortages of resources (water, energy)
Construction & Appliances
Exploration
Oil Services
Renewables
Demographic &
Social Change
Population growth, aging societies, demographic
shift
Growing expectations for health and wellness
Increased specific crop yields
Pharma
Agro
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To address the specific requirements of the diverse
range of industries served…
19%
Oil & Gas
Mining & Drilling
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Pharma & Agro
Automotive
Electronics
Appliances
Construction
Printing
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HCS Group centers its operating model on seven
dedicated business lines…
Business
Line
Oil & Gas
Products
Middle
Distillates
Special
Aromatics
Automotive
Products
A diverse product
portfolio..
Diverse chemical
feed-stocks
processed from
gas condensate
Printing ink
distillates,
paraffinic solvents,
drilling mud oils,
pilot oils, process
oils
High purity C10
and C12 aromatics
Screen-wash,
brake fluids, antifreeze
..for widespread
applications..
Feed-stocks for
chemical
processing,
heating oil,
kerosene
Mining and
drilling, process
industry, Offset
printing industry
High Purity
Solvents in agrochemical and
pharma
applications, fuel
additives
Post-warranty and
OEM automotive
applications
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…that provide expertise and product and
application focus
Business
Line
Performance
Solvents
Performance
Fuels
Pentanes
A diverse product
portfolio..
Aliphatic
hydrocarbons
offered in purities
>95% and >99%
Test & Reference
Fuels, CEC
reference fuels,
formulated
contract fuels
n- & iso-pentanes,
cyclopentanes,
purity of 95%,
pentane blends
..for widespread
applications..
Pharmaceuticals,
electronics,
agrochemicals,
laboratory
applications
Automotive and
aerospace industry
Wide range of
uses in testing of
engines and
components
Halogen free
blowing agents in
polyurethane and
styrene
refrigeration,
cosmetics, catalyst
carriers,
insulation…
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Five Industry Cluster serve to align efforts, search
for new opportunities and lift synergies
Industry
Cluster
Business Lines
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Automotive &
Aviation
Exploration &
Oil Services
•Performance
Fuels
•Oil & Gas
Products
•Automotive
Products
•Middle
Distillates
•Special
Aromatics
•Automotive
Products
•Oil & Gas
Products
•Special
Aromatics
Construction &
Appliances
•Pentanes
•Middle
Distillates
Life Sciences
Media &
Electronics
•Special
Aromatics
•Performance
Solvents
•Performance
Solvents
•Middle
Distillates
•Middle
Distillates
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HCS Group’s manufacturing model is based on high
flexibility to produce various speciality hydrocarbons
Gas
Crude
Oil
Naphtha
Kerosene
Refinery
Light
Products
Middle
Distillates
Heavy
Products
Gas
(physical
&
chemical
Processing)
Product Portfolio
Splitter
Aromatics
Heating Oil
Base Oils
Gas
Separation
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Paraffinic
Products
Diesel
Light Heating
Oil
HCS
Operations
After Treatment
Tailoring
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HCS Group operates five state-of-the-art
production facilities
Gunness
River access to North
Sea
• Purpose built
antifreeze blending
plant.
• Strong distribution
network, road/ship
• Blending & storage
Gunness
Harwich
Hamburg
Hamburg
Situated in Hamburg
Harbour – a global
hub
• Direct access to Elbe
River
• Site serviced by
road, rail, barges
and sea
• Blending & storage
Speyer
Harwich
Located at Harwich
port
• Strategic location to
serve customers in
the North Sea and
Northern Europe
• Good transport
links, road/rail/ship
• Processing, blending
and storage
Bourgetheroulde
Speyer
Well-placed at the
Rhine River
• Located just 20 km
from the largest
chemical facility in
Europe (BASF
Ludwigshafen)
• Site serviced by
road, rail, and
barges
• Processing, blending
and storage
Bourgtheroulde
Infreville
located close to Le Havre
• Site serviced by road,
• Blending & storage
Performance Fuels
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HCS Group sells to more than 90 countries
worldwide
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HCS Group has extended its offering of products
based on renewables
• HCS Group serves products based on Bio-Naphtha for all applications
• HCS Group offers 2nd Generation Bio- Ethanol for e.g. cosmetics or as fuelcomponent
• HCS Group co-operates with major OEMs in the Automotive industry to
reduce CO2 footprint and to fulfill new EU norms
• HCS Group is able to provide these innovative solutions from lab scale for
first application tests to large production volumes
• HCS Group sells those products under its ‘Eco’-brand
The combination of reliability, over 125 years of tradition
and expertise and the access to new technologies make
HCS Group the favoured industry partner
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HCS Group – Strong heritage of brands,
symbols for quality and success
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What our business partners value
Our
quality
• We produce superior products
Our
reliability
• We stand by our customers by doing our utmost to deliver
on time
Our
responsiveness
• We adapt our production – even on short notice – to our
customers‘ requirements
Our
technical skills
• Our broad technological know-how makes us an ideal
partner for new product development
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