Facts and figures
| Headquarters |
Monheim, Germany
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| Production and service sites |
About 30 all over the world
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| Customers |
Business contacts in more than 100 countries
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| Employees |
arround 8,000
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| Annual sales 2006 |
3,372 million euros
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| Business units |
Specialty chemicals based on natural, renewable raw materials for the modern wellness, nutrition and health markets, detergents and cleaners, paints and coatings, agriculture, synlubes technology, and numerous other industrial markets.
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| Market position |
Market leader in several segments
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| History |
Chemical Products business of Henkel KGaA, Düsseldorf, for around 70 years
1999 “carve-out” – Cognis becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of Henkel KGaA.
Since 2001, Cognis has been an independent company owned by the private equity investor groups Permira, Goldman Sachs, and SV Life Sciences.
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