Orion Engineered Carbons Celebrates 125th Anniversary of Its Cologne, Germany Facility and Its Legacy of Innovation
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Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. (NYSE: OEC), a global supplier of specialty and high-performance carbon black, announced today the 125th anniversary of its manufacturing facility in Cologne, Germany.
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- Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. (NYSE: OEC), a global supplier of specialty and high-performance carbon black, announced today the 125th anniversary of its manufacturing facility in Cologne, Germany.
- Congratulations go out to all of our Cologne employees on this extraordinary and historic milestone, said Dr. Sandra Niewiem, Senior Vice President EMEA and Global Specialty.
- Orions origins go back to 1862, when August Wegelin, a German entrepreneur, founded a carbon black plant in the center of Cologne.
- In 1895, after three decades of rapid growth, the facility was relocated to its current site south of the city.