GEA Group
 
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GEA Heat Exchangers

GEA Mechanical Equipment

GEA Process Engineering

GEA Refrigeration Technologies

 

Factsheet GEA Group

The GEA Group: German MDAX company – focused and globally successful

  • 2009 sales around EUR 4.4 billion
  • over 20,000 employees in over 250 companies in 50 countries
  • around 80% of sales outside Germany, regions with highest levels of sales: Europe, America, Asia

Core technologies

  • Heat exchange: Heating, cooling, freezing
  • Exchange of material: Separating, drying/heating, distilling, pumping/dosing, agglomerating/packaging

Markets

Food Dairy sector Beverages
Energy
.
Breweries
.
Pharmaceuticals &
Cosmetics
Chemicals Environment Marine

Corporate strategy

  • Active in markets with fundamental growth-drivers: continuous global population growth, rising incomes in emerging economies, growing demand for higher quality foodstuffs, beverages, and pharmaceutical products, rising demand for energy
  • Close to the market, agile, and decentralized
  • Clear separation of operational and strategic levels
  • Efficient structures

Corporate Structure

GEA Farm Technologies GEA Heat Exchangers GEA Mechanical Equipment GEA Process Engineering GEA Refrigeration Technologies GEA Farm Technologies GEA Heat Exchangers GEA Mechanical Equipment GEA Process Engineering GEA Refrigeration Technologies

Executive Board

Jürg Oleas, Chairman of the Executive Board
(GEA Heat Exchangers, GEA Farm Technologies, Work Director)
Dr. Helmut Schmale
CFO (“Other” Segment)
Niels Graugaard
(GEA Mechanical Equipment, GEA Process Engineering, GEA Refrigeration Technologies)

Acquisitions 2009

  • Eurotek Engineering, United Kingdom
    Food freezing equipment
  • Intec, USA
    Carton freezing and chilling systems
  • DB Wilaard Holding, The Netherlands
    Barn equipment
  • Ion Blast, Finnland
    Electrostatic precipitator technology
History
1881 Founding of Metallgesellschaft AG (MG) as a metals trading company
1920 Founding of Gesellschaft für Entstaubungsanlagen (GEA)
1989 GEA floats on the stockmarket
1992 MG acquires Dynamit Nobel AG
1999 MG acquires GEA AG
2000 Metallgesellschaft AG becomes mg technologies ag
2003 Strategic reorientation of the Group towards specialist mechanical engineering
2005 Renaming of mg technologies ag as GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft
2007 Sale of the Plant Engineering business
2010 New group structure, centralization of all heat exchanger activities

The GEA share

  • WKN 660 200, ISIN DE0006602006, Xetra G1A.DE, Reuters G1AG.DE, Bloomberg G1A.GR,
  • Shares in issue: 183.8 million on Dec. 31, 2009
  • 2009 share price low: EUR 7.34
  • 2009 share price high: EUR 15.62

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44809 Bochum
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www.geagroup.com

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