Annual Report 2008 English [PDF, 2.69 MB] - Tessenderlo Group

annual report 2008
Highlights of 2008
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March
Eurocell, a UK subsidiary company
of Tessenderlo Group and British
market leader for the production and
distribution of pvc profiles, acquires
the distributor Peninsula Plastics and
reinforces its position in the North West
of England.
April
Eurocell acquires the assets of Sprint
1233, formerly Plastmo Profiles Ltd
(Northampton, UK). This acquisition
will secure Eurocell’s position as the
number one PVC-window profiles
extruder in the UK, as well as
complementing its existing product
range
Tessenderlo Group sets up a Shared
Service Centre (SSC) in Leuven
(Belgium) to centralise its accounting
department at the European level. The
aim of the SSC is to further optimise all
its accounting processes and systems
and standardise and harmonise them.
The expansion of SSC will take place
gradually between 2008 and 2011.
September
Tessenderlo Group announces
changes in management, effective as
from 1 January 2009. Frank Coenen
is appointed Chief Operating Officer
(COO) of Tessenderlo Group. He will
lead the business groups Chemicals,
Plastics Converting and Specialities,
that respectively will be headed by
Pol Deturck, Albert Vasseur and Jan
Vandendriessche
October
Tessenderlo Group acquires the
Dutch company Nyloplast Europe
BV. Nyloplast manufactures
large-diameter plastic fittings for
pressureless pipe systems used for
draining sewage and rain water. This