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Profile
Founded in 1998
Number of employees 40
Equity (in EUR million) 2.553
Financing needs (in EUR million) 2-3
Positive result from 2009
Revenues in 2010 (in EUR million) 7.775
Revenues in 2011 (in EUR million) 7.269
Revenues in 2012 (e) (in EUR million) 7.3
Revenues in 2013 (e) (in EUR million) 10.5
Contact
Contact person Heinz Schelwat
Phone +49-(0) 43 23-91 09-13
E-mail Schelwat@sea-sun-tech.com
Website www.sea-sun-tech.com
Address Arndstrasse 9-13
24610 Trappenkamp
Germany
Business field
Sea & Sun Technology (SST) was founded in 1998 with
three individuals. Now, we have 40 employees, generate an
annual turnover of EUR 8.7 million (2011) and have a total
research and development subsidy volume of EUR 4.3 million.
For our four main divisions (Organic, Marinetec, Energy
and Solutions), we have subsidiaries and distribution partners
all over the world. In 2012, SST was certified in line
with ISO 9001 by Germanischer Lloyd. In the marine field,
our focus lies on developing and manufacturing high-end
sensors, instruments, software and data collection platforms
for monitoring and testing water quality, as well as
creating environmental technologies. The integrated sea
and ocean technology solutions we deliver to our customers
are tailored to their specific needs and enable them
to obtain significant data about the quality of water. Beyond
our products, we forge lasting relationships with national
and international customers thanks to our dedicated cus-
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Sea & Sun Technology GmbH
Biotechnology
tomer service, which includes technical application assistance
and service support.
Strategic market position
Based on our core competences in the fields of aquatic
measurement techniques and energy technology, and
inspired by the economic success of the previous years, we
decided to enter a new industry by going GREEN. We
devote our energies to green biotechnology, specifically
microalgae biotechnology, which is a booming branch with
enormous economic potential and a whole host of different
applications. Our mission is to develop and establish
microalgae culturing systems which enable the set-up of
sustainable energy-efficient production facilities. We are
currently in the process of building an industrial-scale
microalgae culture facility. Making the most of existing
economic trails and more than 50 years of academic
research, we put a great deal of effort into a novel product
design and developing advanced marketing strategies
together with our partners.
Management
Management
is organised by
SST GmbH.
The managing
directors for
this field are
Dr. Karsten
Pankratz and
Heinz Schel-
Dr. Karsten Pankratz
Heinz Schelwat
wat. The technical
management is performed by the biologists Dr. Hoffmann
and Dr. Schwarz.
Planned investment, shareholders / investors
The investment for the first plant is about EUR 3 million. The
plan is to involve external investors to build up an industrial
plant measuring 5,000 sqm, as well as up-scaling to bigger
sizes to produce biodiesel kerosene. Research and dis -
cussions with international partners are well underway. At
present, SST is the sole shareholder.