Limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) |
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Industry | Metallurgy |
Founded | 1635 as paintmill, Name changed to Nickelhütte at the start of the 20th century |
Headquarters | Aue (Sachsen), Germany |
Key people
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Managing Partner: Volker Carluss (since August 2008), Gert Windisch |
Number of employees
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about 400 |
Website | www.nickelhuette-aue.de/ |
The Nickelhütte Aue is a modern manufacturing site in East Germany for pure non-ferrous metals like nickel, copper, cobalt, molybdenum, vanadium and tungsten. It is descended from the historic Niederpfannenstiel Blue Colour Works (German: Blaufarbenwerk Niederpfannenstiel), a paintworks that was founded in 1635 by Veit Hans Schnorr in Pfannenstiel near Aue.
Coordinates: 50°21′03″N 12°25′49″E / 50.350806°N 12.430215°E