Hamburg-Based Trading Company
The Feddersen Group has a long and distinguished history in the field of chemical distribution, trading and production. It started out in 1949 as a small Hamburg-based trading company and is now an international group of companies with offices around the world and almost 900 employees across the globe.
Find out how this worldwide company grew from its base in Hamburg to an international organisation with offices spanning the globe. Here are some of the Feddersen Group’s most important historical milestones.
1949
Karl Detlef Feddersen establishes K.D. Feddersen & Co., specialised in the distribution of chemical products
1952
Karl Detlef Feddersen acquires Norddeutsche Ueberseegesellschaft in Hamburg, a trading company for technical products founded in 1919
1955
K.D. Feddersen & Co. starts to distribute plastics
1958
After the passing of Karl Detlef Feddersen, K.D. Feddersen Foundation becomes sole owner of the Feddersen Group
1968
K.D. Feddersen & Co. signs a distribution contract for the distribution of the plastics portfolio with HOECHST AG
1979
Along with Uwe Voß, Feddersen Group establishes Voß Edelstahlhandel GmbH
1985
K.D. Feddersen Holding GmbH becomes owner of Feddersen Group. K.D. Feddersen Foundation, now sole owner of the holding, concentrates on its role as a non-profit public benefit organisation
1988
Acquisition of Plastverarbeitung Eich, a manufacturer of engineering plastics, based in Niederzissen, Germany. Name changed to AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH in 1992
1992
Acquisition of Schlubach Group, international trading firm, founded in 1867
1998
Formation of K.D.F. Distribution (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China
2002
AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH moved to the new production facility in Niederzissen, Germany
2003
K.D. Feddersen GmbH & Co. KG acquires distribution rights for the French market, thereby creating K.D. Feddersen France
2003
Foundation of AF-COLOR as a branch of AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH
2004
AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH establishes AKRO Engineering Plastics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. as its manufacturing base in Tongli, Jiangsu province, China
2006
By founding Voss Stainless UK Ltd., Voß Edelstahlhandel GmbH & Co. KG establishes its first subsidiary after opening branch offices in Germany, Austria and France
2007
K.D. Feddersen enters the Nordic market with the acquisition of Materialdepån Norden AB, now K.D. Feddersen Norden AB, based in Värnamo, Sweden
2009
Foundation of K.D. Feddersen UK Ltd. in Birmingham, UK
2009
Foundation of FEDDEM GmbH & Co. KG in Sinzig, Germany
2010
Relocation of AKRO Engineering Plastics Co., Ltd. to its new production site at Wujiang, Jiangsu province, China
2012
AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH opens the new production facility in Niederzissen, Germany
2012
Foundation of K.D. Feddersen Vietnam Co., Ltd.
2013
Foundation of K.D. Feddersen CEE GmbH in Vienna, Austria
2013
Acquisition of PolyComp GmbH in Norderstedt, Germany
2014
Foundation of AKRO-PLASTIC do Brasil Indústria e Comércio de Polimeros de Desempenho Ltda. in São Paulo, Brazil
2014
Foundation of BIO-FED as a branch of AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH
2016
Foundation of K.D. Feddersen Singapore Pte. Ltd.
2016
Acquisition of Forvema AB in Kinna, Sweden
2018
Acquisition of M.TEC Ingenieurgesellschaft für kunststofftechnische Produktentwicklung mbH.
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