The precious metal business group processes gold, silver, platinum group metal, and special metals, primarily to produce industrial products for the mobility, communications, information technology, energy, and environmental sectors as well as the growing health care industry. W. C. Heraeus is a world leader in industrial precious metals and special metals. A global network of companies in Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa includes production facilities for all phases of precious metal production and refining. In addition, W. C. Heraeus holds a leading international position in industrial precious metal trading based on decades of expertise.
Precious Metals - W. C. Heraeus
Revenue:
Euro 1.881,3 million (Product Revenue)
Euro 12.994,0 million (Precious Metals Trading Revenue)
Employees: 4,824
(End of 2008)
W. C. Heraeus GmbH
Heraeusstr. 12-14
63450 Hanau, Germany
T: +49 (0) 6181.35-0
F: +49 (0) 6181.35-3131
wc-heraeus@heraeus.com
Heraeus Metallhandelsgesellschaft mbh
Heraeusstraße 12 – 14
63450 Hanau, Germany
T: + 49 (0) 6181.35-2750
F: + 49 (0) 6181.35-9444
edelmetallhandel@heraeus.com
9,200 MEGAWATTS
Photovoltaic systems around the world produced a total of more than 9,200 MWp of solar power in 2007. This output is comparable to the energy produced by a conventional power plant. Heraeus is developing a variety of products, such as infrared emitters, sputtering targets, and silver pastes, to support environmentally-friendly solar power production. Innovative products developed by Heraeus help saving energy in other fields as well.
The right coating on window glass helps save energy in modern homes and offices. Sputtering targets are used to apply coatings just a few nanometers thick to large surfaces.
