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Dr. Steve Döring appointed CEO at APK AG

16. January 2024 All articles, Press releases

Merseburg, January 16, 2024. As APK AG’s newly appointed CEO, Dr. Steve Döring joins Chief Technology Officer Dr. Robert Marx and Chief Financial Officer Jürgen Schiffer in rounding out the company’s Management Board. ‘Joining APK AG in the midst of its leap to becoming a …

All systems go as APK prepares for the construction of their new large-scale Newcycling® plant.

14. December 2023 All articles, Press releases

Strong investors, successful certifications, agreement for product supply Merseburg, December 14, 2023. APK AG will bring in the new year with its corporate strategy stronger than ever. The company from Merseburg/Leuna, Germany, devoted itself in 2023 to putting in place key elements of its successful …

State Secretary Pötzsch visits APK in Merseburg

23. August 2023 All articles, News from APK

Merseburg, August 23, 2023. Stefanie Pötzsch, State Secretary in the Ministry of Economics, Tourism, Agriculture and Forestry of Saxony-Anhalt, visited the APK site in Merseburg on August 23. She was accompanied, among others, by Sven Czekalla, Member of the Saxony-Anhalt State Parliament, who had already …

Jürgen Schiffer is the new CFO of APK AG

27. July 2023 All articles, Press releases

Merseburg, July 27, 2023, Jürgen Schiffer has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) by the APK AG Supervisory Board. The proven expert for finance, value-added processes as well as transformation and change management comes from Meyer Burger Technology AG, which specializes in …

Minister of Economics Sven Schulze and international journalists at APK in Merseburg

09. June 2023 All articles, News from APK

Merseburg, June 09, 2023. Saxony-Anhalt’s Minister of Economics, Tourism, Agriculture and Forestry, Sven Schulze, was again a guest at APK in Merseburg on June 9, 2023. He had already visited the plant at the end of last year and familiarized himself with APK’s unique Newcycling® …

LyondellBasell and KIRKBI invest in APK to develop recycling technology

08. February 2023 All articles, Press releases

Merseburg, 08. Februar 2023. Rotterdam, Billund, Merseburg, February 8, 2023 – Today, LyondellBasell, a global leader in the chemical industry and KIRKBI A/S, the family-owned holding and investment company of the LEGO® brand, announce they have signed an agreement to make an investment in APK, …

State parliament member Sven Czekalla visits Merseburg plant

27. January 2023 All articles, News from APK

Merseburg, January 27, 2023. Staff, public transport, site search for the new plant: Susanne Küppers, CFO and a.i. CEO of APK AG, and Sven Czekalla, member of the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament, talked about these and other topics during the latter’s visit to the plant in …

Changes in the Management Board of APK AG

18. November 2022 All articles, Press releases

Merseburg, 17. November 2022. Today APK AG announced that Klaus Wohnig has resigned as CEO and chairman of the Management Board of APK AG for personal reasons and that Dr. Robert Marx will join as CTO and member of the Management Board, effective as of …

Acquisition of Clariant pilot plant secures APK’s position as forerunner in the plastics recycling industry

22. June 2022 All articles, Press releases

Merseburg, 22. June 2022. The acquisition of Clariant’s research and development unit is a crucial element in extending APK’s existing expertise in the production of top-quality products from polyethylene waste to include additional types of plastics. Among the goals is the creation of high-quality products …

APK AG acquires pilot plant in Frankfurt am Main

15. June 2022 All articles, Press releases

Merseburg / Frankfurt am Main, 15 June 2022. From linear to circular – the future of Clariant’s multi-purpose pilot plant in Frankfurt lies in the circular economy. Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH in Frankfurt am Main and APK AG in Merseburg have reached an agreement on …