enkelfähig: creating value for generations
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Values and Core Behaviors
Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH has been successful for 260 years and is owned by the Haniel family.
The prerequisite for this success was and is a high degree of creative will and willingness to change. With all this dynamism, firmly anchored principles ensure that we remain in balance: The Haniel values serve as a basis for us, they define who we are. The Haniel Core Behaviors give us the guidelines for our daily business – they define our way of working.
Sustainable business models
Sustainability is not an end in itself:
we are convinced that above-average returns can be generated with sustainable business models. We want to create value for many generations. To achieve this, we focus on the performance of our portfolio and set ourselves clear, ambitious goals: We want to achieve a total return of more than nine percent in the medium term, thereby outperforming the capital market.
Facts & Figures 2019
4533
EUR million revenue
255
EUR million operating profit
19302
Annual average number of employees
How we create value
Haniel is transforming itself from a classic portfolio manager to a strategic architect who actively develops companies.
With the Haniel Operating Way (HOW), we are creating operational guidelines for the continuous development of our portfolio. It focuses on process and customer orientation in order to achieve operational excellence in each of our business units.
History
Our history began more than 262 years ago in Duisburg-Ruhrort – and even today we are still driving forward new courageous business models from here. Just as the founder personalities Aletta Haniel and her sons Franz and Gerhard showed us.
About Haniel
Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH is a leading German family equity company that has been headquartered in Duisburg-Ruhrort since it was founded in 1756. From then onwards the 100 per cent family-owned holding company has managed its diversified portfolio and has pursued a unique investment strategy as a value developer with a vigorous alignment to sustainability criteria and a clear performance orientation. Haniel’s portfolio currently consists of seven divisions that have independent responsibility for operational business, each with a market-leading position in their sector:
BekaertDeslee, CWS, ELG, Emma – The Sleep Company, Optimar, ROVEMA and TAKKT. In addition, there is a financial investment in CECONOMY. In 2019, the Haniel Group generated sales of EUR 4.5 billion with around 19,300 employees. At Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH capital and management are clearly separate. Since the start of the 20th century, the company’s approximately 720 shareholders have transferred corporate management to external managers.