Nabaltec_E_GB2016

T R O P E R T N E M E G A N A M D E T A D I L O S N O C 28 DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE In addition, the company operates four service departments as profit and cost centers. The company’s divisions will undergo a partial reorganization in Financial Year 2017. With the market segment “Environmental Engineering,” Nabaltec concentrates on the development of new raw materials for energy storage, electro mobility and catalysis. BUSINESS DIVISIONS Functional Fillers: ■ Flame Retardants ■ Additives ■ Environmental Technique Technical Ceramics: ■ Ceramic Raw Materials ■ Ceramic Bodies SERVICE CENTERS ■ Administrative Services ■ Controlling/Finance ■ Technical Services ■ Laboratory Services Nabaltec is one of the leading suppliers of flame- retardant fillers 1.2 OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES For the further development of the company, Nabaltec AG focuses on the following objectives and core strategic areas: 1. QUALITY LEADERSHIP AND A MARKET SHARE AMONG THE RESPECTIVE TOP THREE SUPPLIERS IN THE TARGET MARKETS Fire safety concerns within the plastics and cable & wire industry will continue growing in the years to come, which is supported by recent market research results by, among others, Roskill and Freedonia. Halogenated flame-retardant fillers will increasingly be replaced by non- halogenated fillers. In order to benefit from this trend disproportionately and to gain mar- ket leadership within this segment, we have specifically expanded our production capacity for ATH-based flame-retardant fillers. Today, Nabaltec is already one of the world’s leading suppliers in this area. In the ceramic raw materials segment, the market for reactive alumina is developing over proportionally well due to increasing refractory industry quality requirements. Markets for technical ceramics and the abrasives industry also continue to show solid growth. Nabaltec responds to this growth by expanding its marketing activities. We are already market-leader in aluminum-oxide based readily available ceramic bodies for highly specialized applications in technical ceramics, due to, among others, the state-of-the- art production facility for granulated ceramic bodies in Schwandorf. |||| Nabaltec AG | Annual Report 2016

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