Rockwood Specialties Group GmbH is primarily a holding company and additionally operates an active business through its branch hebro®chemie in Mönchengladbach, which develops, manufactures and sells chemical specialty products for surface treatment. hebro®chemie supplies about 4,400 customers with roughly 900 products in areas such as coagulating agents for paints, water treatment, metalworking fluids and cleaning and care products and is distributed via approximately 26 sales representatives nationwide. The company holds a 100% share in Chemetall GmbH, whose products have a market-leading position in surface technology. RSGG was acquired effective December 14, 2016 by the BASF group and is fully held by BASF Handels- und Exportgesellschaft mbH.
Erwerb und das Halten von Beteiligungen an anderen Unternehmen, die Entwicklung, die Herstellung und der Vertrieb von Industriechemikalien für die Metall-, Kunststoff- und/oder die Möbelindustrie sowie die Verwaltung eigenen Vermögens.
Converted using the official Destatis and Eurostat correspondence tables; ISIC Rev. 4 is the United Nations' international industry classification.
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Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Frankfurt am Main Local Court, HRB 57924 (as of 28 October 2026)
| Name | Type | City |
|---|---|---|
| Frank Naber | Geschäftsführer(in) | Greven |
| Michael Pontzen | Geschäftsführer(in) | Köln |
Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Frankfurt am Main Local Court, HRB 57924 (as of 28 October 2026)
| Year | Revenue | Profit | Balance | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | €36,371,668 | -€348,322 | €489,938,611 | 123 |
| 2022 | €34,423,477 | -€46,161,279 | €503,318,033 | 123 |
| 2021 | €30,802,750 | €319,843 | €503,954,574 | 120 |
| 2020 | €28,602,340 | -€1,273,626 | €508,172,443 | 126 |
| 2019 | €31,126,155 | -€12,830,031 | €507,103,713 | 126 |
| 2018 | €33,144,220 | -€35,598 | €516,227,375 | 122 |
| 2017 | €32,153,664 | -€2,618,143 | €582,639,580 | 110 |
| 2016 | €45,573,427 | €9,354,085 | €588,271,381 | 114 |
| 2015 | €29,493,451 | €386,090,482 | €2,639,099,751 | — |
| 2014 | €750,772,000 | €186,776,000 | €2,242,839,000 | 2,562 |
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Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Frankfurt am Main Local Court, HRB 57924 (as of 28 October 2026)
| Cost type | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cost of Goods Sold | €438,805,000 | 69.4% |
| Selling Costs | €111,318,000 | 17.6% |
| Admin Costs | €82,202,000 | 13.0% |
