type private gmbh founded 1994 ; 22 years ago 1994 in rudolstadt founder peter henkel headquarters rudolstadt germany number of locations 8 1 2015 area served worldwide key people jens henkel ulf henkel nadine henkel tim henkel products industrial plants turnkey facilities brands epc epcat epc inside pet epc petvantage epc variplant epc varipilot epc variyarn services engineering construction owners henkel family number of employees 300 2 2015 subsidiaries epc engineering consulting gmbh epc technology gmbh cryotec anlagenbau gmbh hi bauprojekt gmbh rmn ingenieure gmbh website epc.com epc group is a german engineering and construction company . 3 it builds large industrial plants and infrastructure projects around the world . 2 the history of the family business goes back to the 19th century and in the present form it exists since 1994 . 4 the headquarters of the epc group are located in rudolstadt thuringia . 2 1 2014 the epc group was named one of the top 100 innovators of the german mittelstand . 5 6 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit the roots of the epc group go back to 1873 7 when august oskar henkel registered business to the princedom of schwarzburg rudolstadt . 8 the purpose of the company was agricultural machinery engineering . 2 until 1933 the henkel family successfully produced several types of machines . after world war ii the company was discontinued but the owners kept working as engineers . 8 after the german reunification peter henkel founded the epc engineering consulting gmbh as a limited liability company gesellschaft mit beschr nkter haftung in 1993 . 9 the company began trading in 1994 . 8 the company was a spin off of the chemiefaserkombinat schwarza a former publicly owned operation volkseigener betrieb in east germany . 5 in the early days of the epc group the company recruited many employees of the chemiefaserkombinat schwarza particularly chemists and engineers . 10 some of them have worked for the engineering business unit of the th ringer faser ag 11 one of the successor companies of the chemiefaserkombinat schwarza . 12 the company s activities were crucial for the development of the chemiefaserkombinat schwarza to a modern industrial park for industries of all kind . 13 1995 peter henkel founded a second company named epc technology gmbh . 14 today both the epc engineering consulting gmbh and the epc technology gmbh as well as other companies are subsidiaries of the epc holding gmbh doing business as epc group . 7 15 ten years after its foundation the epc group and all of its subsidiaries had about 150 employees . in the following years exports continuously increased especially to the arab world asia and russia . 16 for example the epc group built a plant for plastic granulates in saudi arabia 17 which is one of the largest revamp projects in the world . 18 similar facilities for the production of polycarbonate have been built in china with a capacity of more than 100 000 tons per year . 19 these projects were recognized as important for both the company and the whole industry . 20 in 2009 the epc group acquired the cryotec anlagenbau gmbh a cryogenic plant construction company in wurzen saxony with roots going back to the year 1879 . 21 today the hi bauprojekt gmbh and rmn ingenieure gmbh are also part of the epc group . 4 operations edit the epc group builds turnkey facilities for chemicals polymers and fibers pharma and fine chemicals renewable energies technical gases and biotechnologies as well as infrastructure projects . 4 in addition to the design and construction the supervision of the commissioning and operation of industrial plants are an important part of the business . 3 most of the revenues come from projects in foreign countries . 22 the management board of the epc group consists of jens ulf nadine and tim henkel 4 the second generation of their family to run the company . 2 the headquarters of the epc holding gmbh which is the holding company of the epc group are in meuselbach schwarzm hle 23 where the machinery factory of august oskar henkel was located . 8 the epc group and all of its subsidiaries have locations in alzenau arnstadt gera jena leuna rudolstadt and wurzen as well as moscow . 1 another office in the thuringian state capital of erfurt is being planned . 24 since year 2000 the epc group is a member of the bundesverband mittelst ndische wirtschaft e.v. bvmw 11 a well known german association for small and medium sized enterprises . 25 the epc group continually supports regional sports teams for example the football club fc einheit rudolstadt . 26 27 references edit a b c contact . epc group . retrieved june 1 2016 . a b c d e industrieanlagen made in rudolstadt . ostth ringer zeitung in german . march 21 2016 . p. 22 . a b ranga yogeshwar ed . 2014 . innovationsasse ranga yogeshwar pr sentiert deutschlands innovationselite in german . munich redline . pp. 367 369 . isbn 978 3 86414 471 4 . a b c d about us . epc group . retrieved june 1 2016 . a b enzian heike july 30 2014 . jedes projekt ein unikat . ostth ringer zeitung in german . p. 4 . retrieved june 1 2016 . unter den top 100 des mittelstandes . th ringer allgemeine in german . july 4 2014 . p. 5 . a b unternehmer zu gast bei firma epc in rudolstadt . ostth ringer zeitung in german . march 12 2015 . p. 13 . a b c d turnkey plant construction & engineering services pdf . company presentation . epc group . april 8 2015 . pp. 6 9 . retrieved june 1 2016 . epc engineering consulting gmbh . company register . bundesanzeiger . may 3 1993 . retrieved june 1 2016 . amtsgericht jena hrb 203182 gubens industriegebiet soll sein gesicht ver ndern . lausitzer rundschau in german . november 30 2000 . a b epc rudolstadt mitglied im bvmw . ostth ringer zeitung in german . september 9 2000 . m ller hanno july 19 2012 . verkauft an windige investoren aus indien . ostth ringer zeitung in german . p. 3 . wo kaum ein stein auf dem anderen blieb . lausitzer rundschau in german . september 27 2001 . epc engineering consulting gmbh . company register . bundesanzeiger . june 12 1995 . retrieved june 1 2016 . amtsgericht jena hrb 205326 ganzheitliche l sungen im anlagenbau . process in german . vol . 872 . may 12 2009 . p. 33 . geplant betreut berwacht . lausitzer rundschau in german . june 1 2005 . retrieved june 1 2016 . probebetrieb in saudi arabien . th ringer allgemeine in german . april 8 2009 . p. 6 . wolf dieter bose april 8 2009 . richtung mekka . th ringer allgemeine in german . jentsch bernd may 28 2013 . chinesische unternehmen schaffen arbeitspl tze in th ringen . th ringer allgemeine in german . p. 3 . l cke dieter june 17 2015 . rudolst dter machen mit anlage in fernost einen gro en schritt . th ringische landeszeitung in german . p. 4 . retrieved june 11 2016 . stadtrat diskutiert ber cryotec cryotec seit 1879 in wurzen . leipziger volkszeitung in german . november 8 2011 . p. 16 . girwert florian november 8 2014 . 90 prozent der arbeit finden im ausland statt . th ringische landeszeitung in german . p. 5 . epc holding gmbh . company register . bundesanzeiger . may 3 1993 . retrieved june 1 2016 . amtsgericht jena hrb 209586 ber 300 neue wohnungen und ein b rogeb ude entstehen auf der lingel fl che in erfurt . th ringer allgemeine in german . april 21 2016 . retrieved june 11 2016 . bundesverband mittelst ndische wirtschaft . retrieved june 1 2016 . gerlach hartmut august 14 2003 . vereinsgeschichte in ber 200 programmheften . ostth ringer zeitung in german . gerlach hartmut october 18 2004 . einheit rudolstadt mit kluger taktik . ostth ringer zeitung in german . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title epc group & oldid 735627938 categories 1993 establishmentscompanies based in thuringiaengineering companies of germanyhidden categories cs1 german language sources de pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersofficial website 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