improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message this article s tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on wikipedia . see wikipedia s guide to writing better articles for suggestions . february 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message ferrostaal gmbh type private company gmbh industry industrial services and machinery supply founded 1920 headquarters essen germany number of locations more than 40 countries worldwide area served global key people executive board dr. john benjamin schroeder dr. klaus lesker joachim ludwig ralf schwarzhaupt dr. michael b tter products petrochemicals printing machinery food processing and packaging converting etc services industrial services revenue 1 6 billion 2008 1 profit 100 million 2008 1 number of employees 4 400 2008 website ferrostaal.com this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . march 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message ferrostaal is a provider of industrial services . with 4 400 employees and an annual turnover of around euro 1 6 billion euro 2008 ferrostaal serves customers in more than 40 countries worldwide . ferrostaal provides industrial services in two areas projects petrochemicals industrial plants solar energy and power and services equipment piping automotive . in 2009 the international petroleum investment company ipic of abu dhabi has taken over 70 % of the shares of ferrostaal ag from man ag munich . due to the acquisition of the majority shares the company entered the commercial register as ferrostaal underlining its separation from the man group . 2 history edit ferrostaal was founded in the hague netherlands in 1920 . the steel trading company was bought by gutehoffnungsh tte aktienverein ghh in 1926 . ferrostaal expanded into many countries and from the 1950s onwards committed itself to worldwide steel trade . during the 1960s the company started to build industrial plants . until the end of the 1960s ferrostaal was also known as manufacturer of diesel railcars and railbuses . in 2004 it was renamed man ferrostaal . three years later the corporation sold two thirds of its steel business . in 2007 solar and biofuels were created as new strategic business areas . as a result of ipic taking over the majority of shares of man ferrostaal ag the company changed its name into ferrostaal ag . citation needed in march 2012 man se announced the sale of ferrostaal ag to the mpc group . 3 since march 2012 ferrostaal s new owner is mpc industries gmbh and the company s name has been changed to ferrostaal gmbh . references edit a b annual report of ferrostaal ag pdf . ferrostaal.com . 2008 . http www.ferrostaal.com uploads tx mfsmatrix mf jb 08 gb sec.pdf man . man and ipic close ferrostaal transaction . man.eu . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to ferrostaal railbus . official website website ferrostaal industrial projects website ferrostaal piping supply retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ferrostaal & oldid 727030911 categories man secompanies of germanyprivately held companies of germanyhidden categories articles needing additional references from february 2009all articles needing additional referenceswikipedia articles needing style editing from february 2008all articles needing style editingarticles with a promotional tone from march 2015all articles with a promotional toneall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2015commons category with local link same as on wikidataofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschespa olesperantoportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 26 june 2016 at 05 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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