1927 then known as soci t continentale parker headquarters villeneuve la garenne france area served worldwide key people dr. t. costa chief executive officer torsten becker chief financial officer products specialty chemicals for surface finishing revenue approx 120 million euros 1 number of employees 500 approx website www.coventya.com coventya group is an international specialty chemicals company which provides electrolytic surface finishing including the processes relating to metal deposits through chemical reduction such as electroless nickel plating . these processes are used in the so called gmf general metal finishing industry . 2 surface finishing is used in various industries such construction sanitary fashion luxury goods electronic or oil industry . the group is present in more than 40 countries and employs more than 500 people 2013 . its global turnover is about 120 million euros . 3 the group was created in 1927 as soci t continentale parker . 4 the company was formerly part of the chemetall group located in frankfurt germany . coventya is represented worldwide with production sites in brazil italy germany united kingdom india south korea china mexico and the usa . major competitors of coventya are the us based companies enthone and macdermid . contents 1 history 2 capital structure 3 production sites 4 turnover 5 products 6 references 7 see also history edit coventya s history is linked to soci t continentale parker in clichy 92 france . in 1927 four aviation pioneers louis paulhan enea bossi pierre prier and robert det created soci t continentale parker on the basis of a license for parkerisation from parker rust proof in detroit mi usa . 5 in 1930 continentale parker started its plating activities based on a license agreement of udylite also from detroit . the first licensed product introduced into the market was an organic brightener for cadmium plating . during the 1960s continentale parker specialized in the plating of precious metals due to the distribution of sel rex processes of nutley nj usa . 6 in 1965 the german group metallgesellschaft ag acquired most of the shares of soci t continentale parker . later on it was integrated into chemetall gmbh created in 1984 in order to regroup all of its specialty chemicals activities . 7 the internationalization began with the setting up of electroplating departments in chemetall benelux and spain followed in 1988 by a new external development policy targeted towards western europe barattini italy 1989 8 polar italy 1993 9 tecs france 1994 10 pelidag france 1995 11 weiland germany 1996 12 the group eliminated the diversity of names by creating a new single identity in 1998 chemetall plating technologies . the risky speculations of metallgesellschaft on oil futures in 1993 eventually caused it to separate from the plating activity and led to the sale of the business in 2000 which then became coventya . 13 coventya continued to pursue the globalization trend favoring the external development of the company by acquisition folke stigen sweden 2001 14 mcgean rohco mexico 2002 15 cgt auromet italy 2002 16 cgl quimica brazil 2003 17 sirius technologies usa 2004 18 coventya suzhou chemicals china 2006 19 taskem usa 2007 20 palojoki finland 2008 plating business of chemetall rai india 2011 21 molecular technologies uk 2012 22 ecostar co. ltd south korea 2012 23 capital structure edit after the acquisition of soci t continentale parker in 1965 chemetall gmbh was created in 1982 in order to manage all specialty chemicals of the group.chemetall was then integrated in dynamit nobel in 1992 the new subsidiary of metallgesellschaft . in 2000 the activity became independent after an mbo management buy out with the support of quadriga capital frankfurt for the equity financing . after the exit of quadriga in 2006 the french bank natixis via its subsidiary ixen took over the role of majority shareholder . 24 a special feature of the structure was a significant shareholding of employees in the capital of the company . in 2011 barclays private equity renamed equistone partners europe took over the majority of the shares and the role of ixen in its holding coventya holding sas with a registered office located in clichy france . 25 since 2012 coventya s headquarters are located in villeneuve la garenne near paris . 26 production sites edit g tersloh germany 27 villorba italy 28 agliana italy 29 wolverhampton uk 30 cleveland ohio usa mexico city 31 caxias do sul brazil 32 suzhou china 33 pune india 34 ansan south korea 35 tampoi malaysia turnover edit the turnover distribution in 2013 was as follows europe 57 % americas 29 % asia 14 % products edit coventya develops manufactures and distributes a complete range of products for the plating industry such as corrosion protection zinc and zinc alloys conversion coatings without chrome vi and top coats . decoration copper nickel chrome and their alloys functional electroless nickel 36 and hard chrome precious metals complete range of pure metals and their alloys gold silver palladium rhodium platinum ruthenium . preparation cleaners etching solutions chemical and electrolytic polishing products aluminium surface treatment cleaners etching solutions passivation sealers cataphoretic lacquers zinc flake coatings references edit http www.theengineer.co.uk sectors process barclays private equity completes mbo of coventya 1009386 . article http www.metalfinishing.com view 9631 coventya reorganizes management structure http www.theengineer.co.uk sectors process barclays private equity completes mbo of coventya 1009386 . article http www.zinc fonderie france.com index.php page 24 & lang 1 http docs.google.com viewer a v & q cache cf2 r1pwnnuj www.greenovate europe.eu system files u53 3 thiery.pdf parker rust proof soci % c3 % a9t % c3 % a9 continentale & hl en & pid bl & srcid adgeeshwk7s2 wpsbwyxz gpgiwl0z6alhf7rpxqwwn1tvfremenwrxo fhr2m5byfzvtalajhkhw1bz1 fym2la iuj 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rebaptisee coventya multiplie les proje.n100265 http www.industrie.com chimie galvanoplastie premiere acquisition pour coventya 23463 http artigos.tol.pro.br portal linguagem fr coventya http www.industrie.com chimie projets et realisations coventya reprend un groupe italien 31692 http artigos.tol.pro.br portal linguagem fr coventya http www.aboutus.org sirius tech.com http www.sfchina.net 2010 detail en.asp boothnumber sf13e13 16 http www.aboutus.org sirius tech.com http issuu.com infopro docs 821 24 dossier 8 http www.metalfinishing.com view 24442 coventya completes acquisition of molecular technology http www.lightweight design.de index.php ; do show site jot sid 82804164753d3f2e2abe25822124620 alloc 110 id 16495 http docs.google.com viewer a v & q cache bznxkm54c3sj asso.proxiland.fr default dlfile.asp % 3fdb % 3d % 26i % 3d2320 rachat coventya par natixis & hl fr & gl fr & pid bl & srcid adgeesiy farghe9ka8zzkwpx31d4k pfx3eyjg9svuzkegzbzw1o2jfodqc3mufdfmnvjp8wsun xlila4p 1j e7zvpdmnwdwqfvnyboyryp5eqe1s5hjxm0nko ybp2yakyu bmwa & sig ahietbti3gvjvobifqtz8lqt7bbifk3kfq http www.cfo news.com nixen partners annonce la cession du groupe coventya a18713.html http www.societe.com societe coventya 433420577.html https www.stadtwerke gt.de 762.0.html http www.impresaitalia.info kk04055775 coventya srl villorba.aspx http www.impresaitalia.info search.asp pagina 1 & tipo 1 & cerca cerca & cosa coventya srl & dove agliana & cerco idcatul http www.companiesintheuk.co.uk ltd coventya http www.business to business directory.com coventya mexico s a de c v http www.hagah.com.br rs caxias do sul local 133264 2 coventya quimica.html http www.certipedia.com quality marks 9105048707 more information locale en http www.metalfinishing.com view 24070 coventya broadens presence in asia http issuu.com grupotp docs autorevista 2269 al ruffini matt sisti electroless nickel technology properties and applications products finishing 2004 directory see also edit electroless nickel 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