1 january 2016 headquarters d sseldorf germany area served europe united states key people klaus sch fer chief executive christopher delbr ck chief financial officer eckhardt r mmler chief operating officer products electrical power natural gas services electricity generation and distribution production distribution and trading number of employees 14 000 1 parent e.on website www.uniper.energy uniper is a german energy company based in d sseldorf north rhine westphalia that began operating on 1 january 2016 . it was formed by the separation of e.on s fossil fuel assets into a separate company . the name of the company is a portmanteau of unique and performance . 2 e.on plan to divest uniper by spinning off a majority holding in the company to its shareholders subject to their approval at a meeting planned for june 2016 . 3 history edit the split of the majority of e.on s upstream electricity generation business from its downstream retail and distribution business was first announced in april 2015 . 2 e.on had also planned to include its nuclear business in uniper but reversed the decision in september 2015 due to german government rules aimed at stopping companies avoiding nuclear clean up costs . 4 the company became active on 1 january 2016 with 14 000 employees and is expecting an operating profit ebitda of 4 billion . 5 6 references edit e.on making good progress implementing its strategy retaining its nuclear power business in germany means spinoff can remain on schedule . e.on . 9 september 2015 . retrieved 24 february 2016 . a b steitz christophe 27 april 2015 . e.on cfo schaefer to head future spin off uniper . reuters . retrieved 24 february 2016 . timperley jocelyn 4 january 2016 . e.on completes split of fossil fuel and renewable operations . businessgreen . retrieved 23 february 2016 . andresen tino 10 september 2015 . eon cancels nuclear business spinoff as 2015 loss forecast . bloomberg business . retrieved 24 february 2016 . eon zieht nach essen neue gesellschaft hei t uniper . 27 april 2015 . retrieved 28 april 2015 . mm newsdesk 27 april 2015 . eons kernspaltung mit uniper soll alles besser werden . retrieved 28 april 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title uniper & oldid 744205602 categories uniperpower companies of germanynatural gas companies of germanycompanies established in 2015nuclear power companiescompanies based in d sseldorf 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 languages deutschlatvie unederlands edit links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 19 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view