Global InformationTreibacher Industrie AG information
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| Company type | Private |
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| Founded | 1898 |
| Founder | Carl Auer von Welsbach |
| Headquarters | Althofen, Carinthia, Austria |
Key people | Tatjana Gertner-Schaschl (chairwoman of the supervisory board) |
| Website | www.treibacher.com |
Treibacher Industrie AG is a chemical and metallurgical company based in Treibach (municipality of Althofen) in Carinthia, Austria. It was founded in 1898 by Dr. Carl Auer von Welsbach, the inventor of the incandescent mantle[1] and the lighter "flint" (ferrocerium) as Treibacher Chemische Werke. The company emploey approximately 900 people worldwide and generated sales of 498 million euros in 2020.[2]
Owned by Wienerberger Baustoffindustrie AG from 1990, Treibacher Industrie AG was sold to German industrialist August von Finck junior in 2000 for 126 million euros. Since 2007, the company has been owned by the private foundations of the families Erhard Schaschl, the former general manager and chairman of the supervisory board of Wienerberger AG, and Franz Rauch, the owner of Rauch fruit juices.[3]
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