Humboldt Wedag India Private Ltd. (HW India), New Delhi, India, und Humboldt Wedag GmbH (HWG), Cologne, Germany, two subsidiaries of KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG (KHD), Cologne, Germany, have signed contracts in an amount between € 55 and 60 million for equipment and services for eight slag grinding units.
In connection with a detailed analysis of projects in the execution phase, errors in the measurement of individual projects in the 2014 financial year have been identified. These errors relate to the US subsidiary of KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG (KHD), Cologne.
Mr. Ralph Quellmalz has decided to step down due to personal reasons as he wishes to pursue new tasks.
KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG (KHD), one of the world’s leading suppliers of equipment and services for the cement industry, achieved positive EBIT (€ 1.1 million) in the 2014 financial year, despite slightly lower revenue.
Today the Supervisory Board of KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG (KHD), Cologne, appointed Mr. Johan Cnossen (55) as member of the Company’s Management Board, effective May 1, 2015. Mr. Cnossen will serve as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Currently Johan Cnossen works as Vice President Middle East Operations at Jacobs Inc.
Daniel Uttelbach (44) has been appointed to the Management Board of KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG (KHD), effective January 1, 2015. As Executive Vice President he will be in charge of Sales & Technology for the Group.
KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG (KHD) has entered into a second € 50 million loan agreement with AVIC International (HK) Group Ltd., Hong Kong, as the borrower.
The loan bears interest at a rate of six percentage points per annum. The term of the loan agreement is three years.
AVIC International Holding Limited (AVIC International), indirect majority shareholder of KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG (KHD), is a listed company on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. As a consequence of acquiring the majority of KHD shares and in accordance with Chapter 14 of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing rules, AVIC International is required to publish an Accountants’ Report of the KHD Group as an appendix to the Circular on major acquisitions.
The earnings position of KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG (KHD), one of the world’s leading providers of equipment and services for the cement industry, continued to be affected by weak market conditions and unsatisfactory margin quality in the order backlog in the first half of 2014.
KHD Humboldt Wedag International AG (KHD) has replaced its existing bonding line facility with a new long-term solution. On August 25, 2014, KHD cancelled its existing bonding line facility with a consortium of banks, which had issued bank guarantees of over € 80.3 million as per December 31, 2013. The Group replaced this facility with two bilateral bonding line agreements with the Deutsche Bank AG (€ 40 million) and the Raiffeisen Bank International AG, Wien (€ 38 million).