Nickelhütte Aue GmbH | |
Native Name Lang: | de |
Type: | Limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) |
Industry: | Metallurgy |
Foundation: | 1635 as paintmill, Name changed to Nickelhütte at the start of the 20th century |
Location City: | Aue (Sachsen), Germany |
Key People: | Managing Partner: Volker Carluss (since August 2008), Gert Windisch |
Num Employees: | about 400 |
Homepage: | www.nickelhuette-aue.de/ |
The Nickelhütte Aue is a modern manufacturing site in East Germany for pure non-ferrous metals like nickel, copper, cobalt, molybdenum, vanadium and tungsten. It is descended from the historic Niederpfannenstiel Blue Colour Works (German: Blaufarbenwerk Niederpfannenstiel), a paintworks that was founded in 1635 by Veit Hans Schnorr in Pfannenstiel near Aue.