{"id":5185,"date":"2025-04-23T10:53:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geschaeftsbericht-2024.pcc.eu\/group-management-report\/business-performance-by-segment\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T16:52:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T14:52:40","slug":"business-performance-by-segment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geschaeftsbericht-2024.pcc.eu\/en\/group-management-report\/business-performance-by-segment\/","title":{"rendered":"Business performance by segment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5185\" class=\"elementor elementor-5185 elementor-268\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c96da3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4c96da3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-119e17c elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"119e17c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"polyols-derivatives\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fd1ad5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fd1ad5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Polyols &amp; Derivatives<\/strong>\n<br>Polyols are basic feedstocks used in the production of polyurethane (PU) foams and PU systems that have a wide range of applications in a large number of industries. Flexible PU foams are used, among other things, in the manufacture of comfortable mattresses. Rigid PU foams are employed in the refrigeration industry for insulation purposes and in the construction industry as sealing foam. 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Derivatives segment comprises the Polyols, Polyurethane\nSystems and Alkylphenols business units. The PCC Group\nhas polyols production facilities in Europe and Southeast Asia. We\nmarket our Polyols &amp; Derivatives worldwide with the main sales<br>occurring in the EU.  <br><\/br>\n\nIn fiscal 2024, this segment generated sales of \u20ac 180.8 million, which\nwas \u20ac 10.3 million or 5.4 % less than in the previous year (\u20ac 191.1 million).\nAt 18.8 %, the share of Group sales was slightly below the previous\nyear\u2019s level of 19.2 %. Our sales expectations for this segment\nfor 2024 were not met, due to lower demand in Europe and, in particular,\nincreasingly aggressive competition from China and other\nAsian countries. This competition not only affected sales by European\nmanufacturers within Europe, but also exports, which further\nintensified competition within Europe. Imports from China and other\nAsian countries accounted for around 15 \u2013 20 % of European demand\nin 2024.    <br><\/br>\n\nFrom September 2024, there were signs of a modest increase in demand\nfor polyether polyols, but this demand was predominantly for\ncheaper standard grades with lower margins. PCC was able to maintain\nits market share in the polyether polyols product category in\n2024. Capacity in the polyester polyols product segment was heavily\nutilized. The silane-modified polyols product category, which has\nbeen newly established in recent years and serves as the basis for PU\nadhesives, posted a record year in terms of sales volumes and revenue.\nThe production units for polyols and PU systems in Southeast\nAsia were impacted by increasing competition from China. Against\nthis backdrop, our joint venture in Thailand recorded a decline in\nsales, but margins and results improved thanks to better purchasing\nconditions at all levels.    <br><\/br>\n\nOverall, the Polyols &amp; Derivatives segment achieved a significant\nyear-on-year increase in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation\nand amortization (EBITDA) of 48.4 % to \u20ac 13.5 million. The number of\nemployees in the segment was 346 (previous year: 341). <br><\/br>\n\nWe further expanded our market share in 2024 in the Polyurethane\nSystems business unit, in particular roof spray foams for building insulation.\nWith volumes remaining constant, this business unit benefited\nfrom lower raw material costs and was able to keep its margins\nstable \u2013 and in the Polish market in particular we were able to get\nback to the performance levels achieved in fiscal 2022, which was\nparticularly good for this business. Despite the slump in the construction\nsector, this business unit managed to increase its EBITDA\ncompared to the previous year. In addition, we added further markets\nto our portfolio in the past fiscal year, and sales in the Baltic\nstates and France contributed to business in 2024. Expansion into\nfurther markets is planned for 2025. PCC obtains most of its key feedstock\nMDI for polyols production from Asia and only small quantities\nfrom Europe. Shortages in the European market therefore have no\nserious impact on our business.    <br><\/br>\n\nIn the Polyurethane Systems business in Germany, we concentrate\non specialty foams and polishing pads for vehicle detailing. Here,\nPCC significantly increased both sales and EBITDA in the past fiscal\nyear. The expansion of our customer portfolio in recent years paid\noff in the reporting year with increased sales volumes and corresponding\nimprovements in earnings. Thanks to further fixed cost\ndegression, this business unit achieved a turnaround and returned\nto profitability.  <br><\/br>\n\nThe Thermal Insulation Panels business entity, whose development\nhad been severely delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, was able \u2013\nafter completing qualification phases with customers \u2013 to significantly\nincrease sales volumes and revenue in the past fiscal year\ncompared to the previous year. However, start-up losses are still being<br>recorded here.<br><\/br>\n\nThe Alkylphenols business unit increased its revenue and EBITDA in\n2024. Despite the economic slowdown in the European construction\nindustry, we were able to complete further qualification phases\nwith new customers and thus lay the foundation for further growth\nin the business unit.<br><\/br>\n\nWe plan to continuously diversify and expand the Polyols &amp; Derivatives\nsegment\u2019s product portfolio in the future in order to strengthen\nits resilience in the long term. Among other things, the focus\nwill be on developing products for customer-specific applications,\ntogether with geographic expansion. The expansion of our market\nposition in Southeast Asia is planned for the current fiscal year, following\nthe commissioning of our new production facility in Malaysia\nin 2024. We operate this plant for the production of oxyalkylates (a\ngroup of chemicals that includes special non-ionic surfactants and\npolyether polyols) together with our Malaysian joint venture partner\nPETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG). 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Derivatives segment comprises the Anionic Surfactants,\nNon-ionic Surfactants and Amphoteric Surfactants (Betaines)\nbusiness units, as well as downstream business activities in\nthe consumer goods sector. The latter\u2019s activities focus on household\nand industrial cleaners, detergents and personal care products,\nwhich we market both under PCC\u2019s own brand names and as private<br>label products. <br><\/br>\n\nThe PCC Group operates production sites in Europe together with\none in the USA and one in Malaysia. We generally market the products\nof this segment locally. The main sales markets are the EU member\nstates, where we sell around 50 % of our volumes.  <br><\/br>\n\nThe Surfactants &amp; Derivatives segment generated sales of\n\u20ac 223.7 million in 2024, an increase of 8.3 % compared to the previous\nyear. The share of total sales of the PCC Group increased by\n2.5 percentage points to 23.3 %. The number of employees at the\nend of the fiscal year amounted to 507 (previous year: 495). <br><\/br>\n\nOverall, sales volumes in 2024 were higher than in the previous year, in line with our expectations. Sales of specialty products for industrial applications increased, while sales of personal care products and\ncosmetics declined slightly. Average selling prices were marginally down in 2024 both in this category and for surfactants used in the manufacture of personal care products and cleaning agents. In addition\nto the economic doldrums in Europe, one of the main reasons for this was increasing competitive pressure, particularly from China and India.   <br><\/br>\n\nThe segment generated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of \u20ac 23.6 million, a decrease of \u2013 5.8 % compared to the previous year. The business involved in the production and marketing of surfactants suffered price declines due to international competition; in addition, rising raw material costs for the production of ethoxylates and surfactants had a negative impact on the earnings situation. In contrast, surfactants for industrial applications, particularly in Western Europe, achieved increases in sales volumes and a modest rise in gross profit. The Consumer Products business consolidated its very good earnings position from the previous year.  <br><\/br>\n\nAt the end of the second quarter of 2024, PCC commenced the commissioning of a new production plant for ethoxylates with a nominal capacity of 35,000 metric tons per year at its production site in P\u0142ock, Poland. This is scheduled for completion by the end of the second quarter of 2025. The plant is now to be further ramped up and utilized to capacity. This additional capacity will not only enable PCC to produce additional quantities, but will also allow further diversification of the product portfolio and corresponding product offerings for new areas of application. In addition, the new plant will increase the sustainability of our surfactant production and thus also the competitiveness of this segment.   <br><\/br>\n\nIn the US market, PCC also recorded slight volume growth in the surfactants segment. Despite strong competition, PCC held its own with its product portfolio there and increased its sales. The earnings situation also improved significantly. A new local management and the replacement of other core positions in the team made initial contributions in the short term. In the wake of the change in policy following the inauguration of the new US President in January 2025, we anticipate further growth in our business in the USA.  <br><\/br>\n\nIn the past fiscal year, the Consumer Products business benefited from the continued increase in demand for private label products. The high proportion of household chemicals in the product portfolio also had a positive effect on earnings, as this market segment is generally much more resilient than the cosmetics market. <br><\/br>\n\nAs in the Polyols &amp; Derivatives segment, the PCC Group also plans to further diversify its product portfolio in the Surfactants &amp; Derivatives segment and thereby continuously expand the proportion of\nhigher-value specialty products. In the same vain, selling and distribution activities are expected to be increasingly application-oriented across all relevant segments, boosted by the introduction of regional\nmanagers. These will be responsible for the territories Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, and Southern Europe. We are also continuing to internationalize our business in order to further\ndiversify our sales markets. The focus here is on the Asian market in particular, as well as the MENA region and, in the long term, the USA.   <br><\/br>\n\nBy concluding a long-term offtake agreement for ethylene oxide, the PCC Group had already secured its long-term supply of this essential raw material by the end of 2021. However, this contract also requires an increase in production capacities on the PCC side. This expansion work started in 2024 and is scheduled to continue until 2026. 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In fiscal 2024, chlorine and the downstream products were produced exclusively at the site in Brzeg Dolny, Poland, and marketed from there. \n<br><br>Sales revenue in this segment amounted to \u20ac 209.7 million in 2024, down 23.9 % on the previous year (\u20ac 275.6 million). The share of Group sales fell by 5.9 percentage points to 21.8 %. The segment employed 431 people at year-end 2024 (previous year: 427).  \n<br><br>Despite a decline, the Chlorine &amp; Derivatives segment was the main earnings driver of the PCC Group in 2024. However, the low level of business activity in Europe, increasing competitive pressure from China and also the cost increases of recent years led to a decline in the earnings number. PCC\u2019s internal use of chlorine for the production of propylene oxide (as a raw material for the manufacture of polyols) and of MCAA likewise declined due to reduced production volumes. This also reduced the volume of chlorine co- and by-products manufactured. 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This strengthened price stability for phosphorus-\nbased flame retardants and led to higher sales to European customers.\nThe strong asymmetrical competition from China reported\nin the previous year \u2013 with some prices offered below the manufacturing\ncost in Europe \u2013 was thus mitigated and average selling prices\nrose. Overall, this had a positive impact on the earnings situation in\nthis business unit.   \n<br><br>In the Monochloroacetic Acid (MCAA) business unit, the past fiscal\nyear was extensively impacted by the production shutdown\nthat took place in the first quarter due to force majeure. Technical\ndifficulties caused by an unplanned catalyst change extended the \nshutdown to several weeks. Once the technical problems had been\nresolved, this business unit was able to gradually ramp up production\nvolumes and capacity utilization again from the second quarter\nonward, consistently achieving full capacity during the summer\nmonths. Fiscal 2024 in this business unit was largely characterized by\nprice competition. Due to the outage periods, we produced significantly\nlower quantities of MCAA overall than in the previous year. \nCustomers from the crop protection industry reduced their production\nvolumes, particularly in the second quarter, which led to lower\nsales of MCAA in these applications. However, PCC saw MCAA sales\nin the USA rise, which had a compensatory effect. Overall, fiscal 2024<br>proved to be challenging for this business unit, leading to declines<br>in both sales and earnings.      \n<br><br>Reduced consumption by internal customers led to lower capacity\nutilization in our chlor-alkali electrolysis operations. The historic\nhighs in prices for HCl and NaCl experienced in previous years again\nremained unmatched in 2024. 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Derivatives segment is divided into the Silicon Metal\nand Quartzite business units and thus comprises the silicon metal\nproduction company in Iceland and the quartzite quarry in Poland.\nQuartzite is one of the basic raw materials for the production of\nsilicon metal. This segment also includes a business that organizes\nhousing for employees in Iceland.  <br><\/br>\n\nOverall, the Silicon &amp; Derivatives segment generated sales of\n\u20ac 85.0 million in the past fiscal year, 18.1 % more than in the previous\nyear (\u20ac 72.0 million). The share of Group sales rose by 1.7 percentage\npoints to 8.9 %. The number of employees increased to 226 (previous\nyear: 207).  <br><\/br>\n\nThe segment\u2019s main revenue driver is the silicon metal plant in H.sav.k, Iceland, with a nominal annual capacity of 36,000 metric tons. After the plant had only produced at half capacity in the previous year due to the difficult market situation, we increased operations to two furnaces again in fiscal 2024, thus returning to 100 % capacity. Raw material and logistics prices were significantly lower in the reporting year than in the previous year, which led to a reduction in production costs. However, external factors such as electricity shortages in the second and fourth quarters, quality problems with raw materials and interruptions to furnace operations at a production volume of around 100 % of nominal capacity led to losses in the double-digit million euro range. The price-sensitive market environment continues to be determined by cheap imports from China and Brazil. Again in 2024, however, PCC also sold major quantities of silicon metal to German customers in the chemical industry.     Due to the lack of harmonization of tariff policies between the European Union and EFTA states such as Iceland and Norway, these markets are unfortunately exposed to tariff-free imports from China, which in some cases leads to prices below manufacturing cost. The PCC Group expects greater political support in this area and has initiated or is supporting various measures with the Icelandic government and the European Commission. <br><\/br>\n\nThe segment made a loss of \u20ac \u2013 33.0 million in terms of earnings\nbefore interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA).\nThis corresponds to an improvement in earnings of \u20ac 9.7 million or\n22.7 % compared to the previous year (\u20ac \u2013 42.7 million). Despite this\nimprovement in earnings, we are not satisfied with the overall development\nin this business area. <br><\/br>\n\nSelling prices in Europe continued to decline over the course of 2024. Due to insufficient water reserves in Iceland, the national electricity supplier reduced the power supply at the end of the fourth quarter to such an extent that we had to cut production capacity again and switch the plant to single-furnace operations. We maintained the reduced production capacity into the first quarter of the 2025 fiscal year. If the economic situation improves, we can ramp up the plant to full capacity at short notice, which is currently planned for May 2025. However, if the situation does not improve or even deteriorates, we are not ruling out a shutdown scenario.    <br><\/br>\n\nThe ongoing economic situation of the silicon metal plant is\nstrained due to the developments mentioned above and also cited\nin the PCC quarterly reports. Various scenarios for the further development\nof business operations are being examined. At present,\na temporary plant shutdown cannot be ruled out. Together with a\nteam of external and internal experts, we are continuing to work on\nimproving productivity. In addition to measures to reduce costs, this\nalso includes a sustainable and continuous increase in the efficiency\nof furnace operations. Only if it is ensured that the price situation\nin Europe is decoupled from that in China \u2013 where silicon metal is\nproduced under far lower social and environmental standards \u2013 will\nit be possible to operate our plant successfully in the long term.     <br><\/br>\n\nThe quartzite quarry in Zag.rze, Poland, not only supplies quartzite\nto Iceland, but also to ferroalloy manufacturers and aluminum smelters\nin Eastern Europe.<br><\/br>\n\nWe also continue to sell quartzite as ballast for the construction of roads and railroad lines. The fiscal year was a successful one for the quarry, mainly due to high capacity utilization and increased quantities of quartzite for silicon production in Iceland, as well as rising prices. Sales were around 22 % higher than in\nthe previous year. The site also achieved an improvement in EBITDA compared to the previous year.   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e525c26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e525c26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03e1425 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"03e1425\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f91591 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8f91591\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c16e4c9 e-con-full pcc-diagramm-headline-box e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c16e4c9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0089769 pcc-diagram-headline elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0089769\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Key facts and figures for the<br>Silicon &amp; Derivatives segment 2024<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3f9dce pcc-diagramm-bezeichnung elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b3f9dce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">G_L_07<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-234f712 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"234f712\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db86aa9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db86aa9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0d4467 elementor-widget elementor-widget-vx_circle_chart\" data-id=\"c0d4467\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"vx_circle_chart.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"vx-circle-chart-widget\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n        <div>Share of Group sales<\/div>\n        <span>in %<\/span>\n        <canvas\n            id=\"vx-circle-chart-c0d4467\"\n            data-value=\"8.9\"\n            width=\"200\" height=\"200\"\n        ><\/canvas>\n    <\/div>\n    <script>\n    (function(){\n    \/\/ Funktion zum Initialisieren eines Charts auf einem Canvas-Element\n    function initChart(canvasEl) {\n        var value = parseFloat(canvasEl.getAttribute('data-value'));\n        var ctx   = canvasEl.getContext('2d');\n\n        \/\/ Plugin f\u00fcr Text in der Mitte mit lokalisierter Zahl\n        const centerTextPlugin = {\n            id: 'centerText',\n            afterDraw(chart) {\n                const { ctx, width, height } = chart;\n                const raw = chart._currentValue !== undefined\n                    ? 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This represents the\nlargest increase of any segment in the PCC Group. The share of\nGroup sales rose by 3.2 percentage points to 16.1 %. The number\nof employees increased to 652 as of the reporting date (previous\nyear: 644).  <br><\/br>\n\nThe Logistics segment is dominated by the Intermodal Transport\nbusiness unit, whose portfolio includes regular combined transport\nservices both within Poland and on international routes with departure\npoints in Rotterdam, Hamburg and Duisburg, among others.\nSince 2023, we have also been increasingly providing transportation\nservices from the Polish ports to the Ukrainian border and vice versa.\nWe have likewise expanded our offering to include regular container\nblock train services between the PCC terminal in Gliwice, Poland,\nand Padua, northern Italy. From there, there are various domestic\nconnections within Italy, as well as routes to Greece and Tu\u0308rkiye via\nBari. These new routes should contribute to further growth in this\nbusiness segment.    <br><\/br>\n\nEarnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization\n(EBITDA) rose by \u20ac 6.7 million or 35.1 % to \u20ac 25.8 million. The main\nreason for this positive development is the increased operating rate\nof the train services. <br><\/br>\n\nHowever, the environment for intermodal container transportation\nremained challenging. The key trading conditions did not improve\nin 2024, with negative factors including the weakening economy in\nEurope, high cost pressure, and fierce competition from road transportation.\nThe infrastructure in Poland and Germany, which is in\nneed of modernization, and disproportionately long handling times\nat seaports and borders, posed additional difficulties. Sometimes\nchaotic conditions at the Polish-Ukrainian border repeatedly led to\ndelays in the transportation of Ukrainian goods to Polish seaports\nand also for deliveries in the opposite direction.  <br><\/br>\n\nDespite these challenges, the Intermodal Transport business unit\nclosed the past fiscal year up on the previous year and thus, for the\nfirst time, was able to reap the rewards of the investments made in\ninfrastructure and rolling stock in previous years. In particular, investments\nin further locomotives and additional platforms for container\ntrailers enabled us to react more flexibly to changes in the market\nand to plan transportation accordingly, allowing us to mitigate the\naforementioned headwinds. Utilization and thus the operating rates\nof the terminals and train services increased by a double-digit percentage.\nThis business unit thus returned to the earnings level of the\nrecord year of 2022. We also took over the market leadership in intermodal\ntransport in Poland in 2024, based on data from the Polish\nRail Transport Office. According to these figures, we were the largest\nPolish provider of combined container transport by rail and road,\naccounting for 19.6 % of freight revenues and 17.4 % of transported\nfreight weight.     <br><\/br>\n\nThe construction of further terminals should support this development\nin the long term. We therefore pressed ahead with a corresponding\nproject south of the Polish seaports of Gdynia and Gda\u0144sk\nin 2024. We are currently planning to obtain further approvals and\ninitial subsidy commitments in the course of the current fiscal year\n2025. We are also examining a terminal project on the Ukrainian-Polish\nborder. Additional growth has likewise resulted from the expansion\nof our intermodal activities in Germany. At the beginning of \n2024, PCC received the safety certificate required for the operation\nof a rail undertaking (RU), which is required under the General Railway\nAct (AEG) for the operation of such an RU on higher-level networks.\nOn this basis, we can now provide transport services with\nour own locomotives, which will further strengthen our overall competitiveness.\nWe put the first two locomotives into operation at the<br>beginning of 2024.      <br><\/br>\n\nThe Road Haulage business unit once again recorded positive business\ndevelopment against the background of unfavorable geopolitical\nand economic influences. However, competition for qualified\ndrivers, the effects of the Russia-Ukraine war and the weakening\neconomy in Germany pushed sales growth in this business into the\nlow single-digit percentage range. In addition, there was cost pressure,\nmainly from increased personnel expenses, contractor charges\nand expenses arising from external service contracts. 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In addition to the\nGroup parent company PCC SE, this segment also includes further\nintermediate holding and project companies. These operations are\nmanaged from the Group headquarters in Duisburg and in some\ncases have their own organizations in markets such as Malaysia and<br>the USA.  <br><\/br>\n\nThe Holding &amp; Projects segment generated sales of \u20ac 2.5 million in\nthe past fiscal year, \u20ac 0.6 million less than in the previous year. The\nshare of Group sales remained unchanged from the previous year\nat 0.3 %. <br><\/br>\n\nThe segment generated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation\nand amortization (EBITDA) of \u20ac \u2013 13.0 million (previous year:\n\u20ac \u2013 8.5 million). The number of employees in the segment at the end\nof the fiscal year rose to 110 (previous year: 90).<br><\/br>\n\nThe Holding &amp; Projects segment includes two project companies\nthat are accounted for in the consolidated financial statements of the\nPCC Group using the equity method: the joint venture OOO DME\nAerosol, Pervomaysky (Russia), and the joint venture PCG PCC Oxyalkylates\nSdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). The latter operates an\noxyalkylates plant (special non-ionic surfactants and polyether polyols\nfor a wide range of industrial applications), which commenced\ncommercial production in summer 2024 and whose capacity utilization\nwe have been continuously ramping up ever since. The annual\ncapacity is some 70,000 metric tons. Commissioning was completed\non schedule and within budget. The joint venture partner is PCG,\none of Southeast Asia\u2019s leading chemical groups.    Unfortunately, the general weakness of the global economy and the current decline in demand mean that this plant will not be able to reach full capacity as quickly as originally planned. In addition, there is also competition in Asia, primarily from Chinese exports. In the future, PCG PCC Oxyalkylates Sdn. Bhd. will contribute to further growth in our core segments of Polyols &amp; Derivatives and Surfactants &amp; Derivatives with its oxyalkylates production.  <br><\/br>\n\nWe plan to continue the expansion of the core business units of the\nPCC Group into high-growth regions across all segments. Similar\nexpansion plans to those in Asia therefore also exist in the highgrowth\nUS market. In the case of our current oxyalkylates project in\nthe USA, we continued our on-site review following the signing of a\nlong-term but terminable lease agreement in 2023.  <br><\/br>\n\nHowever, we shifted significant resources to a second project in the USA, the planning of a chlor-alkali plant in Mississippi on the US Gulf Coast. In December 2024, PCC signed a long-term offtake agreement for this project. The plant is designed for a nominal capacity of 340,000 metric tons per year and is expected to create around 85 new jobs at the site. Together with the future customer and local municipal and state representatives, PCC negotiated a substantial package of investment incentives with tax breaks.   <br><\/br>\n\nSince the sanctions imposed by the European Union, among others,\nfollowing the outbreak of the Russian war of aggression against\nUkraine in 2023 came into force, the joint venture OOO DME Aerosol,\nwhich operates a plant for the production of dimethyl ether (DME)\nin the Russian region of Tula, has only been selling its products to\ncountries in which the purchase and import of DME from Russia are\nnot sanctioned. The joint venture was able to maintain continuous\nplant operations and generated a positive cash flow. The local company\nwas therefore able to make regular loan repayments to PCC SE\nthroughout fiscal 2024. <br><\/br>\n\nWithin the Renewable Energies business, which we manage within\nthe Project Development business unit, a total of five small hydropower\nplants in North Macedonia and one in Bosnia and Herzegovina\nwere in operation in 2024. Permits are still pending for three \nfurther sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina and there is still no sign of a\nconclusion to this lengthy process, even after recent legal rulings in\nthe country. Nevertheless, the six operating affiliates continued to\ngenerate relatively stable cash flows in 2024. In view of the general\nincrease in energy demand and the current climate protection initiatives,\nwe expect increasing flexibility in the potential utilization of<br>these assets in the future.   <br><\/br>\n\nFiscal 2024 saw PCC continue its collaboration with the Fraunhofer\nInstitute for Solar Energy Systems ISE and the universities in Freiburg\nand Duisburg to develop an innovative material made from nanosilicon\npowder based on our silicon metal from Iceland. Serving as\nan anode alloy, the material is used to increase the performance of\nlithium-ion batteries. To further support the project, PCC acquired\na further development for full utilization and commercialization in\nthe fourth quarter of 2024. This will enable broader commercialization\nof the battery solutions. The EU Commission has now classified\nthe battery materials project as a strategic raw materials project in\nthe EU. The benefits associated with this classification include easier\naccess to funding and financing, as well as significantly accelerated\napproval processes.    Assuming successful project implementation, \nthe undertaking could extend the value chain in our Silicon &amp; Derivatives\nsegment and significantly increase its profitability.<br><\/br>\n\nA further investment is currently being realized at the Brzeg Dolny\nsite. The PCC Group is building new production facilities for oxyalkylates\nthere, enabling us to further expand our production capacities\nfor specialty polyols and specialty surfactants. 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