2. MAXAM is a leading industrial group in…
Who we are
Development, manufacture and sale of civil explosives and initiation
systems for the mining, quarry and infrastructure industries
Production of chemicals and fertilizers
Hunting cartridges and gunpowder for sporting use
Products for the defence industry
Energy and environmental consulting
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3. Who we are
Since its foundation by Alfred Nobel in 1872, MAXAM has become a
multinational industrial group :
Formed by more than 140 companies
With nearly 6,000 employees worldwide
Organized in five business areas
Production facilities in more than 45 countries
And sales in more than 100, in every continent
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4. Our history
UEE commences activity as an
independent company.
After a profound restructuring
process, a period of
consolidation and
international expansion
commences.
1994
UEE consolidates its
worldwide development.
2001
The UEE Group
changes its name
and corporate
identity to
2006
Alfred Nobel founds
the Sociedad
Española de la
Dinamita, Privilegios
A. Nobel with its head
office in Galdácano,
Bilbao.
1872
UEE, S.A. and the
Compañía Española de
Minas de Río Tinto, merge to
create Unión Explosivos
Río Tinto, S.A. (ERT).
1970
Unión Española de
Explosivos, S.A. (UEE) is
founded including Alfred
Nobel´s company, amongst
others, to develop powder
for public works and the
mining industry.
1896
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5. Our history
MAXAM Foundation is created:
MAXAM Collection of painting started in 1900.
Home of Explosives in the Mining and Industry Museum (MUMI)
located in El Entrego (Asturias).
ETSIM´ s chair in Madrid.
Collaboration with several Universities (Brazil, Bolivia, Finland, Poland,
Hungary, Russia and Australia).
Patron of the ONUART Foundation.
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6. MAXAM’s wide range of Civil Explosives and Initiation
Systems allows users to efficiently blast rock at low
cost while maintaining the highest levels of safety.
MAXAM is a key specially in the development of all
types of infrastructures, successfully overcoming any
obstacles encountered in their construction.
MAXAM offers mines and quarries the most
comprehensive range of civil explosives and initiation
systems best suited to their needs, thereby optimising
operating costs.
Business Units
Civil Explosives
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7. Since 1899, when gunpowder was first produced for
sporting purposes, MAXAM Outdoors has been one of
the leaders in this sector.
MAXAM Outdoors products meet the most exacting
technical specifications for different modes of
hunting and target shooting.
Operating under the strictest quality and safety
controls, we have a fully integrated production chain
producing reliable, high-performing ammunition
reaching millions of game and target shooters in more
than 70 countries.
Business Units
Outdoors
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8. MAXAM Chem’s activity is focused on maintaining the
highest technological knowledge of primary raw
materials, such as nitrocellulose and ammonium nitrate,
required by the MAXAM Group.
Through collaboration with other manufacturers, MAXAM
obtains the best supply solutions for these materials
thus guaranteeing the optimum quality of its products.
Key to the work in Chem´s area of business is our
commitment to R&D&I. Our professionals work to
create new technological developments for use in the
manufacture of our products, collaborating in the
progress of the world in which we all live.
ChemBusiness Units
Chem
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9. MAXAM Defence is the leading private Spanish
company in this sector offering a wide range of
highly advanced products for defence purposes.
MAXAM Defence also offers other military services
such as the destruction, recovery and recycling of all
types of munitions and explosives, decontamination
and cleaning of land used by the military or in areas of
conflict, as well as maintenance of vehicles and aircraft
systems.
DefenceBusiness Units
Defence
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10. MAXAM Energy was formed as a result of our success
in diverse projects undertaken with the objective of
utilising and optimising our own technological
developments in the areas of safety and the
environment.
MAXAM Energy provides advice on the handling,
storage and transport of hazardous goods with the
object of always working in conditions of maximum
security.
Our respect for the environment has given rise to
initiatives such as the project to regenerate impoverished
land for forestry or agricultural use, putting to good use
land owned by MAXAM in Páramo de Masa, Burgos,
Spain.
EnergyBusiness Units
Energy
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11. MAXAM Group Products
Initiation SystemsInitiation Systems
Civil ExplosivesCivil Explosives
Energy
Chem
Defence
Outdoors
Electric detonators
Non-electric detonators
Electronic detonators
Detonating cord
Boosters
Safety fuse
Electric detonators
Non-electric detonators
Electronic detonators
Detonating cord
Boosters
Safety fuse
Cartridged explosives
Bulk explosives
Seismic explosives
Delivery systems
Cartridged explosives
Bulk explosives
Seismic explosives
Delivery systems
Environment consulting
Wind Energy
Raw materials:
Ammonium nitrate
Nitrocelulose
Fine chemical
Ammonitions and energetics,
weapons systems, maintenance
and demil services
Cartridges
Components
Powder
Mining
Public sector
Infrastructures
Quarries
Mining
Public sector
Infrastructures
Quarries
Internal resources
and abilities
Internal needs
Chemical sector
Defence Minitries
(NATO Area)
Defence Companies
Shooting clubs
Hunting
BUSINESS AREA MAIN PRODUCTS CLIENTS
#1 in Europe
# 2 worldwide
#1 in Europe
# 2 worldwide
# 1 worldwide
# 1 in Demilitarization
Recycling in Europe
# 1 in Europe
LEADERSHIP
# 1 in Europe# 1 in Europe
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13. MAXAM management
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Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Ralph Ostarek
Functions Functions
CHAIRMAN & CEO
José F. Sánchez-Junco
SUBSIDIARIES
GMs
MAXAM INITIATION SYSTEMS
(MIS) GM
MAXAM AMMONIUM NITRATE
(MAN) GM
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Manufacturing & Supply Chain
José Manuel Mellado
Global Head Human Resources
Fernanda Cardama
Institutional Relations &
Corporate Social Responsibility
Ana Rubio
General Counsel &
Secretary to the Board (1)
Carlos Gastañaduy
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Miguel Camino
Internal Audit &
Compliance Officer
Juan Carlos Vaquero
Global Head Strategy &
Corporate Development
Juan José Montoro
CIVIL EXPLOSIVES
General Manager (CE GM)
Germán Morales
OUTDOORS GM DEFENSE GM CHEM GM
Functions Functions
BUSINESS UNIT’S
General Manager (BUs GM)
Fernando Cubells
14. F2009 Turnover: 800
M€
FY14 Turnover: 1100 M€
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(*) Fiscal years close on March 31st
.
CAGR = 13,9 %
15. F2009 Ebitda: 115 M€Ebitda FY14: 132 M€
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(*) Fiscal years close on March 31st
.
CAGR = 11,4 %
