EMS at a glance

The EMS Group is active worldwide in the business areas High Performance Polymers and Specialty Chemicals. The companies within the group are consolidated in the EMS-CHEMIE HOLDING AG domiciled in Domat/Ems. The EMS-CHEMIE HOLDING AG is the only listed company (SIX Swiss Exchange, securities number 1.644.035).

Business Areas

The business area High Performance Polymers is comprised of EMS-GRIVORY and EMS-EFTEC. EMS-GRIVORY is the leading specialised manufacturer of high-performance polyamides and the supplier with the widest range of polyamide materials. EMS-GRIVORY is made up of the three Business Units EMS-GRIVORY Europe, EMS-GRIVORY America and EMS-GRIVORY Asia. EMS-EFTEC is represented under the name EFTEC as leading supplier worldwide for adhesives, sealants and coatings including application engineering systems for the automotive industry.

The Business Unit EMS-PATVAG was sold on November 26, 2019. For this reason, the business area Specialty Chemicals is now comprised solely of the Business Unit EMS-GRILTECH. EMS-GRILTECH is specialized in the development and production of fibers, fusible adhesives and adhesive yarn for technical and textile applications, adhesion promoters for the tyre industry, powder coatings and reactive diluents.

Company Strategy

EMS‘ company strategy is based on the following focus points:

■ EMS concentrates on operational growth with speciality products.
■ EMS defines Performance Polymers as core business.
■ EMS returns financial resources not required for operational business to the shareholders.

Locations / Employees

EMS has 25 production sites in 16 different countries and is represented throughout the world with company owned sales companies or by distributors/traders.

As of December 2019, the EMS Group has 2,648 employees worldwide with 130 apprentices based in Switzerland.

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The Herrliberg office specializes in financial management and strategic client relations within high-performance sectors.

Herrliberg

EMS Group's headquarters in Domat/Ems, Switzerland

The Gross-Umstadt office focuses on optimizing production planning and operations within the Hessen region.

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