大众收购宝马碳纤维战略合作伙伴SGL8.18%股权
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综合媒体2月28日报道，西格里碳纤维SGL Carbon SE (SGL.XE)28日表示，德国大众汽车(Volkswagen AG, VOW.XE)收购了该公司8.18%股权。
由于西格里碳纤维(SGL)是大众汽车竞争对手宝马汽车公司(BMW AG, BMW.XE)的重要战略合作伙伴，此举颇为出人意料。
西格里碳纤维(SGL)称，作为公司与大众汽车达成协议的一部分，大众汽车收购了之前为Sued-Kapitalbeteiligungs-Gesellschaft所持有的该公司4.43%的股份。
大众汽车集团日前宣布，收购了德国SGL Carbon SE公司8.18%股权，该公司已经成为该公司的第二大股东。大众发言人表示，目前大众没有意愿将其所持SGL股权比例提升至10%以上。
大众集团的竞争对手宝马汽车公司曾与SGL Carbon SE公司联手制造碳纤维的轻质部件，以实现电动汽车的轻量化。这两家公司曾投资1亿美元用于在美国的西雅图附近建造一家碳纤维工厂。
VW CEO Martin Winterkorn, BMW heiress Susanne Klatten, SGL Carbon CEO Robert Koehler
据悉，SGL的主要投资者(Anchor Investor)为德国女富豪苏珊-克拉腾(Susanne Klatten)旗下投资公司SKion。SKion投资公司还是德国豪车品牌宝马的重要股东，目前持有SGL公司22.25%的股份。
SGL Carbon SE公司CEORobert Koehler表示："大众集团的参股有助于SGL维持公司的独立性。"
News Att 1:
VW buys stake in carbon-fiber specialist SGL
BERLIN
The Associated Press March 2, 2011, 5:48AM ET
Car maker Volkswagen AG has bought an 8.18 percent stake in carbon products specialist SGL Carbon SE -- a partner of German rival BMW AG.
SGL Group CEO Robert Koehler says he views the investment as recognizing his company's development of "new materials and technologies particularly in automotive lightweight construction."
SGL's other shareholders include BMW heiress Susanne Klatten, who holds 22.25 percent of the company via her investment company SKion.
SGL said on Tuesday that it had been informed of the move by VW.
News Att 2:
BMW CEO did not know of VW buying stake in partner
GENEVA (Reuters)
Volkswagen’s acquisition of an 8.2 percent stake in carbon fiber specialist SGL Carbon (SGCG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) surprised the latter’s partner, BMW (BMWG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research), signaling a potential source of conflict between the carmakers.
“VW did not tell us about it. We weren’t warned in advance,” BMW Chief Executive Norbert Reithofer told reporters on Tuesday during the Geneva auto show.
BMW and SGL planned to invest as much as 230 million euros ($317.9 million) in a joint venture to produce lightweight carbon fiber car bodies on an industrial scale as part of its vaunted efforts to roll out an ultra-green BMW electric car for megacities like Shanghai.
First announced in October 2009, the JV would produce several thousand tons of carbon fiber annually. Six months later, Mercedes formed a joint venture with carbon fiber industry leader Toray (3402.T: Quote, Profile, Research) of Japan in a move that underscored the growing strategic importance of high-tech, lightweight materials in the fight to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions.
(Reporting by Hendrick Sackmann, writing by Christiaan Hetzner)
综合媒体2月28日报道，西格里碳纤维SGL Carbon SE (SGL.XE)28日表示，德国大众汽车(Volkswagen AG, VOW.XE)收购了该公司8.18%股权。
由于西格里碳纤维(SGL)是大众汽车竞争对手宝马汽车公司(BMW AG, BMW.XE)的重要战略合作伙伴，此举颇为出人意料。
西格里碳纤维(SGL)称，作为公司与大众汽车达成协议的一部分，大众汽车收购了之前为Sued-Kapitalbeteiligungs-Gesellschaft所持有的该公司4.43%的股份。
大众汽车集团日前宣布，收购了德国SGL Carbon SE公司8.18%股权，该公司已经成为该公司的第二大股东。大众发言人表示，目前大众没有意愿将其所持SGL股权比例提升至10%以上。
大众集团的竞争对手宝马汽车公司曾与SGL Carbon SE公司联手制造碳纤维的轻质部件，以实现电动汽车的轻量化。这两家公司曾投资1亿美元用于在美国的西雅图附近建造一家碳纤维工厂。
VW CEO Martin Winterkorn, BMW heiress Susanne Klatten, SGL Carbon CEO Robert Koehler
据悉，SGL的主要投资者(Anchor Investor)为德国女富豪苏珊-克拉腾(Susanne Klatten)旗下投资公司SKion。SKion投资公司还是德国豪车品牌宝马的重要股东，目前持有SGL公司22.25%的股份。
SGL Carbon SE公司CEORobert Koehler表示："大众集团的参股有助于SGL维持公司的独立性。"
News Att 1:
VW buys stake in carbon-fiber specialist SGL
BERLIN
The Associated Press March 2, 2011, 5:48AM ET
Car maker Volkswagen AG has bought an 8.18 percent stake in carbon products specialist SGL Carbon SE -- a partner of German rival BMW AG.
SGL Group CEO Robert Koehler says he views the investment as recognizing his company's development of "new materials and technologies particularly in automotive lightweight construction."
SGL's other shareholders include BMW heiress Susanne Klatten, who holds 22.25 percent of the company via her investment company SKion.
SGL said on Tuesday that it had been informed of the move by VW.
News Att 2:
BMW CEO did not know of VW buying stake in partner
GENEVA (Reuters)
Volkswagen’s acquisition of an 8.2 percent stake in carbon fiber specialist SGL Carbon (SGCG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) surprised the latter’s partner, BMW (BMWG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research), signaling a potential source of conflict between the carmakers.
“VW did not tell us about it. We weren’t warned in advance,” BMW Chief Executive Norbert Reithofer told reporters on Tuesday during the Geneva auto show.
BMW and SGL planned to invest as much as 230 million euros ($317.9 million) in a joint venture to produce lightweight carbon fiber car bodies on an industrial scale as part of its vaunted efforts to roll out an ultra-green BMW electric car for megacities like Shanghai.
First announced in October 2009, the JV would produce several thousand tons of carbon fiber annually. Six months later, Mercedes formed a joint venture with carbon fiber industry leader Toray (3402.T: Quote, Profile, Research) of Japan in a move that underscored the growing strategic importance of high-tech, lightweight materials in the fight to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions.
(Reporting by Hendrick Sackmann, writing by Christiaan Hetzner)
