HISTORY OUR HISTORY The Feddersen Group History Hamburg-Based Trading Company From Hamburg to the Rest of the World The Feddersen Group has a long and distinguished history in the field of chemical distribution, trading and production. It started out in 1949 as a small Hamburg-based trading company and is now an international group of companies with offices around the world and almost 1,100 employees across the globe. Find out how this worldwide company grew from its base in Hamburg to an international organisation with offices spanning the globe. Here are some of the Feddersen Group’s most important historical milestones. 1949 Karl Detlef Feddersen establishes K.D. Feddersen & Co., specialised in the distribution of chemical products 1950 Karl Detlef Feddersen acquires Norddeutsche Ueberseegesellschaft in Hamburg, a trading company for technical products founded in 1919 1955 K.D. Feddersen & Co. starts to distribute plastics 1958 After the passing of Karl Detlef Feddersen, K.D. Feddersen Foundation becomes sole owner of the Feddersen Group 1968 K.D. Feddersen & Co. signs a distribution contract for the distribution of the plastics portfolio with HOECHST AG 1979 Along with Uwe Voß, Feddersen Group establishes Voß Edelstahlhandel GmbH 1985 K.D. Feddersen Holding GmbH becomes owner of Feddersen Group. K.D. Feddersen Foundation, now sole owner of the holding, concentrates on its role as a non-profit public benefit organisation 1988 Acquisition of Plastverarbeitung Eich, a manufacturer of engineering plastics, based in Niederzissen, Germany. Name changed to AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH in 1992 1992 Acquisition of Schlubach Group, international trading firm, founded in 1867 1998 Formation of K.D.F. Distribution (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China 2002 AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH moved to the new production facility in Niederzissen, Germany 2003 K.D. Feddersen GmbH & Co. KG acquires distribution rights for the French market, thereby creating K.D. Feddersen France 2003 Foundation of AF-COLOR as a branch of AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH 2004 AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH establishes AKRO Engineering Plastics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. as its manufacturing base in Tongli, Jiangsu province, China 2006 By founding Voss Stainless UK Ltd., Voß Edelstahlhandel GmbH & Co. KG establishes its first subsidiary after opening branch offices in Germany, Austria and France 2007 K.D. Feddersen enters the Nordic market with the acquisition of Materialdepån Norden AB, now K.D. Feddersen Norden AB, based in Värnamo, Sweden 2009 Foundation of K.D. Feddersen UK Ltd. in Birmingham, UK 2009 Foundation of FEDDEM GmbH & Co. KG in Sinzig, Germany 2010 Relocation of AKRO Engineering Plastics Co., Ltd. to its new production site at Wujiang, Jiangsu province, China 2012 AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH opens the new production facility in Niederzissen, Germany 2012 Foundation of K.D. Feddersen Vietnam Co., Ltd. 2013 Foundation of K.D. Feddersen CEE GmbH in Vienna, Austria 2013 Acquisition of PolyComp GmbH in Norderstedt, Germany 2014 Foundation of AKRO-PLASTIC do Brasil Indústria e Comércio de Polimeros de Desempenho Ltda. in São Paulo, Brazil 2014 Foundation of BIO-FED as a branch of AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH 2016 Foundation of K.D. Feddersen Singapore Pte. Ltd. 2016 Acquisition of Forvema AB in Kinna, Sweden 2018 Acquisition of M.TEC Ingenieurgesellschaft für kunststofftechnische Produktentwicklung mbH. Get in Touch Would you like to know more about K.D. Feddersen Holding GmbH? Then contact us directly. CONTACT K.D. FEDDERSEN ©2021 GROUPCONTACTIMPRINTDATA PRIVACY STATEMENTWHISTLEBLOWER SYSTEM