Stahl owner sees value double

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Published: 02 June, 2011

France based Wendel, the investment company which owns leather chemical maker, Stahl, announced on May 30 that their net asset value had doubled over the past 12 months. Non-listed subsidiaries, which includes Stahl are valued at more than €1 billion.

Wendel, which holds shares in companies such as Saint-Gobain (16.9%), the French construction giant said that improved results generated by non-listed companies, combined with an improvement in market conditions had reached more than €1 billion in value. Deutsch Materis and Stahl had reached this target and had reinforced Wendel’s target of a value between €1.5 and €2.5 billion by the end of 2013.

Stahl recently extended their leather chemical product offer by introducing a range of beamhouse products.

Wendel net asset value per share on May 19 was €109.3.