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RHI Magnesita: chairman and CEO opened the market
RHI Magnesita: chairman and CEO opened the market.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 9493U RHI Magnesita N.V. 30 October 2017 \n\nRHI Magnesita: chairman and CEO have opened the market to mark the success of the listing on 27 October\n \n\n\n\n\n· \n\n\nChairman of the Board of Directors Cordt and CEO Borgas have opened the market at the London Stock Exchange on Monday\n\n\n\n\n· \n\n\nClosing as a start of new corporate culture, new branding and new logo\n\n\n\n\n· \n\n\nRepositioning in the market and integration as next major steps\n\n\n\n\n \nVienna/London, October 30, 2017 - RHI Magnesita has been admitted to trading in the Premium Segment of the Main Market on the London Stock Exchange since last Friday. Today, Herbert Cordt, Chairman of the Board of Directors of RHI Magnesita, and Stefan Borgas, CEO of RHI Magnesita, have opened the market at the start of the trading day on the London Stock Exchange. Herbert Cordt on the future of the Group: \"After the successful combination, RHI Magnesita is now fully dedicated to the strategic repositioning as the global leader in the refractory industry. With our 14,000 employees, we can drive positive change in our industry and aim to offer our customers an even greater value proposition in the future.\" Among others, Martin Eichtinger, Austrian ambassador, and Thiago Osti, Head of the Trade & Investment Section of the Brazilian Embassy, as well as the trade commissioners of both countries, Katharina Kastner and Christian Kesberg (Austria) and Sidney Romeiro (Brazil) were present at the Market Opening Ceremony of RHI Magnesita. \nOpening the market at 8 a.m. also serves as a symbolic act: on the one hand, it is an internal message addressed to all employees that the combination has now been completed; on the other hand, RHI Magnesita presents itself as a new member of one of the world's most important financial centers, the London Stock Exchange.\nRHI Magnesita - the driving force of the refractory industry\nThe new company has risen to the top of the refractory industry a result of the combination and plans to strengthen and further expand this role. RHI Magnesita operates 35 raw material and production plants and more than 70 sales offices worldwide and its product portfolio comprises more than 120,000 individual refractory products. In ad...