Nickelhütte Aue
| Company type | Limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Metallurgy |
| Founded | 1635 as paintmill, Name changed to Nickelhütte at the start of the 20th century |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Managing Partner: Volker Carluss (since August 2008), Gert Windisch |
Number of employees | about 400 |
| Website | www.nickelhuette-aue.de/ |
The Nickelhütte Aue is a modern manufacturing site in East Germany for pure non-ferrous metals like nickel, copper, cobalt, molybdenum, vanadium and tungsten. It is descended from the historic Niederpfannenstiel Blue Colour Works (German: Blaufarbenwerk Niederpfannenstiel), a paintworks that was founded in 1635 by Veit Hans Schnorr in Pfannenstiel near Aue.