The values which served us for generations are the same for the years to come.

About ARPZ GmbH

HISTORY

In 1872 the company started as traditional trading company with associated partner firms around the world. In the mid thirties we operated a motor vessel named “PATRIOT” on the river Danube and transported machinery from Germany...

OUR COMPANY

ARPZ is a private company with a very long tradition. Our roots lie in the traditional trading houses founded in Hamburg by August Ristelhueber in 1872 and Curt Winter in 1920. We constantly build new alliances around the world...

VALUES & RULES

Since the founding of our company 140 years ago the market place around the world has transformed itself multiple times.Today we are dealing in a global economic environment which is closely connected and interrelated...

NEWS

Sustainable climate change

with climate rescue

ARPZ has signed an exclusive agreement with PCS biofuels

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Raw Materials and Steel

1872

Founded

Unique Products launched first time

Industries Active

1985

Since

Same Suppliers

1956

Since

Same Clients

RAW MATERIALS

Iron Ores

Iron ore is a commodity product which in a globalized world require a solid basis of trust and experience with suppliers as well as customers. Full transparancy is one of the new requirements today. Please find our general quality requirement sheet which has been conducted in cooperation with our clients.

DRI Fines incl. IOPF

Direct Reduced Iron Fines including Iron Ore Pellet Fines are specialty products of which together with our partners we gained a sustainable long-term pool of experiences and profound knowledge within the last 10 years.

Copper Ore

From 2016 until 2019 we operated our own copper mine in Columbia which we needed to close due to CORONA. Today we supply copper ore from affiliated partner mines which benefit from our existing customer base and experiences.

Copper Concentrates

The supply of copper concentrates is one of our long-term goals in which we need to fit with benefits as well to our clients and suppliers.

Manganese Ore

To date we ship manganese ore to our valued clients and partners in China only.

Acetate Celluloses

Having had own specialty pulp mills in the past we represent PACETATI a leading producer of Diacetate and Triacetate celluloses in Europe today.

Used Cooking Oils

Having registered to RedCert as one of the first we built a solid basis of imported supply to a variety of clients in Germany.

Bleached and unbleached Bamboo Celluloses (FSC®-C106855 if required)

We are the exclusive representative of the Chinese producer CHITIANHUA in Europe incl. UK since 2009. Our ability to supply bamboo

pulp in bales in units with FSC® certificate and Anthraquinone-free - if required – is unique today.

Bleached Bagasse Cellulose

We build the markets and exlusively represent EPPCO from Thailand for many decades.

Bleached Wheat- and Oat Fiber Celluloses

Specialty fibers and their introduction with sales have been developed by us from 1985.

Iron Silicate

This is a specialty product used by the blasting and cement industries we gained experiences with for many years.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Trade and Project Financing

ARPZ offers credit facilities for selected trade transactions as well as structured financing for projects which indentify with our business concept and market.