ZELLCHEMING’s business is expanding and the course for their future is set!
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The result of a survey by postal vote (with online option) enabled the economic business operations of the ZELLCHEMING association to be outsourced to a GmbH in the coming months (the non-profit part will remain). The majority (64.34%) of ZELLCHEMING members took part of the voting, of which 93.44% were in favor as of July 31, 2020, to clearly separate voluntary association life and economic activities in the future.
Gerrit Lund, 1st chairman of the ZELLCHEMING association, said: “I am very pleased with the very good response and the clear result. It shows that our members support us on our way. "
The desire to outsource commercial operations to a GmbH came from the tax-separate administration of the non-profit, which deals with the economic part of the association's activities. They dealt with a high expenditure of time for financial processing and documentation.
The main goal is to ensure that the ZELLCHEMING association (which is 115 years old) is stable and secure for more decades to come. As a result of the separation, the economic dominance is outsourced from the organizational structure and the "voluntary association life" is strengthened. This enables the association to concentrate more on scientific and technical work, thereby sharpening its profile as an important link between research and industry and performing this role more intensively. However, the ZELLCHEMING association is 100% shareholder of the GmbH and thus retains control over the outsourced subsidiary to the extent desired. The GmbH, in turn, takes on services for the ZELLCHEMING association and bills them for them.
“We would like the important specialist work that is done at ZELLCHEMING to be more effectively communicated to the outside world. For many years, the image of the Expo has obscured the association's perception. The separation between the GmbH and the association will make it come to the fore again. That means setting the course for the future!" says, Petra Hanke, managing director of the ZELLCHEMING association.
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