Tadeusz Nowicki (industrialist)

Tadeusz (Thadée) Nowicki (born 1958) – industrialist, founder and President of the ERGIS Group.

Tadeusz Nowicki
Tadeusz Nowicki
Born1958
EducationDoctor
Alma materWydział Inżynierii Materiałowej Politechniki Warszawskiej; Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines
OccupationIndustrialist

Having graduated from Gottwald Secondary School (currently Staszic Secondary School) in Warsaw in 1977, he began studies at the Warsaw University of Technology where he obtained a master's degree in materials science. He was one of the founders and the first Vice-President of the anti-regime students' organization, Independent Students’ Association (NZS), at the Warsaw University of Technology. In 1981, after the introduction of martial law in Poland by Jaruzelski, he was interned along with other members of the opposition in Białołęka[1] until 17 July 1982.[2] In March 1983, he defended his master’s dissertation written in the internment camp, and after suspension of the martial law, with support from the French Le Goff intellectuals committee, was given permission to go to France to prepare his doctorate thesis at École Nationale Supérieure des Mines (Saint Etienne).[3]

Tadeusz Nowicki began his professional career in 1985 as a researcher in the French Ministry of Industry.

Together with J.M. Penisson and M. Biscondi, he conducted an experiment that involved direct observation of atomic positions in grain boundaries in the presence of foreign atoms, using a high-resolution transmission electron microscope.[4][5][6]

In 1989, he joined Comptoir Lyon Alemand, Louyot et Cie (CLAL), the French leader in precious metals processing, as head of metallurgical research. After a merger with the American group Engelhard Metals, he became Technical Director of the Platinum Division at Engelhard-Clal, responsible for technical issues in factories in Paris, London, and Amsterdam.

In January 1998, he became involved in the reconstruction of industry in Poland and through eight mergers and acquisitions created the ERGIS Group,[7][8][9] which has been listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange since 2006. Together with Marek Górski and Jacek Korpała, he conducted a management buy-out [10][11][12] and acquisition of MKF-Folien GmbH based in Berlin and Schimanski GmbH based near Hamburg,[13][14][15] which became part of the ERGIS Group, the Polish leader in plastics processing.

Tadeusz Nowicki has inspired and participated in the implementation of a new technology for nano-layer stretch films.[16]

Since 2007, he has been the President of the Polish Union of Plastics Converters [17] (PZPTS/PUPC), a member of the Polish Confederation Lewiatan – main organisation of Polish employers.

References
  1. Dr Gałaszewska – Chilczuk, Niezależne Zrzeszenie Studentów Politechniki Warszawskiej 1980-1989, 2014
  2. 13grudnia81.pl. "Alphabetical list of people interned during the martial law". 13grudnia81.pl (in Polish). p. 92 position 5836. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  3. Tadeusz Nowicki, PhD thesis, Segregation Intergranulaire de L’oxygene Dans le Molybdene Description Atomique et Mesures, Soutenue à SAINT-ETIENNE le 17 January 1989
  4. 3. J. M. Penisson, T. Nowicki, M. Biscondi, Atomic Structure of a Tilt Grain Boundary in a Molybdenum Bicrystal Studied by 400 kV High-Resolution Electron Microscopy, Philosophical Magazine A, 6, 1 December 1988, pp. 947– 956, DOI: 10.1080/01418618808214425, ISSN 0141-8610 [retrieved on 21 December 2016]
  5. 4. T. N. Nowicki, M. Biscondi, Oxygen Segregation in 32° [001] Molybdenum Tilt Grain Boundary II. Enthalpies of Segregation Determination from AES and Grain Boundary Grooves Measurements, Le Journal de Physique Colloques, C5, 1 October 1988, C5-409–C5-416, DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1988548, ISSN 0449-1947 [retrieved on 21 December 2016] (English)
  6. 5. P. Boch, J. Philibert, Matériaux: L’énigme des Interfaces, La Recherche, No. 214, October 1989
  7. Rzeczpospolita, Rynek kapitałowy – Folie na parkiecie, 13 May 2006
  8. Parkiet, Eurofilms szansa na 20 milionów złotych – Prospekt zatwierdzony, 13 May 2006
  9. pb.pl, Eurofilms zadebiutował kursem 4,05, http://www.pb.pl/1363944,74736,eurofilms-zadebiutowal-kursem-4-05-zl, 12 June 2006
  10. Parkiet, V NFI Victoria SA zbycie aktywów, August 2003
  11. AltAssets, DBG Eastern Europe finalizuje pierwsza transakcję z nowego funduszu, August 2003
  12. Rzeczpospolita, Ergis: nowy właściciel, August 2003
  13. pb.pl, Ergis-Eurofilms przejął MKF-Folien oraz spółkę Schimanski, http://www.pb.pl/1302983,101329,ergis-eurofilms-przejal-mkf-folien-oraz-spolke-schimanski, 30 September 2007
  14. money.pl, Po przejęciach obroty grupy Ergis-Eurofilms przekroczą 600 mln zł, 30 September 2007
  15. Puls Biznesu, Przejęcia w Niemczech, 1 October 2007
  16. Customer magazine W&H, Always at the Top: Ergis S.A. Installs the First Stretch Film Winder, Filmatic PS, 2014
  17. Governing bodies (Polish). PZPTS (Polish Union of Plastics Converters. [access 2016-12-20]
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