09.01.2017
- German specialty chemical company Altana has acquired the formulated resins business of Belgium’s Solvay for an undisclosed sum. Solvay originally gained the assets as part of its...
01.07.2015
- Martin Babilas will become the new chief executive of German chemical producer Altana upon the retirement of Matthias L. Wolfgruber on January 1, 2016. The 43-year-old executive...
26.05.2015
- Dr Stephan Glander (46) has been appointed new managing director of BYK-Chemie and worldwide president of BYK Additives & Instruments, one of the divisions of Altana. He will take...
05.01.2015
- In a move to expand its position in the Brazilian market, the Actega division of German specialty chemicals producer Altana has acquired two owner-operated companies, Premiata and...
16.07.2014
- In a deal aimed at tapping fast-growing demand for lithium products such as batteries, US fine chemical producer Albemarle, headquartered at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has announced...
29.11.2013
- German chemical producer Altana said its promissory note with a volume of €200 million issued to partially refinance its acquisition of Rockwood's rheology business was four times...
29.07.2013
- German specialty chemicals group Altana said on Sunday it had agreed to buy the global rheology business of U.S. chemicals maker Rockwood Holdings for $635 million to expand its...
