Altana AG (ISIN: DE0007600801) is a German chemical company based in Wesel. It develops, produces and distributes special products for coatings manufacturers, paint and plastics processing. It has laboratories, manufacturing and sales subsidiaries in more than 15 countries worldwide.
Since 1977, Altana has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and was one of the DAX companies until 2007. From 2002 to May 2007, Altana was listed on the New Y...
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Altana AG (ISIN: DE0007600801) is a German chemical company based in Wesel. It develops, produces and distributes special products for coatings manufacturers, paint and plastics processing. It has laboratories, manufacturing and sales subsidiaries in more than 15 countries worldwide.
Since 1977, Altana has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and was one of the DAX companies until 2007. From 2002 to May 2007, Altana was listed on the New York Stock Exchange under stock symbol AAA as well. In 2008, Altana had 4,791 employees and an annual turnover of €1.34 billion - down 3% year-on-year. The Altana group consisted of Altana Pharma AG (once the Konstanz-based Byk Gulden) and Altana Chemie headquartered at Wesel.
Privately-owned pharmaceutical company Nycomed - 41.1% owned by Danish private equity firm Nordic Capital and 25.1% by Credit Suisse Alternative Investments - in 2006 bought the pharmaceuticals business. That sale was passed by the EU and - as Nycomed - the former Altana...
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