Press Archives

Here you will find the press releases for ALTANA and our subsidiary companies for the years from 2002 until 2007.

Press releases from the ALTANA Holding until 2006 you will find here.

29.12.2006 ALTANA AG completes sale of pharmaceuticals business to Nycomed
ALTANA AG (NYSE: AAA, FSE: ALT) has successfully completed the sale of ALTANA Pharma AG and its entire pharmaceuticals business to the Danish Nycomed on December 29, 2006. more


 

19.12.2006 Attractive package for ALTANA shareholders: special dividend and dividend planned
Attractive package for ALTANA shareholders: special dividend and dividend planned.
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19.12.2006 ALTANA AG: Extraordinary General Meeting approves sale of pharmaceuticals business

ALTANA AG: Extraordinary General Meeting approves sale of pharmaceuticals business. more


 

15.12.2006 PRICE INCREASE
Eckart will increase prices of aluminium pigments throughout the world from January 15, 2007. more


 

20.11.2006 ALTANA Chemie to Build a new Administration Building in Wesel
Starting signal for the newly acquired RWE site. ALTANA Chemie is to build a new administration building on the former premises of RWE in Abelstraße. In doing so, it will be taking into account the growth and... more


 

16.11.2006 ALTANA Chemie Capital Markets Day 2006
Growth and sustainable value creation for more than ten years, Solid balance sheet will enable strategic flexibility and further dynamic growth, Excellent positioning and leading market position in all four divisions more


 

14.11.2006 ALTANA Electrical Insulation Announces Price Increase in Europe
ALTANA Electrical Insulation Announces Price Increase in Europe more


 

09.11.2006 Till Isensee New Director of Sales & Marketing at DS-Chemie
The sales organization of DS-Chemie GmbH, Bremen, a member of ALTANA Chemie AG, will be strengthened from November 2006 by the new Director of Sales & Marketing Till Isensee... more


 

02.11.2006 Q1-3 2006: ALTANA with clearly double-digit growth in sales and earnings
Sales with +23% and EBT with +22% clearly above prior year's figures, Very strong earnings in the third quarter: EBT +47%, ALTANA Chemie with sustained high profitability, Special dividend of about €31 for ALTANA shareholders and another dividend increase for 2006.
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27.09.2006 ECKART Closes Production Site at Porto Marghera (Italy)
As part of a consistent strategic and operative alignment, the Division Effect Pigments (ECKART Group) of ALTANA Chemie AG, Wesel, is concentrating on realizing synergy potentials and on improving the structures within the division ... more


 

25.09.2006 ECKART: Metal Surcharges
ECKART: Metal Surcharges more


 

21.09.2006 ALTANA AG: Sale of pharmaceuticals business to Nycomed
ALTANA AG: Sale of pharmaceuticals business to Nycomed more


 

21.09.2006 Ad - hoc: ALTANA AG sells pharmaceuticals business to Nycomed
ALTANA AG sells pharmaceuticals business to Nycomed more


 

28.08.2006 ALTANA Coatings & Sealants: Price increase for solvent based coatings
Rhenania Coatings, Grevenbroich (Germany) and Rhenacoat, Sedan Cedex (France), both companies of ALTANA Chemie, will increase their prices for solvent based coatings by 5% to 7% as of October 1st. 2006. more


 

22.08.2006 BYK-Chemie enters new markets with new NANOBYK® products
BYK-Chemie is about to enter a completely new market: the market for UV absorbers. more


 

02.08.2006 ALTANA delivers dynamic 1st half-year 2006
- ALTANA Pharma: Sales +13%, operating return 30% - ALTANA Chemie: Sales +56%, operating return 19% - Outlook for 2006 confirmed: On the way to 11th record year in succession more


 

03.07.2006 Two rheology additives for aqueous systems
BYK®-420 and BYK®-425 are rheology additives that are used to adjust the flow behavior in aqueous paints and coatings. more


 

29.06.2006 ECKART: Metal Surcharges
Metal Surcharges more


 

27.06.2006 BYK-Chemie acquires RWE site in Abelstraße in Wesel
Future of the Abelstraße site assured by purchase of neighboring land more


 

29.05.2006 1st PUR Academy in China
Successful 1st PUR Academy held by BAYER MaterialScience and BYK-Chemie in Sanya, Hainan, China from May 15 - 17. more


 

02.05.2006 ALTANA Annual General Meeting approves dividend increase of 16%
Dividend rises to €1.10; tenth double-digit dividend increase in succession, total dividend payment higher than nominal capital for the first time more


 

27.04.2006 ALTANA delivers excellent 1st Quarter 2006
Significant double-digit growth: Sales +28%, Net Income +25%, Optimistic outlook for 2006 confirmed. more


 

21.04.2006 Metal Surcharges
Due to the dramatic increase of costs for copper and zinc, Eckart will invoice metal surcharges with immediate effect. more


 

16.03.2006 ALTANA 2005: Double-digit growth in sales and net income
Tenth record year in succession, Tenth dividend increase: +16% more


 

07.03.2006 ALTANA Electrical Insulation Streamlines Operation
As part of our continuous efforts of strategic and operational alignment, Electrical Insulation, a division of ALTANA Chemie AG, Wesel, is adjusting the infrastructure of the division. more


 

17.02.2006 BYK-Chemie at the Middle East Coatings Show
Products and lectures in Dubai more


 

16.02.2006 Price increase
Eckart will increase its prices for aluminium pigments, PVD pigments, aluminium-based printing inks and also zinc pigments throughout the world from 1 March 2006. more


 

15.02.2006 BYK-Chemie employee receives recognition from the Aachen Textile Center
Prize winners of the Textile Award 2005 officially recognized more


 

01.02.2006 ALTANA Chemie Strengthens its Packaging Coatings Area
ALTANA AG has announced today that ALTANA Chemie AG signed an agreement on January 31, 2006, to acquire the U.S.-American Rad-Cure Corporation. more


 

26.01.2006 BYK-Chemie Focuses on Nanotechnology
From February 21-23, 2006, BYK-Chemie will be presenting its nanotechnology based additive range NANOBYK for the very first time at nano tech 2006 in Tokyo. more


 

25.01.2006 ALTANA AG: 10th record year in succession
Double-digit growth in sales and earnings.
Excellent starting base for the strategic future development of ALTANA's divisions. more


 

20.01.2006 ALTANA Chemie Acquires Electrical Insulation Production of INVEX
Strategic and Geographic Expansion of Division Electrical Insulation in the Mercosur Area. more


 

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