Looking to the Future
We at ALTANA have a long-term approach. We invest in the future – sometimes
even contrary to short-term trends. Whether it’s research and development,
digitalization, expansion into emerging markets, or talent promotion, the decisive
factor is what sustainably strengthens ALTANA and thus also our customers,
employees, owner, and society as a whole. We have our sights set on the future.
And that’s where we’re heading with wide-open eyes.
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SHAPING FUTURE
MARKETS
INVESTING IN INNOVATIVE
TECHNOLOGIES
STRATEGICALLY EXPANDING
OUR LOCATIONS
One of the ALTANA Group’s great strengths
is its high level of innovation. To this
end, we are continuously developing our
portfolio of products and services in
the field of specialty chemicals. In order to
secure profitable growth in the long
term, ALTANA is also developing new application
fields outside of specialty chemicals
in selected new growth markets. One
of these key future markets is digital
printing.
The ALTANA Group is entering new markets
and opening up new fields of ap-
plication for its products. To this end, we
are making long-term investments in
highly innovative future technologies such
as the new high throughput screening
plant in Wesel. It not only enables us to
carry out series tests with tremendous
speed and efficiency at the highest level of
quality, but also to identify new application
areas for our products.
ALTANA’s BYK division aims to be a longterm
pioneer in rheology additives on
the international market. For this reason,
the additives specialist has not only invested
in production at its site in Gonzales,
Texas, but has also built a new global
research and development center. It is the
ALTANA Group’s competence center for
rheology additives. The products of the
future are created here.
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