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Education Partnership Extended: Wesel Elementary School Children Continue to Benefit from the Mentoring Project for Another Three Years

• “All Children Have Potential” extended for another three years
• 81 children have already benefited from individual support
• Important contribution to equal opportunities in Wesel

ALTANA secures new EIB financing for sustainable innovation

• Credit line of up to 300 million euros for sustainable research and development
• Attractive terms and high flexibility strengthen ALTANA's innovative capacity
• Financing supports projects across the EU and Switzerland

Formnext 2025: Cubic Ink® strengthens leading position as innovative supplier of high-performance 3D printing materials

• ALTANA's solution expertise in 3D printing: Market launch of new resin-based printing materials
• Manufacturing injection molds directly in 3D printing: Innovative technology partnership with SK Industriemodell
• Scaling: Exceptional customer proximity enabling delivery of high-quality 3D printing materials, reliable supply chains, and short delivery times

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Half-year results: ALTANA with stable sales and earnings development

• Sales reach 1,624 million euros thanks to slight operational growth
• ELANTAS division and Asia region particularly strong
• EBITDA and margin above previous year's level in the first six months
• Research and development expenses increased by another 3 percent

“On sunny days, we switch our power production from gas to solar”

We are becoming electrified

Strategic new course set in South America: boosting BYK’s presence and customer proximity in Brazil

The ALTANA Group achieves top rating in EcoVadis assessment – sustainability strategy once again confirmed

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ALTANA Innovation Award: New UV-curing printing inks enhance efficiency and sustainability in packaging printing

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ALTANA Special Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Student Duo from Heilbronn – Honored at the JUGEND GRÜNDET National Finals 2025

Research week at Wesel elementary school: children become explorers and develop aircrafts

• ALTANA and BYK support the educational project "Stiftung Kinder forschen" in Wesel
• Around 150 school and kindergarten children experiment with flying and rolling
• Creative experiments awaken the curiosity and a spirit of discovery

3D printing materials by ALTANA: Cubic Ink® scales production of UV-curing resins for industrial additive manufacturing in the U.S.

• Customers benefit from ALTANA's solution expertise in 3D printing: innovative high-performance materials and flexible production capacities
• Particular customer proximity for high-quality 3D printing materials, reliable supply chains and short delivery times

ALTANA achieves double-digit growth in 2024 and invests heavily in the future

• Sales increase by 16 percent to 3,169 million euros
• EBITDA rises by 27 percent
• Research and development spending grows by an additional 8 percent
• Investments in sites, digitalization, and sustainability surge by 30 percent
• Outlook: Further growth under own steam and through acquisitions

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Climate strategy: ALTANA on the way to “net zero emissions” along the entire value chain

• Goal: virtually greenhouse gas-free worldwide in all three scopes by 2050
• Already by 2040, a reduction of emissions within ALTANA’s direct influence (Scope 1 and 2) by 90 percent
• Science-based approach: ALTANA’s climate targets have been confirmed by the renowned Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
• Progress so far: Between 2014 and 2023, ALTANA already reduced greenhouse gas emissions in Scope 1 and 2 by 70 percent