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#DiscoverGoodChemistry: New employer branding campaign shows why the chemistry is right at ALTANA

• The specialty chemicals group’s employer positioning puts employees at the center
• Key theme: a healthy mix of stability and innovation
• Relaunch of the ALTANA career portal with a global digital recruiting system

ALTANA receives EcoVadis Gold Medal – sustainability performance confirmed once again

• Last year’s result improved once again
• ALTANA is thus among the top 5 percent of all companies evaluated worldwide

Everyone Pitches in Here, and it Pays off

BYK Strengthens Its Portfolio of Measurement and Testing Instruments Through a Strategic Acquisition in the Autonomous Driving Market

• Acquisition of perisens, the leading specialist in radar and communications technology
• Expansion of the measurement and testing instrument business through patented technology for radar measurement of painted automotive components

ALTANA Innovation Award: Environmentally Friendly New Generation of Defoamers

• An interdisciplinary team at BYK has developed additives that prevent unwanted foaming during the production of paints and coatings
• Award presented at the ALTANA Innovation Conference in Wesel

Oldenburg High School Students Win ALTANA Special Prize in Chemistry

• Kaja Charlotte Hammels and Tue Minh Vu from Oldenburg have won the ALTANA Special Prize in Chemistry at JUGEND GRÜNDET.
• With „TerraTin,“ they are developing petroleum-free, biodegradable single-use packaging as an alternative to conventional plastic.
• The award was presented at the 2026 national finals in Stuttgart.

Why the Right Chemistry Matters

Freedom Fuels a Sense of Responsibility

The Strength of Long-term Thinking and Action

Research Week at a Wesel Elementary School and Daycare Center: Children Develop Water Filters and Marble Runs

• ALTANA and BYK support the “Stiftung Kinder forschen” educational project in Wesel
• About 180 school and daycare children conduct experiments on environmental protection and kinetics
• Creative experiments spark a spirit of research and discovery

ALTANA increases operating sales and earnings despite difficult market environment

• Sales reach 3,081 million euros thanks to slight operating growth
• ELANTAS division particularly strong
• Research and development expenditure at record high
• EBITDA and margin above previous year's level

#DiscoverGoodChemistry: What makes ALTANA such a great place to work!

There is a place where you can shape things from day one. Where chemistry helps others develop more sustainable products. Where stability enables progress – especially now. Where leading means empowering others. And where the team is more than the sum of its parts.

For us, that place is ALTANA.

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

We bring people and data together

We bundle our expertise

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

We create development opportunities for every generation.

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

We change while staying true to ourselves

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