Press Archive

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

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

August 07, 2015: Half-Year Results: ALTANA Increases Sales by 9 Percent

The specialty chemicals Group ALTANA was able to increase sales by 9 percent to €1,070 million in the first half of 2015 (previous year: €985 million).
August 05, 2015: ALTANA extends €250 Million Credit Facility

The specialty chemicals company ALTANA AG has successfully adjusted and extended a syndicated line of credit in the amount of €250 million.
June 26, 2015: ALTANA Management Board Repositions Itself for the Future

Dr. Matthias L. Wolfgruber (61) is going to retire and will hand over the chairmanship of the Management Board to longtime Management Board member Martin Babilas (43) on January 1, 2016, Stefan Genten (46) will become ALTANA’s new Chief Financial Officer on August 1, 2015
May 26, 2015: Dr. Stephan Glander New Division President of BYK Additives & Instruments

Dr. Stephan Glander (46) has been appointed new Managing Director of BYK-Chemie GmbH, based in Wesel, Germany
April 27, 2015: Innovation study

Young Employees Seek More Scope for Creativity

Managers and entry-level employees have radically different opinions as to what the most important innovation drivers are. Thirty-four percent of young professionals would like to see more scope for employees.
April 09, 2015: ALTANA Wins 2015 Bronze Stevie® Award

Prestigious business prize given as part of first annual German Stevie® Awards
March 26, 2015: ALTANA Innovation Index 2015: Tapping Creativity - Industrial Corporations Buying into Startups

One in five industrial corporations holds a stake in a startup, but only one in ten enterprises systematically utilizes external knowledge
March 20, 2015: ALTANA Achieves Leap in Sales and Earnings in 2014

Sales rise by 11 percent to around €2 billion, EBITDA reaches €397 million, with a margin of 20.4 percent, Outlook: Further profitable growth in 2015
February 26, 2015: Industry study:

Customer Is King – Enterprises Intensify Innovation Efforts

New development efforts are being focused more closely on customer needs, One in three enterprises will spend more on innovation in 2015, 78 percent of all companies reward good ideas monetarily