WESEL, Germany—By 2025, the specialty chemicals group ALTANA plans to reduce its CO2 impact from production and energy procurement worldwide to zero. Already in 2020, the company’s entire power supply will be converted to renewable energies. ALTANA will compensate for the unavoidable use of natural gas until 2025 by financing equivalent climate protection projects in … Continued
WESEL, Germany & ADLISWIL, Switzerland—The specialty chemicals group ALTANA is taking over the Swiss overprint varnish specialist Schmid Rhyner AG, thereby expanding its ACTEGA division. “In acquiring Schmid Rhyner, we are continuing to systematically pursue the ALTANA strategy of generating value-creating growth through targeted acquisitions,” said Martin Babilas, CEO of ALTANA AG. Schmid Rhyner specializes … Continued
EAST PROVIDENCE, RI—The specialty chemicals Group ALTANA has acquired a technology portfolio and research and development platform from U.S.-based NuLabel Technologies, Inc. It comprises innovative technologies for additive manufacturing of sustainable decoration solutions as well as novel technology for resealable packaging. The environmentally friendly technologies allow for a packaging design that uses lower quantities of … Continued
DELRAN, NJ—ACTEGA NA, the North American division of global specialty ink, coatings, and sealants company Altana AG, is pleased to announce the hiring of Tracey Fikes to lead its Paper Based Packaging division. Prior to joining ACTEGA, Tracey held several prominent roles at Bemis, including marketing director for the multiwall paper packaging segment and, more recently, … Continued
DELRAN, NJ—ACTEGA NA, the North American division of global specialty ink, coatings, and sealants company Altana AG, is pleased to announce the addition of Kristin Tripoli to its NJ based marketing team. Kristin will be managing ACTEGA’s North American trade show presence as well as developing advertising programs, product launches, website and digital platforms, and collateral … Continued
WESEL, Germany & REHOVOT, Israel—The Landa Group and ALTANA AG today announced that ALTANA has acquired Landa’s metallography technology. First unveiled by Landa at the drupa printing exhibition in June 2016, this novel technology for producing metallized graphics is a sustainable alternative to foil transfer processes, enabling metallization graphics at up to half the cost of conventional … Continued
WESEL, Germany—The specialty chemicals group ALTANA has acquired the specialty coatings business of Henkel. Products are sold under the brand names MiraFoil and Miracure and are mainly supplied to the packaging industry in North America. The business generated sales of around $15 million in 2012. Within the ALTANA group the business will be integrated into … Continued