Heike Buskies heads BYK's global Plastics Additives business

19-Aug-2024 - Heike Buskies has taken over the management of the Global Business Line Plastics Additives at BYK. She joined the additives experts BYK in October 2012 when she left Evonik and started as Sales Manager Plastics Additives for Greater Europe. In July 2021, she took over responsibility for the ...

BYK to end production of additives containing PFAS

Last shipment of products containing PFAS by end of 2025

15-Aug-2024 - For years, BYK has been actively promoting extensive research efforts towards replacing its per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) with more environmentally compatible alternatives. Dr. Stefan Mößmer, Managing Director Marketing & Commercial: “As a leading manufacturer of additives, we have ...

ALTANA Further Expands Additives Business by Acquiring PolyAd Services

01-Feb-2017 - The specialty chemicals company ALTANA has acquired the U.S. company PolyAd Services, a leading developer and manufacturer of additive solutions for the global plastics market. PolyAd Services will be integrated into the Plastics Additives business line of ALTANA Group’s largest division BYK ...

ALTANA Expands its Additive Business

Takeover of two production facilities in the Netherlands and the U.S. with 45 employees

05-Jul-2016 - Specialty chemicals group ALTANA has acquired the Dutch enterprise Addcomp Holland BV, a developer and manufacturer of unique polymer additive solutions. Addcomp will be integrated into the Plastic Additives business line of ALTANA’s largest division BYK Additives & Instruments. “In acquiring ...

ALTANA acquires ChemCor, USA

11-Dec-2012 - ALTANA has signed a contract to acquire the business of Chemical Corporation of America Inc. (ChemCor), a U.S. manufacturer of specialty wax additives. The family business generates yearly sales of around 17 million USD. By way of an asset deal, ALTANA will acquire the production site in Chester, ...

Business year 2009: ALTANA noticeably affected by the crisis despite strong rebound in the second half of the year

08-Feb-2010 - ALTANA AG concluded the business year 2009 with noticeably lower sales and earnings figures compared to the prior year due to the effects of the economic crisis. Despite a pronounced upturn in business in the second half of the year, sales declined to €1,182 million, following €1,342 million in ...

First Half 2009: ALTANA Still Burdened by Economic Crisis

EBITDA: down 52 percent; EBITDA margin 12.6 percent

10-Aug-2009 - ALTANA posted considerably lower first-half sales and earnings than in the comparative period of the previous year on account of the worldwide economic crisis. In comparison with the preceding first three months of 2009 the sales performance in the period April to June showed a positive trend; it ...

ALTANA closes the acquisition of the wax additives business of Clariant

06-Jan-2009 - The German antitrust authority has approved the acquisition of Dick Peters B.V. by ALTANA AG. The business activities of the Dutch manufacturer of wax additives, which was a subsidiary of the Swiss specialty chemicals company Clariant, will be transferred to the BYK Additives & Instruments ...

BYK-Chemie USA acquires Bergen Materials, Corp.

25-Apr-2007 - BYK-Chemie USA Inc., Wallingford, the US-subsidiary of BYK-Chemie GmbH, Wesel, member of ALTANA AG acquired the business of Bergen Materials, Corp. a US-based additives supplier serving customers in the Paint and Plastics industries. Net Sales of Bergen Materials Corp. is approximately 3 million ...

Martin Babilas newly appointed CFO of ALTANA Chemie AG

25-Nov-2005 - The Supervisory Board of ALTANA Chemie AG has appointed Martin Babilas as a Member of the Management Board of ALTANA Chemie AG effective January 1, 2006. Martin Babilas will succeed Gerd Buescher on April 1, 2006, as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Gerd Buescher will focus on his current position ...