Altana
Sign in to saveAltana AG (styled as ALTANA) is a German chemical company headquartered in Wesel. It was created in 1977, as a result of spinning off divisions from the Varta Group. The first CEO was Herbert Quandt.
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Altana is a company established in 1977. It is based in Wesel, Germany, and maintains an active status. The organization is described as a global leader in true specialty chemicals.
Altana is recognized in the Dax collection. Its official title is Altana AG.
Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, ROR, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Company.name
- ALTANA AG
- Company.logo
- Altana Logo 2007.svg
- Company.type
- Aktiengesellschaft
- Company.founder
- Herbert Quandt
- Company.key_people
- Martin Babilas, CEO Tammo Boinowitz Stefan Genten
- Company.industry
- Chemicals
- Company.revenue
- € 3,081 billion (2025)
- Company.num_employees
- around 8,176 (2025)
- Company.foundation
- 1977
- Company.location_city
- Wesel
- Company.location_country
- Germany
- Company.homepage
- www.altana.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1977
- Location
- Wesel, Germany
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.418522.8 · ISNI 0000 0004 0489 9543
Official website
Link to the official site · 8,111 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- enterprise
- Part of
- DAX
- Country
- Germany
- Founded by
- Herbert Quandt
- Headquarters
- Wesel
- Industry
- chemical industry
- Legal form
- Aktiengesellschaft
- Official website
- www.altana.com
Show 3 more facts
- inception
- 1977-00-00
- Commons category
- Altana AG
- different from
- altan
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- History
- References
- External links
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