Archroma Management LLC
Archroma is a global colour and specialty chemicals company headquartered near Basel, Switzerland. It operates with 3,000 employees over 35 countries, with 24 production sites. Its 3 businesses – Brand & Performance Textile Specialties, Packaging & Paper Specialties, and Coatings, Adhesives & Sealants – deliver specialised performance and color solutions. ref
Archroma possesses strong brands and leading technologies in dyes, pigments, emulsions and surface active chemicals used in the textile, paper, coatings, construction and adhesive industries. The business operates from twenty-five facilities around the world and employs approximately 3,000 employees. Archroma is headquartered in Switzerland and its Textile Specialties, Paper Solutions and Emulsions Products businesses are managed from Singapore, Switzerland and Brazil respectively. ref
Affiliations
Archroma is a member of the American Chemistry Council's FluoroCouncil, whose purpose is to represent to the public that "the newer, short-chain chemistries currently in use are well studied, ... the science supports the conclusion that the newer FluoroTechnology is not expected to present a significant risk to humans and the environment". All six members of the FluoroCouncil are named parties to a class action lawsuit being brought on behalf of every person in the USA who has been exposed to PFAS chemicals. ref, ref
Company Structure
- http://www.archroma.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/archroma_iso_certification.pdf
- http://www.archroma.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Archroma_CorporatePresentation.pdf
Divisions
Brand & Performance Textile Specialties
Packaging & Paper Specialties
Coatings, Adhesives & Sealants
Profile: B'berg
Timelines
Sept.2017 | Archrome acquired additional shares of 26% in M Dohmen, giving Archroma a controlling 75% participation in the M. Dohmen group. |
Jul.2015 | Archroma acquired BASF SE's Textile Chemical business for $10M, plus the legal entity BASF Pakistan (Private) Ltd in Karachi. ref |
May.2014 | Archroma acquired 49% of M. Dohmen SA, a specialist in the production and marketing of textile dyes and chemicals for the automotive, carpet and apparel sectors. |
Sept.2013 | SK Capital Partners acquired the Textile Chemicals, Paper Specialties, and Emulsions businesses from Clariant Corporation ref. The 3 divisions were combined into an an independent entity, and named Archroma. ref |
1999 | Wasabröd sold by Sandoz to Barilla Alimentare SpA.ref |
1997 | Clariant merged with the Specialty Chemicals business spun off from Germany's Hoechst AG.ref |
1995 | Clariant: Sandoz spun off its Specialty Chemicals operations to form Clariant.ref |
1994 | Gerber Products Company (baby food) acquired by Sandoz.ref |
late 1980s | American Master Builders and its Japanese counterpart Nisso acquired by Sandoz.ref |
Nov.1986 | Sandoz chemical spill: a fire led to a major environmental disaster caused by pesticides polluting the upper Rhine river. |
1983 | Wasabröd (Swedish manufacturer of crisp bread) acquired by Sandoz.ref |
1980 | Zaadunie acquired by Sandoz.ref |
1976 | Northrup King acquired by Sandoz.ref |
1975 | Rogers Seed acquired by Sandoz.ref |
1972 | Delmark acquired by Sandoz.ref |
1967 | Wander AG (Ovaltine/Ovomaltine, Isostar) acquired by Sandoz.ref |
1963 | Biochemie acquired by Sandoz.ref |
1895 | Sandoz Pharmaceuticals AB (Chemische Fabrik vormals Sandoz) formed after Kern's death. |
1886 | Kern & Sandoz Chemistry Firm (Chemiefirma Kern und Sandoz), a dye-production company, founded by Alfred Kern and Edouard Sandoz in Basel, Switzerland. ref |