Archroma Management LLC

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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

Divisions

Brand & Performance Textile Specialties

Packaging & Paper Specialties

Coatings, Adhesives & Sealants

Profile: B'berg

Timelines

Sept.2017Archrome acquired additional shares of 26% in M Dohmen, giving Archroma a controlling 75% participation in the M. Dohmen group.
Jul.2015Archroma acquired BASF SE's Textile Chemical business for $10M, plus the legal entity BASF Pakistan (Private) Ltd in Karachi. ref
May.2014Archroma 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.2013SK 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
1999Wasabröd sold by Sandoz to Barilla Alimentare SpA.ref
1997Clariant merged with the Specialty Chemicals business spun off from Germany's Hoechst AG.ref
1995Clariant: Sandoz spun off its Specialty Chemicals operations to form Clariant.ref
1994Gerber Products Company (baby food) acquired by Sandoz.ref
late 1980sAmerican Master Builders and its Japanese counterpart Nisso acquired by Sandoz.ref
Nov.1986Sandoz chemical spill:Wikipedia-W.svg a fire led to a major environmental disaster caused by pesticides polluting the upper Rhine river.
1983Wasabröd (Swedish manufacturer of crisp bread) acquired by Sandoz.ref
1980Zaadunie acquired by Sandoz.ref
1976Northrup King acquired by Sandoz.ref
1975Rogers Seed acquired by Sandoz.ref
1972Delmark acquired by Sandoz.ref
1967Wander AG (Ovaltine/Ovomaltine, Isostar) acquired by Sandoz.ref
1963Biochemie acquired by Sandoz.ref
1895Sandoz Pharmaceuticals AB (Chemische Fabrik vormals Sandoz) formed after Kern's death.
1886Kern & Sandoz Chemistry Firm (Chemiefirma Kern und Sandoz), a dye-production company, founded by Alfred Kern and Edouard Sandoz in Basel, Switzerland. ref