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Milestones

1852foundation of Blaufarbenwerk Marienberg at Lautertal/Odenwald
1890merger of 14 ultramarine plants, foundation of Vereinigten Ultramarinfabriken AG
1954foundation of Deutsche Advance Produktions GmbH (DAP) at Lautertal
1962foundation of plant Lampertheim
1971acquisition of DAP by J.R. Geigy AG, Basel
1972after the merger of Ciba-Geigy AG, Basel, foundation of Ciba-Geigy Marienberg GmbH at Lautertal with plants at Lampertheim and Lautertal
1974stop of ultramarine production at Lautertal
1994foundation of Ciba Additive GmbH at Lampertheim with manufacturings plants at Lampertheim and Lautertal and sales department at Frankfurt/Main (Vertrieb)
1995closing of site Lautertal with subsequent conversion to a mixed branches business park
1996move of sales Additives Germany from Frankfurt to Lampertheim
19971997 after the spin-off of Ciba Specialty Chemicals foundation of Ciba Spezialitätenchemie Lampertheim GmbH with headquarters at Lamperthei
1997Ciba-Witco-Swap: change of business units vinyl additives (now Crompton) and epoxy-systems (now Vantico/Huntsman)
1998/99acquisition of Allied Colloids GmbH and integration of Water & Paper Treatment business at site Lamperthe
2001Fit for Growth: restructuring of the Company with five segments
2001Ciba® TINUVIN® 770-plant put into operation
2002anniversary: 40 years site Lampertheim
2003Ciba® TINUVIN® 292-production put into operation
2005acquisition of Raisio Chemicals andintegration in existing paper business (Water & Paper Treatment)
2005opening of Ciba® TINUVIN® 360-plant, for the first time the site achieves a complete year without lost-time accidents
2006Ciba® MELAPUR® plant put into operation, 2006 becomes the second year without lost-time accidents
2007Ciba Specialty Chemicals is renamed Ciba; Ciba Spezialitätenchemie Lampertheim GmbH becomes Ciba Lampertheim GmbH
2008 BASF announces a public tender offer for Ciba
2009 BASF completes the acquisition of Ciba, Ciba Lampertheim GmbH becomes BASF Lampertheim GmbH


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