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