as six lonn sgx o6z industry chemicals biotechnology founded 1897 headquarters basel switzerland key people richard ridinger ceo rolf soiron chairman products biopharmaceuticals organic and fine chemicals chemical synthesis equipment custom manufacturing of chemicals and related products revenue chf 2.680 billion 2010 1 operating income chf 374 million 2010 1 profit chf 291 million 2010 1 total assets chf 4.778 billion end 2010 1 total equity chf 2.387 billion end 2010 1 number of employees 11 400 2012 website www.lonza.com lonza group is a swiss multinational chemicals and biotechnology company head quartered in basel with r & d centres in belgium france germany spain u.k. singapore united states and genome valley india . 2 3 the company provides product development services to the pharmaceutical and biologic industries including organic fine and performance chemicals custom manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals chemical synthesis capabilities detection systems and services for the bioscience sector . 4 5 history edit lonza was founded in 1897 in the small swiss town of gampel situated in the canton of valais taking its name from the nearby river . initially the company produced electricity used to manufacture chemicals such as calcium carbide . lonza moved to neighbouring visp where it retains a production site today in 1909 and began manufacturing synthetic fertilisers and moves into vitamins acids intermediates and additives followed . in 1974 the group merged with aluminium firm alusuisse after which the group moved into the biotechnology sector . lonza de merged from the alusuisse lonza group in 1999 and listed on the swx swiss exchange . the company has expanded in the united states and acquired smaller biopharmaceutical units in recent years . in october 2011 lonza acquired american firm arch chemicals for 1.4 billion as a result becoming the world s largest manufacturer of biocides . 6 on the 15th of august 2016 the group announced its intention to acquire interhealth nutraceuticals 7 a leader in research development manufacture and marketing of value added nutritional ingredients for use in dietary supplements . the acquisition of the us based company will be done at a value of up to usd 300m . references edit a b c d e annual results 2010 pdf . lonza group . retrieved 5 february 2011 . lonza to invest usd 150 million in genome valley hyderabad bio asia 2010 announced lonza to invest rs 250 cr in genome valley business standard allotment 30 acres of land in the genome valley lonza group to set up a bio pharma unit at genome valley simonian haig 11 july 2011 . lonza in 1.4 bn acquisition of arch chemicals . financial times . retrieved 13 november 2011 . http www.lonza.com about lonza media center news tensid 2016 08 15 05 00 english.aspx external links edit official website chemistry portal companies portal switzerland portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lonza group & oldid 734883564 categories chemical companies of switzerlandbiotechnology companiescompanies based in baselcompanies established in 1897biotechnology companies of switzerlandswiss brandsmultinational companies headquartered in switzerland navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutscheestifran aissuomi edit links this page was last modified on 17 august 2016 at 08 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view