Altana AG News

Jul 6, 2009 - The Supervisory Board of the specialty chemicals Group ALTANA AG has extended the appointment of Dr.

At the company's Annual General Meeting in Duisburg the shareholders of ALTANA AG approved the dividend proposal made by the Management and Supervisory Boards.

The specialty chemicals Group ALTANA is strongly affected by the worldwide economic crisis and reports significant decreases in sales and earnings.

The specialty chemicals Group ALTANA has acquired the high-performance additives business of the Frankfurt based DyStar group effective as of March 30, 2009.

FRANKFURT : German chemicals producer Altana AG said Thursday its 2008 net profit fell 25 percent on weaker sales as the company was "caught in the maelstrom" of the world economic crisis.

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DUBLIN, Ireland Research and Markets has announced the addition of Global Markets Direct's new report "ALTANA AG - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review" to their offering.

A Swiss man's lawyer says his client admits to blackmailing Germany's richest woman and defrauding her of millions.

The company offers wide variety of products including additives, special coatings and adhesives, effect pigments, sealants and compounds, impregnating resins & varnishes, and testing and measuring instruments.

Adjusted for negative exchange rate effects as well as minor positive acquisition and divestment effects, the operating sales decrease was 2%. Due to the effects of the worldwide economic crisis, particularly ...

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ALTANA AG the specialty chemicals business fourth quarter revenues dropped 16% to 274 million and net profit fell 46% to 30 million.

FRANKFURT : German chemical maker Altana AG said Thursday its sales and profit declined in 2008 as the global economic situation pinched demand, and reported a sharp drop in fourth-quarter earnings.

European plane maker Airbus said Tuesday it has met its target of delivering 12 A380 superjumbos this year - - with just 2 days to spare.