Altana

Summary

Altana is a business^[1]. Altana ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,737 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Altana is in the country of Germany^[3].
• Altana is in the country of FR^[4].
• Altana is in the country of KY^[5].
• Altana's instance of is recorded as business^[6].
• Altana's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[7].
• Altana's founder is recorded as Herbert Quandt^[8].
• Altana's headquarters location is recorded as Wesel^[9].
• Altana's child organization or unit is recorded as Altana (Netherlands)^[10].
• Altana's child organization or unit is recorded as Actega^[11].
• Altana's child organization or unit is recorded as BYK Additives & Instruments^[12].
• Altana's child organization or unit is recorded as Eckart (Unternehmen)^[13].
• Altana's child organization or unit is recorded as Elantas^[14].
• Altana's Commons category is recorded as Altana AG^[15].
• Altana's industry is recorded as chemical industry^[16].
• 1977 marks the founding of Altana^[17].
• 2013-07-26 marks the founding of Altana^[18].
• 2009-11-01 marks the founding of Altana^[19].
• Altana's official website is recorded as https://www.altana.com/^[20].
• Altana's replaces is recorded as Byk Gulden^[21].
• Altana's legal form is recorded as Aktiengesellschaft^[22].
• Altana's legal form is recorded as 6CHY^[23].
• Altana's legal form is recorded as 8888^[24].
• Altana's legal form is recorded as J9OZ^[25].
• Altana's different from is recorded as altan^[26].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 969500052UQULM40QV83^[27]

• Registered legal name: Altana Sas^[28]

• Legal jurisdiction: FR^[29]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[30]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): 6CHY^[31]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[32]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[33]

• Entity created: 2013-07-26^[34]

• LEI first registered: 2022-08-24^[35]

• LEI last updated: 2026-03-21^[36]

• LEI next renewal: 2027-03-21^[37]

• Managing LOU: 529900F6BNUR3RJ2WH29^[38]

• Registration authority: RA000189^[39]

• Authority entity ID: 794526780^[40]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[41]

Body

Founding

Altana's founder is recorded as Herbert Quandt^[8]. Recorded inception include 1977^[17], 2013-07-26^[18], and 2009-11-01^[19].

Operations

Altana's headquarters location is recorded as Wesel^[9]. Subsidiaries include Altana (Netherlands)^[10], a business^[42], in Netherlands^[43], founded in 1977^[44], headquartered in Deventer^[45]; Actega^[11], a business^[46], in Germany^[47], founded in 1915^[48], headquartered in Wesel^[49]; BYK Additives & Instruments^[12], a business^[50], in Germany^[51], founded in 1873^[52], headquartered in Wesel^[53]; Eckart (Unternehmen)^[13], a business^[54], in Germany^[55], founded in 1876^[56], headquartered in Hartenstein^[57]; and Elantas^[14], a business^[58], in Germany^[59], founded in 1904^[60], headquartered in Wesel^[61].

Industry

Altana's industry is recorded as chemical industry^[16].

Why It Matters

Altana ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,737 views/month).^[2] Altana has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[62] Altana is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[63]