Ciba was a

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company based in and near

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

, Switzerland. "Ciba" stood for "Chemische Industrie Basel" (Chemical Industries Basel). It was formed as the non-pharmaceuticals elements of

Novartis Novartis AG is a Swiss-American multinational pharmaceutical corporation based in Basel, Switzerland and Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (global research).name="novartis.com">https://www.novartis.com/research-development/research-loc ...

were spun out in 1997, following the merger in the previous year of

Ciba-Geigy Novartis AG is a Swiss-American multinational pharmaceutical corporation based in Basel, Switzerland and Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (global research).name="novartis.com">https://www.novartis.com/research-development/research-loca ...

and

Sandoz Novartis AG is a Swiss-American multinational pharmaceutical corporation based in Basel, Switzerland and Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (global research).name="novartis.com">https://www.novartis.com/research-development/research-loca ...

that created Novartis. In 2008, Ciba was acquired by the German chemical company

BASF BASF SE () is a German multinational chemical company and the largest chemical producer in the world. Its headquarters is located in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The BASF Group comprises subsidiaries and joint ventures in more than 80 countries ...

and, in April 2009, integrated into the BASF group. Ciba AG initially continued to trade under the old name, but was renamed to ''BASF Schweiz AG'' in March 2010. The BASF subsidiary makes products in the following areas:

Agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...

, Automotive,

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s, Electronic materials, Extractive & Process Technologies, Home & Fabric Care,

Ink Ink is a gel, sol, or solution that contains at least one colorant, such as a dye or pigment, and is used to color a surface to produce an image, text, or design. Ink is used for drawing or writing with a pen, brush, reed pen, or quill. Thicker ...

s & Graphics, Lubricants,

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& Water Soluble

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, Packaging, Paints and

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Paper Paper is a thin sheet material produced by mechanically or chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from wood, rags, grasses or other vegetable sources in water, draining the water through fine mesh leaving the fibre evenly distrib ...

, Personal Care,

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, Plastics &

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, Textiles & Fibers,

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History

The company first came to life under the name "Gesellschaft fur Chemische Industrie", and eventually settled on an acronym of Chemische Industrie Basel sometime after 1920. Part of the merger agreement of 1997 between Ciba Geigy and Sandoz was that the former's industrial chemicals business would be spun off as a separate business, leading to the formation of Ciba Specialty Chemicals plc. In 2004, Ciba bought

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manufacturer Raisio Chemicals from

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. In 2006, Ciba divested its Textile Dyes and Chemical Auxiliaries business in a sale to Huntsman Corporation. In 2007, the company announced the intention to adopt the name Ciba Inc. Ciba's board of directors agreed to a

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3.4 billion takeover offer from

, the world's largest chemicals company, on 15 September 2008. In 2009, the company changed the name to BASF Performance Products Limited - BASF group.

Board of directors

*Michael Heinz Chief Executive Officer *Armin Meyer Chairman of the Board *Beat W. Hess Vice Chairman of the Board *Utz-Hellmuth Felcht Member of the Board *Erwin W. Heri Member of the Board *Gertrud Höhler Member of the Board *Jean-Marie Pierre Lehn Member of the Board *Peter Littmann Member of the Board *Uli Sigg Member of the Board

References

External links

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U.S.EPA Superfund Sites, NJ Department of Health

Ciba-Geigy Corp. Proposes Multimillion-Dollar Settlement
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