Altana

Summary

Altana is a business^[1]. Altana ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (468 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

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

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 969500052UQULM40QV83^[23]

• Registered legal name: Altana Sas^[24]

• Legal jurisdiction: FR^[25]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[26]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): 6CHY^[27]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[28]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[29]

• Entity created: 2013-07-26^[30]

• LEI first registered: 2022-08-24^[31]

• LEI last updated: 2026-03-21^[32]

• LEI next renewal: 2027-03-21^[33]

• Managing LOU: 529900F6BNUR3RJ2WH29^[34]

• Registration authority: RA000189^[35]

• Authority entity ID: 794526780^[36]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[37]

Body

Founding

Altana's founder is recorded as Herbert Quandt^[7]. Recorded inception include 1977^[16] and 2013-07-26^[17].

Operations

Altana's headquarters location is recorded as Wesel^[8]. Subsidiaries include Altana (Netherlands)^[9], a business^[38], in Netherlands^[39], founded in 1977^[40], headquartered in Deventer^[41]; Actega^[10], a business^[42], in Germany^[43], founded in 1915^[44], headquartered in Wesel^[45]; BYK Additives & Instruments^[11], a business^[46], in Germany^[47], founded in 1873^[48], headquartered in Wesel^[49]; Eckart (Unternehmen)^[12], a business^[50], in Germany^[51], founded in 1876^[52], headquartered in Hartenstein^[53]; and Elantas^[13], a business^[54], in Germany^[55], founded in 1904^[56], headquartered in Wesel^[57].

Industry

Altana's industry is recorded as chemical industry^[15].

Why It Matters

Altana ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (468 views/month).^[2] Altana has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[58] Altana is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[59]