Lonza

History

Year	Detail
1897	The company was founded.
1898	The Gampel 1 power station began producing carbide.
1903	The company started working on two other carbide plants.
1917	Lonza and the Swiss Alcohol Board signed a contract allowing the government to buy an annual alcohol volume equivalent to pre-war requirements.
1917	The company opened a new acetylene plant in Visp.
1927	The company began making nitric acid for fertilizers.
1934	The company began making acetate silk.
1948	The company acquired a 50% stake in Salanfe SA.
1956	The company formed subsidiaries such as Airex AG.
1968	Opened a new fertilizer plant with automated lines and expanded storage facilities.
1969	Business expansion in the U.S.
1974	Lonza merged with its business partner, Alusuisse.
1984	Lonza opened a new fine chemicals complex in Visp.
1992	Expanded into Central Europe by purchasing the Czechoslovakian State Research Institute for Biofactors and Veterinary Drugs.
1996	The company acquired Celltech Biologics.
1997	Lonza demerged from Alusuisse and was listed independently on the Swiss stock exchange.
2019	Lonza signed an agreement for Ibex Solutions in Visp.
2020	Lonza entered into a ten-year collaboration agreement with Moderna Inc.
2023	Lonza completes the expansion of the conjugation facility in Visp.
2024	Lonza Signs agreement to acquire large-scale biologics site in Vacaville (U.S.) from Roche.