Ciba Specialty Chemicals

Ciba Specialty Chemicals
Company type	Public limited company
Industry	Chemicals
Predecessors	Ciba-Geigy, Sandoz
Founded	1997 as spin out of Novartis
Defunct	15 September 2008
Fate	Acquired by BASF
Successor	BASF Schweiz AG, Zurich
Headquarters	Basel, Switzerland
Products	plastics, chemicals
Owner	BASF
Parent	BASF Performance Products Limited

Ciba was a chemical company based in and near Basel, Switzerland. "Ciba" stood for "Chemische Industrie Basel" (Chemical Industries Basel) and was formed when the non-pharmaceuticals elements of Novartis were spun out in 1997,^[1] following the merger in the previous year of Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz that created Novartis.

In 2008, Ciba was acquired by the German chemical company BASF^[2] and, in April 2009, integrated into the BASF group.^[3] Ciba AG initially continued to trade under the old name,^[4] but was renamed to BASF Schweiz AG in March 2010.^[5]

The BASF subsidiary makes products in the following areas: Agriculture, Automotive, Construction & Pipes, Electronic materials, Extractive & Process Technologies, Home & Fabric Care, Inks & Graphics, Lubricants, Monomers & Water Soluble Polymers, Packaging, Paints and Coatings, Paper, Personal Care, Photo & Digital Imaging, Plastics & Rubber, Textiles & Fibers, Water treatment.^[6]

^ Journal, Margaret StuderSpecial to The Wall Street. "Ciba Specialty Chemicals' Value Put at $4.23 Billion for Sell-Off". WSJ. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
^ Medienmitteilung von BASF vom 20. November 2008: „Definitives Endergebnis für Ciba-Angebot beträgt 94,59 Prozent“^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Medienmitteilung von Ciba und BASF vom 9. April 2009
^ Welcome to Ciba
^ Eine Marke verschwindet: Die Ciba heisst nun BASF Schweiz AG. Archived 2016-04-27 at the Wayback Machine In: Basler Zeitung, 1. März 2010
^ "Ciba Product Finder - Search". 2004-12-11. Archived from the original on 2004-12-11. Retrieved 2023-01-20.

[1] Journal, Margaret StuderSpecial to The Wall Street. "Ciba Specialty Chemicals' Value Put at $4.23 Billion for Sell-Off". WSJ. Retrieved 2023-05-10.

[2] Medienmitteilung von BASF vom 20. November 2008: „Definitives Endergebnis für Ciba-Angebot beträgt 94,59 Prozent“^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Medienmitteilung von Ciba und BASF vom 9. April 2009

[4] Welcome to Ciba

[5] Eine Marke verschwindet: Die Ciba heisst nun BASF Schweiz AG. Archived 2016-04-27 at the Wayback Machine In: Basler Zeitung, 1. März 2010

[6] "Ciba Product Finder - Search". 2004-12-11. Archived from the original on 2004-12-11. Retrieved 2023-01-20.

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