4 Letter from the Management Board
In the past business year, mobile work from home was part of the everyday life of
many ALTANA employees. The digitalization of many processes that had already been
achieved in recent years, and the opportunities created to work well together even in
virtual spaces, enabled us to switch to the mobile working mode literally overnight, for
the protection of all of our colleagues. But that ALTANA was able to demonstrate its
innovative strength, customer orientation, and willingness to change in this way is rooted
primarily in our corporate culture. The latter is and remains one of our most important
success factors. Only in an atmosphere of openness and trust, empowerment to act and
appreciation, can we remain the innovative solution provider that our customers want
at their side, both now and in the future, whether on site or digitally. With these values,
we can create sustainable value – for our customers, our employees, our owner, and
society as a whole.
In this spirit, we would like to express our sincere thanks to our employees for their high
level of commitment in the extraordinary year 2020 and their personal contribution
to the wellbeing of ALTANA and all the people who work in the ALTANA Group across
the globe. Our thanks also go to the members of the Supervisory Board for their constructive
support and their trust in ALTANA’s work.
Martin Babilas Stefan Genten Dr. Christoph Schlünken