How Exclusive Synthesis Tuned Saltigo Into a Real Success Story

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Geared Toward Customers and Competitiveness

Since Saltigo was founded, numerous basic strategic steps have been required to ensure the company’s rapid and lasting success. Especially at the outset, facilities were closed, jobs were cut and organizational structures were changed. In the first two years alone, millions were invested in turning Saltigo into a market-oriented exclusive synthesis service provider for various sectors of industry. Above all, the company’s global market competitiveness was improved. Focusing on the customer segments of agrochemicals and fine chemicals, including pharmaceuticals, played a key role in this respect.

Focused, Value-creating Investments

Saltigo switched its focus to growth as early as 2008, when the company invested in creating an ultra-modern production plant to manufacture active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates complying with the strict regulatory requirements of Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP). This has now undergone several audits, including by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with successful results.

Just one year later, an investment project worth around EUR 50 million started with a key agrochemical customer. In 2012, this was followed by a strategic focus on agrochemicals, in particular projects with large production volumes – for this sector – of up to 5,000 metric tons per year.

In 2013, Saltigo relocated its headquarters from Langenfeld to Leverkusen to be closer to the integrated production network and thus make its organization even faster and more flexible. In the same year, the company invested around EUR 20 million in the expansion of solids isolation at the Leverkusen site.

In 2015, Saltigo put the Vision 2020 initiative established the previous year into action when it announced investments of around EUR 60 million, including for two new production lines at the Central Organics Pilot Plant (ZeTO) in Leverkusen. Planning for this is already under way and construction is due to begin midway through this year, with the start of production scheduled for the end of 2017. Investments at the Saltigo sites in the 10 years since the company was founded total some EUR 360 million, nearly EUR 300 million of which has gone into the integrated production network at the Leverkusen site.

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