Ciba Specialty Chemicals
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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,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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<ref>Medienmitteilung von BASF vom 20. November 2008: „Definitives Endergebnis für Ciba-Angebot beträgt 94,59 Prozent“Template:Dead link</ref> and, in April 2009, integrated into the BASF group.<ref>Medienmitteilung von Ciba und BASF vom 9. April 2009</ref> Ciba AG initially continued to trade under the old name,<ref>Welcome to Ciba</ref> but was renamed to BASF Schweiz AG in March 2010.<ref>Eine Marke verschwindet: Die Ciba heisst nun BASF Schweiz AG. Template:Webarchive In: Basler Zeitung, 1. März 2010</ref>
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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
History
The company first came to life under the name "Gesellschaft fur Chemische Industrie", and eventually settled on an acronym of Chemische Industrie Basel sometime after 1920.<ref name="frs">Template:Cite journal</ref>
Part of the merger agreement of 1997, between Ciba Geigy and Sandoz, was that the former's industrial chemicals business would be spun off as a separate business, leading to the formation of Ciba Specialty Chemicals plc.Template:Cn
In 2004, Ciba bought paper chemical manufacturer Raisio Chemicals from Raisio Group.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2006, Ciba divested its textile dyes and chemical auxiliaries business in a sale to Huntsman Corporation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2007, the company announced the intention to adopt the name Ciba Inc.
Ciba's board of directors agreed to a €3.4 billion takeover offer from BASF, the world's largest chemicals company, on 15 September 2008.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2009, the parent company changed the name to BASF Performance Products Limited – BASF group.