History
- 1885: Albert Boehringer buys a small tartar factory in Ingelheim am Rhein. The doors open and work begins on August 1.
- 1886: The factory commences production of tartaric acid for use in the food industry (e.g. in baking powder and carbonated beverages).
- 1893: Albert Boehringer renames the company C. H. Boehringer Sohn (CHBS) in honour of his father, Christoph Heinrich Boehringer.
- 1893: While experimenting with the production of citric acid, lactic acid is formed. Albert Boehringer develops this process, with the intention of producing lactic acid on a larger scale.
- 1895: Lactic acid is produced on an industrial scale. This becomes a commercial success and instates CHBS as a pioneer in the field of industrial applications of biotechnological processes.
- 1917: Professor Heinrich Wieland, chemist, future Nobel Prize winner and cousin of Albert Boehringer, initiates the foundation of the company’s research department.
- 1928: Albert Boehringer purchases Dr. Karl Thomae, a company based in Winnenden near Stuttgart.
- 1946: Dr. Karl Thomae GmbH is re-opened in Biberach an der Riss with a staff of 70 people.
- 1954: The company hires Fritz Fischer after he is released from jail.
- 1955: The Animal Health division is established as the company acquires Pfizer’s veterinary programme.
- 1971: The foreign subsidiary, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc is founded in Ridgefield, Connecticut (USA). This site is soon expanded, taking its place as the company’s North American research centre.
- 1985: This year sees the Institute for Molecular Pathology (IMP) established in Vienna; it opens in 1988.
- 1986: The biotechnological centre in Biberach begins production of biopharmaceuticals from cell cultures.
- 1998: The merging of Boehringer Ingelheim KG and Dr. Karl Thomae GmbH founds Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma KG.
- 2010: The company celebrates its 125th anniversary.
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