History
The history of our company can be traced back to Leopold Cassella, who founded in 1838 Leopold Cassella & Comp. a company whose major business was trading with colours. Further roots lie in the US-based Monsanto Company.
Milestones:
1935 Discovery of Melamine resins at the Cassella site in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1940ies First production of Melamine resins the Cassella site and at the Monsanto site in
Springfield, MA, USA
1970 Hoechst becomes the major shareholder of Cassella AG (75% Hoechst, 25% widely held
stock)
1995 Change of ownership from Cassella AG to Hoechst AG, Site Cassella. Later this year
Hoechst spins off its resins business into a new company with the name Vianova Resins
1997 Monsanto spins off its chemicals business, calling this new company Solutia Inc., and the
Melamine resins product line is part of this spin-off business
1999 Solutia acquires Vianova Resins and both resins businesses were combined
2003 UCB / Surface Specialties buys from Solutia this combined resins business
2005 Acquisition of the Melamine resins business by INEOS and formation of INEOS Melamines