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Private company

Ciba-Geigy

Ciba-Geigy is a former agrochemical and pharmaceutical company based in Basel, founded in 1971.1 It ceased to exist in 1996.1

Ciba-Geigy foi uma empresa multinacional suíça do setor químico e farmacêutico, formada em 1970 pela fusão entre duas companhias centenárias: a CIBA (Compagnie Industrielle de Bâle), fundada em 1859, e a Geigy, fundada em 1758. Com sede na cidade de Basileia, a empresa teve atuação global destacada, incluindo uma presença expressiva no Brasil nas décadas de 1970 a 1990.2 From the Portuguese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1971Founded1
  • HeadquartersBasel, Switzerland1

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Ca 1990 Folbex VA fumigant strips for honeybee mite control by CIBA GEIGY Switzerland
Photo: R. Henrik Nilsson, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Ciba-Geigy Corp.

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Ciba1
  2. Succeeded Geigy1
  3. Succeeded by Novartis1

Timeline

  1. 1996Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1971Founded Founded1

Sources

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