On the move We move people and markets into the future

Dr. Wolfgang Wienand
Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Andreas Casutt
Chairman of the Board of Directors
150 years of Siegfried – 150 years on the move
It is mainly the developments of the last 14 years that have resulted in the Siegfried we know today, i.e. an agile business with sites in Europe, the United States and China, powered by competent and committed staff from various nations, a leader in its markets, with an international shareholder base. Since 2010, sales have almost quadrupled and the workforce has grown fivefold. We’ve gone from three sites to 11, thus building an efficient global network. At any one time, many millions of people around the world are benefiting from pharmaceutical products made in our facilities.
Despite all this dynamic change, there are some things in 2023 that Benoni Siegfried – founder, together with this brother-in-law, Johann Wilhelm Dürselen, of the “Fabrik Chemisch-Pharmazeutischer Präparate sowie Handel mit Drogen” (“Chemical-Pharmaceutical Preparations Production and Drugs Business”) in 1873 – would recognize. For example, science and technology are just as much the cornerstones of our business now as they were then. Pharmacopoieas are still the authoritative “recipe books” for the manufacture and quality assurance of drugs. Contract manufacturing for third parties was similarly part of the offer back then. The environment in which Benoni Siegfried operated was also highly competitive. Innovative strength and the desire to do the best job possible were as crucial to successful development then as they are now.
Our founder would also note some differences between his day and ours. In the company’s first thirty years, Benoni Siegfried was – in the best sense of the word – an opportunist. As a young and still fledgling entrepreneur, he did whatever the customers wanted, even when many of the orders weren’t profitable – because the volumes they involved were too low, for example. As a result, the range of services that developed in the following decades was broad and largely disjointed. It was little wonder, therefore, that Siegfried routinely fell into difficulty. Selling the company was discussed several times.
In the early 1980s, those in charge realized that the business needed to focus, and so they laid the foundation for the current direction, i.e., manufacturing active ingredients and ready-formulated drugs for third parties, rather than researching and clinically testing molecules, licensing and marketing them ourselves. It was also around this time that the era of Siegfried as a family business came to an end.
If Benoni Siegfried were to give a speech for the 150th anniversary, he would no doubt be proud of what has become of his chemical-pharmaceutical preparations business – as proud as we are of the foundation he laid.
We want to say thank you to everyone who has contributed to Siegfried’s success in the last 150 years. To the many people in the production facilities, labs, in sales, administration, management and in all Siegfried divisions who were once and are now responsible for ensuring that we continue to offer first-class products and services. To our customers, who have placed their trust in us and without whom we would not exist. To our suppliers, with whom we work in partnership. To the authorities, towns and communities – our neighbors – that host Siegfried’s sites. To our investors and shareholders, who entrust us with their capital. And finally, to the Siegfried family, which is still very much associated with the company.
We are proud to be part of this longstanding and successful undertaking, and we are committed to ensuring it continues to thrive –we’ll continue to be “on the move”!

On the move

29.11.
2023
Pennsville
USA
Pennsville

29.11.
2023
Irvine
USA
Irvine

5.5.
2023
Safenwil
Switzerland
Safenwil

2.9.
2023
Evionnaz
Switzerland
Evionnaz

10.6.
2023
Zofingen
Switzerland
Zofingen

16.9.
2023
Saint Vulbas
France
St. Vulbas

12.5.
2023
El Masnou
Spain
El Masnou

23.6.
2023
Hameln
Germany
Hameln

14.7.
2023
Malta
Malta
Malta

2.9.
2023
Minden
Germany
Minden

29.9.
2023
Nantong
China
Nantong

12.5.
2023
Barbera
Spain