DSM Nutritional Products Ltd and Lonza Ltd announced their early renewal and extension of their long-time collaboration in the production facilities in Visp and Lalden, Wallis, Switzerland.

Lonza has for decades been a critical supplier for the services and raw materials for the Vitamins, Carotenoids, and aroma chemicals produced by DSM Nutritional Products. Within the framework of this new contract, the parties are reviewing the organisational setup for the 147 Lonza employees working at the Lalden site of DSM Nutritional Products.

In today's environment it becomes of increasing importance to intensify partnerships in order to be able to innovate, deliver the highest quality, and secure future growth at competitive conditions. All these elements are intrinsically part of the partnership between Lonza and DSM Nutritional Products.

The collaboration between the companies dates back to 1965, when the predecessor company Teranol AG was founded to produce vitamin A and E. As Lonza commissioned at that same time its cracker, which could supply the necessary raw materials acetylene and hydrogen, the decision was made to locate the new Teranol production site in Lalden next to existing Lonza infrastructure.

Basel, Switzerland-based Lonza is a world-leading supplier to the pharmaceutical, healthcare and life science industries. Lonza has strong capabilities in large and small molecules, peptides, amino acids and niche bioproducts, and is also a leading provider of value chemical and biotech ingredients to the nutrition, hygiene, preservation, agro and personal care markets.

DSM Nutritional Products is a world-leading supplier of vitamins, carotenoids and other fine chemicals to the feed, food, pharmaceutical and personal care industries.