In focus
Tradition
11.09.2023
Perlen Papier celebrates 150 years
400 invited guests, a party for the employees and an open day for more than 8000 visitors: this is how Perlen Papier AG celebrates its 150th anniversary on September 8 and 9.
Innovation
30.03.2023
Innovation born of motivation
Constantly improving product, process and service quality to create and supply high-quality products and thereby maintain a strong competitive position in its target markets is a core competence of the CPH Group.
Investors
15.03.2023
Annual General Meeting with record attendance
The 51st Annual General Meeting of CPH approved all agenda items with a large majority.
Expansion
14.11.2022
Coating plant in Brazil inaugurated
At the beginning of November, Perlen Packaging's new coating plant in Anápolis was inaugurated and put into operation with a ceremony.
Investors
14.09.2022
Investors’ Day 2022: Sustainability and innovation in the spotlight
The focus of the Investors’ Day 2022 was on the Chemistry Division. Special attention was also paid to the CPH Group's sustainability strategy.
Teamwork
12.07.2022
Ten apprentices successfully complete their vocational training
This summer, ten apprentices successfully completed their training at the Perlen site. Among them are two refugees from Afghanistan who managed to enter the Swiss labor market in this way.
Responsibility
16.05.2022
Lake bed in front of former chemical production site is redeveloped
Remediation of the lake bed in front of the former production site of the Chemistry Division in Uetikon has begun. The CPH Group is bearing 80% of the costs.
Expansion
29.03.2022
3 business divisions, 3 success stories
As a reaction to the increasing demand, the Chemistry and Packaging divisions are expanding their production facilities. The Paper Division’s climate-neutral paper, on the other hand, enables its customers to reduce their carbon footprint.
Investors
17.03.2022
Annual General Meeting approves all agenda items
For the first time since 2019, the Annual General Meeting of CPH was again able to take place with the physical presence of the shareholders. They approved all agenda items with a large majority.
Investment
08.07.2021
Breaking ground on a new office building in the US
Construction of Zeochem's new office building in Louisville has started in June 2021. And the Chemistry Division is investing in increasing the lithium molecular sieve production capacities at the US site.
Investors
22.06.2021
CPH shares are listed on the Swiss stock exchange for 20 years
In June 2001, CPH Chemie + Papier Holding AG shares were traded on the Swiss stock exchange for the first time.
Investors
14.06.2021
CPH 2021 Investors’ Day put the spotlight on Packaging
The CPH Group hosted its latest annual Investors’ Day on Monday, 14 June. This year’s event offered an update on the Group’s long-term strategy, along with a more detailed insight into its Packaging Division.
Investors
04.06.2021
CPH merges with its major shareholder
The Extraordinary General Meeting of CPH Chemie + Papier Holding approved the proposed merger of the company with its main shareholder Uetikon Industrieholding on June 4, 2021.
Responsibility
24.03.2021
CPH Group participates in pilot project for Covid mass testing
The CPH Group companies at the Perlen site are involved in the pilot project for weekly Covid-19 tests organized by the Canton of Lucerne.
Investors
18.03.2021
Claudine Mollenkopf elected to the Board of Directors
The Ordinary General Meeting elects Claudine Mollenkopf to the Board of Directors and approves all proposals of the Board of Directors with a large majority.
Teamwork
04.03.2021
The best by far
In 2020, the employees of the CPH Group were challenged by the Covid-19 crisis. Thanks to creativity, discipline, dedication and appropriate distancing, they ensured the three business divisions' delivery capability.
Responsibility
17.02.2021
The CPH share is part of the new SPI ESG index
CPH shares were included in the SPI ESG and SPI ESG Weighted sustainability indices newly launched by the Swiss stock exchange SIX.
Responsibility
18.12.2020
The first climate-neutral paper is made in Perlen
Perlen Papier will be the first supplier worldwide to offer climate-neutral paper starting January 2021. The CO2 emissions will be offset via a certified afforestation project in Uruguay.
Responsibility
02.11.2020
Life cycle assessments conducted for Chemistry and Packaging
The direct emissions of the Chemistry and Packaging divisions account for only a small proportion of the total carbon dioxide generated in their products’ production cycles.
Investors
09.09.2020
Successful Investors' Day in Perlen
The focus of this year’s Investors' Day of the CPH Group was on the paper division, which is far ahead of its European competitors in terms of sustainability.
Responsibility
18.05.2020
Lower provisions required for lake bed clean-up
Canton Zurich has commissioned a full-services contractor to conduct the clean-up of the lake bed beside the CPH Group’s former Uetikon operating site. The total cost of the clean-up operation is now expected to be lower than was originally estimated and allows the CPH Group to release CHF 12 million of the provisions.
Investors
19.03.2020
AGM approves reduction in share nominal value
The 48th Ordinary General Meeting was held without the physical presence of the company’s shareholders, in compliance with the current COVID-19 ordinance issued by the Swiss Federal Council.
Responsibility
06.03.2020
Sustainability at CPH
The CPH Group has made major efforts to save on resources and reduce its carbon emissions over the past few years.
Teamwork
20.11.2019
«And action!» for the CPH Group
The new corporate films transport the values and culture of the CPH Group and its divisions.
Investors
20.09.2019
CPH presented at Investora in Zurich
On September 19, Peter Schildknecht and Richard Unterhuber introduced the CPH Group at the largest Swiss conference for small and mid caps.
Investors
19.06.2019
Successful investors' day in Rüti
On the investors' day in Rüti near Zurich, the CPH Group presented the new manufacturing facility of the Chemistry Division.
Teamwork
07.06.2019
Working together to preserve the biosphere
During the apprentice camp, two dozen CPH Group apprentices worked together to preserve the biosphere of the mountain region in Lucerne.
Investors
21.03.2019
AGM approves dividend increase
At the 47th Ordinary Annual General Meeting of CPH Chemie + Papier Holding AG, the shareholders approved an increase in the dividend payment to CHF 1.80 per share and accepted all items on the agenda with an overwhelming majority.
Customers
25.02.2019
Teuto: generics for Brazil
Generic products dominate Brazil’s pharmaceuticals market. With over 3 000 employees, Teuto is one of the country’s leading pharmaceutical companies. And it’s the biggest customer of Perlen Packaging’s new Anápolis operation.
Customers
25.02.2019
AVAG: there’s value in waste
AVAG collects 12 000 tonnes of waste paper in Switzerland every year, which APS recycles. It’s a collaboration that benefits people and the environment alike.
Customers
25.02.2019
J&K Scientific: distributors worldwide
J&K Scientific has been distributing Zeochem’s deuterated compounds for ten years now. William Kerr, CEO of the China-based company, sees further application potential.
International,Investment
09.01.2019
Zeochem wins Bosnia-Herzegovina award
CPH’s Chemistry Division has earned Bosnia-Herzegovina’s "FIPA Award to the Most Significant Foreign Investors" for establishing its new production facility in Zvornik, which employs 40 personnel. Company manager Zoran Petkovic (far left in the picture) received the prestigious distinction on CPH’s behalf.
International,Investment
29.11.2018
Perlen Packaging opens new Anápolis plant
Perlen Packaging opened its new production plant in Anápolis, Brazil in November 2018, with a formal opening ceremony that was attended by some 60 guests. The new state-of-the-art facility produces medicinal packaging films in clean-room conditions.
Tradition
27.10.2018
A century of pension scheme care
Even back in the 19th Century, the Schnorf brothers looked after their employees with a company health insurance scheme. And in 1918 they founded the first occupational pension scheme of the CPH Group.
Teamwork
03.10.2018
Asylum seekers successfully integrated
Djamal Moschtaq and Salehi Seifollah came to Switzerland from their native Afghanistan as asylum seekers in 2016. They both went on to complete internships at Perlen Packaging. Djamal has now taken things one step further and began his training as a Perlen Packaging plant operator in August of this year.
Teamwork
17.09.2018
High prospects: the CPH Group welcomes its new apprentices
Sixteen young people embarked on a new phase in their lives at the end of August. They began their vocational training in nine different units at the CPH Group’s operating sites in Perlen (Switzerland) and Müllheim (Germany).
Tradition
04.07.2018
The Schnorf Family and sulphuric acid
Two hundred years, seven generations, many successes and a few setbacks, too: Matthias Wiesmann has told the “chemical” story of the Schnorf Family in the series Swiss Pioneers of Business and Technology.
Innovation
25.06.2018
Perlen Packaging wins Worldstar Packaging Award
The Perlamed BLISTair single-use inhaler has already earned a number of awards and distinctions. And these now include the world’s most prestigious innovation award.
Tradition
30.05.2018
CPH marks its bicentenary with a huge party and gala dinner
The CPH Group celebrated the 200th anniversary of its foundation in style with a gala dinner followed with a major public party on its original Uetikon (Zurich) site on Saturday 26 May. And thousands came in the excellent weather to join in the festivities.
Investors
19.03.2018
2018 General Meeting approves all agenda items
The 46th Ordinary General Meeting of CPH Chemie + Papier Holding AG approved all the items on the meeting agenda by overwhelming majorities. These included a reduction in the nominal value of the company’s share capital from CHF 30 million to CHF 12 million.
Tradition
10.02.2018
200 years of Uetikon chemistry production
An exhibition at the Uetikon Museum tells the story of the town's chemicals factory since its foundation in 1818.
Teamwork
07.12.2017
Trainees of tomorrow
Some 160 different vocational training courses were on offer at the ZEBI Central Swiss Education Fair. And Perlen Papier made its début this year with its own fair stand.
Innovation
18.09.2017
All good things come in threes
Perlen Packaging's revolutionary BLISTair single-use powder inhaler has already won multiple reputed packaging awards.
International
29.08.2017
Zeochem expands its U.S. operation
With growing demand for medical oxygen, Zeochem is expanding its capacities for producing the molecular sieves used for oxygen purification.
Responsibility
08.05.2017
Not just fresh but sustainable, too
In addition to recovered paper, the paper manufacturing process also requires fresh wood, which must always be available and in large quantities.
Investment
18.04.2017
Ready for new use
The 200 000-square-metre former production site of the Chemistry Division in Canton Aargau is being prepared for new land use.
Responsibility,Investment
12.02.2017
Perlen weir to be refurbished
Perlen Papier has been channelling water from the nearby River Reuss to help power its paper factory ever since the company was founded in 1873. A new Reuss weir is now required.
Innovation,Responsibility
15.11.2016
An eco-minded alternative
With its PERLATOP line, Perlen Packaging has taken a further major step in enhancing the environmental credentials of its packaging technologies.
International,Customers
13.11.2016
A reliable local partner
Perlen Packaging supplies various medicine packaging operations of Boehringer Ingelheim all over the world. And it now also does so from its new Chinese manufacturing facility.
International,Customers
11.11.2016
Consistently high quality is the key
The Chengdu Shenleng Liquefaction Plant and Jiangsu ALSIO Technology have been working together for over ten years now, with excellent results.
International,Customers
10.10.2016
"We only use ALSIO for our molecular sieves"
Techairs is ALSIO’s most important Chinese customer. The engineering company uses only ALSIO molecular sieves when it develops new facilities.