Business View Magazine - May 2016 85
The Siegfried enterprise began in 1873, when it was
founded as a “family company” by pharmacist Sam-
uel Benoni Siegfried in Zofingen, Switzerland, the
city which, to this day, remains the company’s world
headquarters. The original company had only 12 em-
ployees; today, Siegfried has over 2,400 employees,
across both the Eastern and Western hemispheres
from the United States to Europe and China.
Späne explains that Siegfried has always been a
company interested in growing both organically and
by acquisition. “In 1927, the family saw the U.S. as a
growing market which essentially led the company to
begin operations in Carlstadt, New Jersey. Later on
in 1937, Siegfried acquired the company and found-
ed Ganes Chemical Works in Pennsville, New Jersey,
where its headquarters was located” she says. In the
early 1990s, Siegfried began leveraging its extensive
experience and inherited know-how in both chemi-
cal development and pharmaceutical manufacturing,
combining integrated value to customers with both
drug substance custom development and drug prod-
uct manufacturing.
AT A GLANCE
WHO:
The Siegfried Group
WHAT:
A worldwide player in the field of drug sub-
stance and drug product manufacturing
WHERE:
Headquarters in Zofingen, Switzerland
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