C H R Corp history

Recognizing the opportunity to go into business, Hansen formed a company and opened a factory in Copenhagen for producing rennet in 1874.

Hansen also recognized the United States as an important market for his products, and by 1876 the company had already opened its first office there.

Demand for Hansen's product soon outstripped its supply, and in 1890 the company bought an island on New York's Mohawk River and built a long-scale facility there.

Back in Denmark, the company had begun working with cultures for the production of yogurt and similar dairy products, launching its first cultures in 1893.

Christian Ditlev Ammentorp Hansen, chemist, international industrialist, estate owner, Councillor of State, husband and father of six children, dies at the age of 73 on June 20, 1916.

The company's United States subsidiary moved its production center to Milwaukee in 1930.

In 1936, the company had added production facilities in Germany and Italy as well.

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Hansen established its Australian company in 1950.

In 1958, Salada-Shirrif Horsey acquired the Junket brand from Chr.

In 1975, Hansen launched a research effort into the creation of natural alternatives to these products and for developing bacterial strains to produce more healthful meat.

By 1976, the company's research had resulted in the successful launch of its DVS (for Direct Vat Set) procedure.

Allergologisk Laboratorium (ALK) and Diagnoselaboratoriet af 1977 are acquired at the same time, turning Chr.

In the meantime, Hansen had diversified into an entirely new sector, buying allergy control and treatment specialist Alk Abello in 1979.

That purchase was followed by the acquisition of Extract Oil, a Spanish company which specialized in paprika extracts, in 1990.

Hansen had come under the majority control of the Lundbeck Foundation, which also owned H/S Lundbeck, in 1991.

CHR is an “A” accredited NHRI, fully complying with the Paris Principles adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1995.

In 1996, Hansen added another French company, SEFCAL, which focused on the extraction of polyphenols and anthocyanin, and Xantoflor, based in Spain, which specialized in the extraction of carmine, a natural coloring agent.

Hansen relocates the manufacture of cheese rennet to a new factory complex in Fanøgade/Masnedøgade, where production continues until 1998.

The company moved into Malaysia in 2000 with the launch of a subsidiary in Kuala Lumpur.

Hansen also stepped up its research commitment, opening a research, development, and testing facility in 2001 at a cost of DKK 100 million.

The University of Pittsburgh agrees to provide health benefits to same-sex domestic partners of employees starting in January 2005.

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