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Chr. Hansen history
Chr. Hansen company history timeline
Hansen Group was founded in 1870 by pharmacist Christian Ditlev Ammentorp Hansen of Denmark.
In 1870, however, Hansen succeeded in extracting pure rennet from the stomachs of calves.
1874: The company sets up its first rennet production plant in Copenhagen, then adds natural coloring agents for cheese and butter.
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.
1878: Production in the United States begins.
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.
1930: A new main production site in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is opened.
1936: Production subsidiaries in Germany and Italy are established.
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.
In the meantime, Hansen had diversified into an entirely new sector, buying allergy control and treatment specialist Alk Abello in 1979.
1986: SOCHAL, in France, is acquired.
In 1991, the company launched its first chymosin fabricated through fermentation.
Hansen had come under the majority control of the Lundbeck Foundation, which also owned H/S Lundbeck, in 1991.
The company made its next acquisition in 1995, buying up Gastronomisk Institut A/S in Denmark.
Next, Hansen established a manufacturing base in Ireland with the purchase of Quest Natural Color Business, also in 1998.
1998: Ingredient Technology Corporation, in the United States, is acquired.
Hansen relocates the manufacture of cheese rennet to a new factory complex in Fanøgade/Masnedøgade, where production continues until 1998.
2001: A new DKK 100 million facility opens in Denmark for research, development, and testing.
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