History
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 Executive Board |
 Hermann Schnabel |
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| 1900 | Karl Otto Helm, a merchant, sets up the company in Hamburg to import and export a wide range of products, including furniture,
textile goods, porcelain, fragrances and spices. |
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| 1950 | Hermann Schnabel takes over the company. Success comes quickly due to specialization in chemical trading, business acumen
and the creation of a streamlined, modern organization. |
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| 1960 | In the early sixties work starts on expansion abroad, with branch offices in Copenhagen, Madrid and Mexico, D.F. |
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| 1970 | Turnover reaches 180 million euro, with branch offices in 10 countries, Karl O. Helm company employs 300 people. |
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| 1978 | Karl O. Helm is turned into a family-owned stock corporation called HELM AG. |
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| 1980 | The number of employees doubled to 600, the company has a presence in 20 countries, and with 557 million euro the turnover tripled. |
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| 1984 | Dieter Schnabel becomes chairman of the executive board. His focus is on:
Commencement of methanol production via participation in Trinidad & Tobago. |
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| 2007 | Entry into the biotechnology segment via Richter-Helm BioLogics GmbH & Co. KG. |
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| 2008 | With EURO 9,121 million in turnover, the business year 2008 turned out to be the most successful year in the more than hundred-year history of HELM AG. | ||
| 2010 | A participation in Amarin Technologies S.A., Buenos Aires gives HELM's pharmaceutical division direct access to various generic transdermal products | ||
