Gesellschaft fur Chemische Industrie Basel

Sulfidine A process for removing sulfur dioxide from smelter gases by reaction with a suspension of xylidene in water. Developed by the Gesellschaft fur Chemische Industrie, Basel, and Metallge-sellschaft, Frankfurt, and used in Germany in the 1930s now probably obsolete. 

Ciba, Aus der Entmcklungsgeschichte der Gesellschaft fur Chemische Industrie Basel (Basic, 1939), cover page. 

The amalgamation of three Basel-based companies, Ciba (Gesellschaft fur Chemische Industrie Basel), Geigy, and Sandoz, formed Novartis in one of the largest corporate mergers to date. All three companies began with the manufacture of textile dyes (Novartis AG, 2011). 

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