Corporate History

More than 30 Years of Adhesives and More...


2021	Relocation within Steinbach/Ts. to the newly built Panacol headquarters in the Gründchen industrial park
2018	Tangent Industries becomes Panacol-USA Inc. Panacol takes over 100% of SKC Panacol, which changes its name to Panacol-Korea
2015	Founding of the joint venture SKC Panacol in Seoul, Korea Panacol takes over the majority of Tangent Industries in Torrington/CT, USA
2011	Opening of a sales office in Italy, Pavia Change of corporate form of the Dr. Hönle Resident Representative Office in Shanghai to Hoenle UV Technology (Shanghai) Trading Ltd.
2009	February: Panacol takes over adhesives and sealant sales for the entire group as well as Hönle’s other adhesives subsidiary, Wellomer. March: Relocation to Steinbach May: The central storage facility is relocated from Zurich to Steinbach June: All international business activities (except for Switzerland and France) are moved to the new location in Germany
2008	Acquisition of Panacol AG by Dr. Hönle AG – one of the world's leading UV systems providers.
2004	Increased sales activities in the promising Asian export markets.
2003	25th anniversary of Panacol-Elosol GmbH
2002	ISO 9000:2001 certification
1999	The company launches its first website http://www.panacol.de
1995	ISO 9000 certification
1993	Relocation to Oberursel: the production floor area was doubled and the number of employees increased by 50 percent.
1993	First research project AIF-FIOSII: Surface-mounting and coupling technology for fibreoptic and integrated-optical sensors. New and further development of UV and laser-curing adhesives for permanent bonding of fibres (project No. 13MV0314/6 R).
1988	Own production starts in Frankfurt, initially with a 10 litre planetary mixer. At the same time the device production is set up in the Ober-Mörlen factory.
1987	An own laboratory is set up.
1978	Frankfurt-based Panacol-Elosol GmbH is founded as German subsidiary of Swiss company Panacol AG.