Agreement Zambon - Fabbrica Italiana Sintetici (FIS) for the development of the Lonigo plant

Milan, November 2 - Today an agreement was signed between Zambon and Fabbrica Italiana Sintetici (FIS) that will take over the chemical plant in Lonigo (Vicenza), a branch of Zambon Chemicals (Zach).

This operation creates a strategic partnership between Zambon and FIS, a leading global provider of active ingredients in the pharmaceutical field with more than 1,200 employees in Italy. Under this agreement, Zambon will become a leading FIS customers.

This partnership ensures that the activities carried out by the Lonigo plant will remain part of the extended Zambon family in order to ensure continuity in the way of doing business, with a long-term time view that will allow investing in growth areas, and remaining committed to all employees and clients.

"LThe activity of the Lonigo plant will remain within the extended Zambon family: as a matter of fact, the grandmother of our cousins Ferrari, the owners of FIS, is a Zambon” commented Elena Zambon. “This means continuing doing business with the same style, in a long term view that allows creating investments in growth, maintaining fairness to customers and employees alike as crucial aspects".

About Zambon

Zambon is a leading Italian pharmaceutical and fine-chemical multinational company that has earned a strong reputation over the years for high quality products and services. Zambon is well-established in 3 therapeutic areas: respiratory, pain and woman’s health, and is very strongly committed to its entry into the CNS space. Zambon SpA produces high quality products thanks to the management of the whole production chain which involves Zach (Zambon chemical), a privileged partner for API, custom synthesis and generic products. The Group is working on the treatment of the chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma and BPCO and on the CNS therapeutic area for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Zambon is headquartered in Milan and was established in 1906 in Vicenza. Zambon is present in 19 countries with subsidiaries and almost 2,800 employees with manufacturing units in Italy, Switzerland, France, China and Brazil. Zambon products are commercialized in 84 countries.

For details on Zambon please see: www.zambon.com.

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