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In 1885, Albert Boehringer (1861-1939) founded the pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim in Nieder-Ingelheim, today a part of Ingelheim am Rhein. Since its beginnings in 1885 when it employed just 28 people, the company has become a global enterprise, with three business areas: Human Pharma, Animal Health, and Biopharmaceutical Contract Manufacturing.

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Learn more about the history of the innovative pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim in the new “stop motion” video.

History Video

Learn more about the history of the innovative pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim.

Living Independence

Boehringer Ingelheim’s corporate culture is based on values that have been applied since the foundation of the company in 1885.

Albert Boehringer

History (1990-2022): Value through Innovation

Female employee in the research lab

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History (1990-2022): Value through Innovation

Join us on the way towards the new millennium and learn more about the latest discoveries and developments since then.

History (1948-1990): Going global

French delegation with corporate leadership in a conference room at the company headquarters in Ingelheim in 1973

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History (1948-1990): Going global

Learn more about the postwar decades, shaped by an increasingly global expansion.

History (1885-1948): Innovative beginnings

Workers at the factory in the early 1900s

History

History (1885-1948): Innovative beginnings

Explore the history of the company from its foundation to the aftermath of the Second World War.