Private company

Synthesia

Logo: synthesia.eu4

Synthesia is a Czech company based in Pardubice, founded in 1920.1 It employed 6,425 people in 1996.1 It is part of Kaprain Holdings.1

Synthesia, a.s. je chemická firma sídlící v Pardubicích v části Semtín zaměřená na tzv. kvalifikovanou chemii. Firma byla součástí holdingu Agrofert. 1. září 2023 byla společnost odkoupena investiční skupinou Kaprain podnikatele Karla Pražáka.2 From the Czech Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1920Founded1
  • Industrychemical industry1
  • HeadquartersPardubice, Czech Republic1
  • Websitewww.synthesia.eu/eng
  • Legal formakciová společnost1
  • LEI315700100000000305533
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressSemtín 103, 530 02 Pardubice, Czechia3
  • Registered withMinistry of Justice, 601089163

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Corporate structure

Synthesia sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Synthesia reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Synthesia Nitrocellulose

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Kaprain Holdings since 2024

Owners

Also owns

  • Synthesia Nitrocellulose

Former owners and parents

Subsidiaries (GLEIF)

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Employees over time

Synthesia employees by year16.4K in 1996−9% since 1993
02.0K4.0K6.0K8.0K1993: 7.1K7.1K19931994: 7.2K7.2K1994+2%1996: 6.4K6.4K1996−11%
  • 19966,4251
  • 19947,2001
  • 19937,0891

Timeline

  1. 2024Acquired Acquired by Kaprain Holdings1
  2. 2006Renamed Name changed to Synthesia, a.s.1
  3. 2005Acquired Acquired by Agrofert1
  4. 1999Acquired Acquired by Agrobohemie1
  5. 1998Renamed Name changed to ALIACHEM a.s.1
  6. 1920Founded Founded1

Sources

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