the royal Garuda emblem, the official seal of the Royal Household of Thailand. Even though the two families Diethelm and Keller always had a close-knit business and private relationship, the two companies finally merged during the 2000 summer into Diethelm Keller Holding. Two years later, in 2002, Siber Hegner joined as well and this resulted in establishing DKSH. DKSH went public in March 2012 on the SIX Swiss Exchange. In 2015, the company celebrated its 150th anniversary. In March 2017 Stefan P. Butz became DKSH's new CEO, with former CEO, Dr. Joerg Wolle, replacing Adrian T. Keller as Chairman of the Board of Directors. In October 2017, DKSH acquired 60 percent of shares in PT Wicaksana which provided the basis for DKSH’s market entry in Indonesia for Business Units Consumer Goods and Healthcare. Media Release DKSH, October 30, 2017 In October 2018, DKSH announced that in March 2019 Wolle would be resigning his position as Chairman after just two years. Adrian T. Keller became Chairman instead of Wolle. In order to strengthen the Consumer Goods Business Unit, the corresponding business of Auric Pacific in Malaysia and Singapore was acquired for CHF 160 million on 1 April 2019. Revenue of the acquired business is approx. CHF 185 million. This represents the most important acquisition by DKSH since 2002. With several acquisitions in Australia and New Zealand between 2018 and 2020, DKSH has strengthened both the services' portfolio and its geographical market coverage in the Pacific region. Amongst others, DKSH acquired Davies Foods, consumer goods distributor CTD, field marketing provider Crossmark, and speciality chemicals distributor Axieo. In May 2020, Marco Gadola has been elected as the new Chairman of the DKSH Board of Directors, succeeding Adrian T. Keller. DKSH Vietnam Co.,Ltd.: No.23 Doc Lap Avenue, Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park, Binh Hoa Ward, Thuan An City, Binh Duong Province, Vietnam References External links International DKSH websites DKSH divisions Official DKSH social media accounts DKSH Linkedin page DKSH Corporate Facebook page DKSH Careers Facebook page DKSH Twitter profile DKSH Youtube channel Service companies of Switzerland Holding companies of Switzerland Thai Royal Warrant holders Companies listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange