It all began in 1999, when a fire broke out in the warehouse and adjacent factory of the Massagno offices. Nothing remained: laboratories, raw materials… everything had to be rebuilt.
The event gives new momentum to investments: Arturo Licenziati decided to relocate to Collina d’Oro, where he purchased a first building to restart production as soon as possible, followed by a second building, and two more in Lamone and Manno.
This marked the beginning of an extraordinary industrial development programme.
After the devastating fire at the Massagno facility, IBSA refused to give up. Instead, it relaunched. Thus, the Collina d’Oro production site was established, a symbol of rebirth and determination. Here, production resumed with vigour, leading to the creation of syrups, creams, ointments in tubes, oral liquids in sticks, tablets and capsules in blisters, as well as granular powders in sachets. A versatile plant serving multiple therapeutic areas: from osteoarticular to urological, up to pain management, respiratory and cardiometabolic. Each production line represented a concrete and innovative response to emerging therapeutic needs.