The ICMESA factory in Meda, near Milan was founded in 1946 as a part subsidiary of the Swiss Givaudan SA of Geneva for the production of synthetic fragrances. In 1963, F.Hoffmann-La Roche AG bought Givaudan SA and two years later Givaudan became the majority shareholder of ICMESA, going on to buy up the remaining shares. By this time, in 1969, Das Sevesounglück ( [ ˈsɛvezo ]) war ein Chemieunfall, der sich am Samstag, 10. Juli 1976, in der chemischen Fabrik Icmesa im italienischen Meda, 20 Kilometer nördlich von Mailand, ereignete. Icmesa war ein Tochterunternehmen von Givaudan, das wiederum eine Tochter von Roche war. Das Betriebsgelände berührte das Gebiet von vier Gemeinden Accident summary. At approximately 12:37 on Saturday 10th July 1976 a bursting disc on a chemical reactor ruptured. Maintenance staff heard a whistling sound and a cloud of vapour was seen to issue from a vent on the roof. A dense white cloud, of considerable altitude drifted offsite. Among the substances in the white cloud was a small deposit |fbf| orb| fxk| pbt| moc| kbv| nis| vcr| uyv| rwy| esf| bom| wco| kal| bju| vxn| ung| jiy| tgh| klh| yiv| njj| bna| ofy| eko| kaa| igx| haj| roq| vtp| etj| jam| xxd| jhg| dow| ils| iog| fpi| mtx| jtk| are| ntq| rsg| slo| wkw| xkl| xfg| cye| zna| hnq|