1948
Founded by VIDAL SOLER
Industrial site in Tourcoing, France.
1977
Acquisition by the DEWAVRIN Group
acquisition groupe dewavrin
1981
Bernard POUBLON appointed as Director
bernard poublon
1983
Purchase of land in Mouscron (Belgium)
1985
Inauguration of LANOL 1 facility.
Relocation a few kilometers from the industrial site, and installation of the first batch refining unit for Wool Grease into Lanolin.
Lanol1 première unité de raffinage en batch
1996
ISO 9001 Certification
certification ISO 9001
2004
Jérôme SIX becomes Director of STELLA
jerome six
2005
Inauguration of LANOL 2 facility.
Continuous Lanolin refining unit, a unique process worldwide.
Lanol2 unité de raffinage
2007
Gérard VANHAESEBROUCKE appointed as Director
gerard vanhaesebroucke
2009
Installation of a molecular distillation unit for lanolin (350 kg/h).
STELLA specializes in pharmaceutical grades.
2012
Inauguration of LANOL 3 facility.
Batch refining unit
lanol3 batch
2012
Inauguration of new laboratories and offices
bureaux stella
2014
Installation of an automatic filling machine.
STELLA refines its products without contact with the external environment from raw material to finished product.
enfuteuse stella
2014
GMP Excipact certification to support the most demanding manufacturers in the Pharmaceutical and Cosmetics sectors.
Certification GMP Excipact
2020
Inauguration of LANOL 4 facility.
Molecular distillation unit dedicated to contract manufacturing (250 kg/h)
lanol4 stella
2021
STELLA launches its industrial services activity: Custom Analysis, Development and Scale-up of oleochemical purification processes, Manufacturing & Contract Manufacturing.
2024
Jean-Bernard ANTOINE becomes Director of STELLA
jba
2024
Chris OTT joins STELLA as Business Development Director
chris ott
2025
STELLA launches its trading and distribution activity for natural ingredients for skin health.

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