Volta S.A. is a company of long tradition in the local pharmaceutical industry. Founded in 1950 to contribute to the development of the pharmaceutical sciences and the public health in the country, the company has evolved to become one of the major local providers of medicines, medical supplies and logistic services.

In 1998 the Volta stockholders bought the manufacturing facilities of Schering-Plough, at the time one of the major pharmaceutical plant in the local industry. This acquisition it originated a new company, “Farmindustria S.A.”, at the date one of the main manufacturers of pharmaceutical products in Chile.

Today this new company has been constituted undeniably in guarantee of quality and service to important international laboratories which have trusted their rigorous procedures of manufacturing and quality control in the hands of an experienced work team supported in a high tech plant.