1903: Dr. Juan Vinyals, a young pharmacist, embraced his passion for botany and founded the laboratory that would carry his name

1983: The firm move all its facilities to Sant Andreu de la Barca

1996: Laboratorios Dr. Vinyals bought 30,000 m2 land in Palafolls

1998: Bourgogne Alcools met Arkopharma around a common project for a new and innovative process of Botanical Extracts production

1999: After one year of intensive R&D work, including Lab research, pilot trials and engineering design of apparatuses, creation of a common joint venture: Burgundy Botanical Extracts

2000: New and innovative factory at Reyssouze

2001: Cognis acquires the Laboratorios Vinyals and integrate them into Cognis Nutrition & Health Unit

2004: The site is respecting the most recent standards: HACCP standards, ISO 9001 et DS 30.27

2006: Burgundy facilities becomes the first company of its sector in accordance with the new standard ISO 22 000

2007: Cognis expanded production site in Sant Andreu by constructing the clean rooms
Burgundy strengths its position by launching new concepts. First to be achieved are IridoForce™, UTIRose™ and EyesBerry™
Studies conducted by Burgundy confirmed anti-inflammatory and regeneration properties of IridoForce™

2008: Integration of environmental components within the site
In-vitro studies on UTIRose™ confirmed 77% reduction of UTI
Formalization of the policy of sustainable development goals and resources
The company reached its maturity and get out of the Arkopharma Group. The Cristal Union Group acquired a 40% stake in the capital of Burgundy

2009: Burgundy acquires botanicals extracts business from Cognis Nutrition & Health and care chemicals division, as well as equipments and facilities in Spain (Sant Andreu de la Barca and Palafolls)
Creation of Burgundy France and Burgundy Iberia

2010: New products for Botanycare : BotanySelect™ Centella
DMF for Ginkgo Biloba OPC and EP6 grades
Improvement of process in all sites

2011: Burgundy completes extra capacity of extraction, extra chromatography columns, mainly for purified extracts. Launch of competitive and quality OPC Grapeseeds (Grapemax™)
Botanycare : BotanySelect™ Lychee
Erection of a new GMP facility for dry form at Reyssouze