Azelis has been appointed by Evonik as distributor for the Aerosil & Sipernat range of products in the Nordic region with effect from April 1, 2015. The two companies describe the supply of these products to the food, personal care and pharma industries in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Iceland as a further step in the strategic development of their relationship.

Andreas Ernst, Director Global Distributor Management of Evonik's Silica Business Line, states: "We believe that with Azelis, we will have improved market coverage supported by a new sales organization, offering our customers sound commercial solutions combined with a high level of local technical support across all Nordic countries."

Andrew Johnson, Managing Director, Azelis Nordic, adds: "The Evonik silica product range offers our customers further opportunities in our approach to functional and innovative ingredients. We regularly invite customers into our laboratories and will be pleased to work with them on projects around these new materials in our portfolio."

The agreement complements already existing agreements between the two companies across many industry disciplines in Europe and Asia.