“Centerchem’s highly technical approach and intense market focus has built a strong reputation in the personal care and food & nutrition markets,” said Darren Birkelbach, LBB Specialties CEO. “We look forward to providing resources and support to expand on Centerchem’s long-term principal and customer relationships as we continue to strengthen our LBB Specialties platform. This represents another strategic addition to our portfolio and signifies our deep commitment to being a leader in the North American specialty chemical and ingredients distribution market.”

Jon Packer, Centerchem’s president added: “Centerchem’s long and successful history drawing on basic science to deliver novel active ingredients to the personal care industry and specialty enzymes and other products to the confectionary and beverage space offers excellent complementarity with the existing product mix of the LBB Specialties subsidiary companies.”

LBB Specialties regards itself as a leader in the North American specialty chemical and ingredients distribution industry. It counts American International Chemical (AIC), Charkit Chemical, Custom Chemical Services (CCS), Custom Ingredients and Dien as subsidiary companies.

Author: Elaine Burridge, Freelance Journalist