

Growing complexity, with a strong focus on digitalization and connectivity as megatrends for the whole industry, dictates the business world.
The traditional business model of chemical distributors is currently fundamentally challenged on one side by digitally enabled activities from principals, logistics providers, customers, start-ups, larger chemical distributors or combinations of smaller players, who try their own online channels, and on the other side by general e-retailers like Alibaba or Amazon, who explore to enter also into chemical & material categories.
The German capital region is one of the leading life sciences and healthcare industries centers in the world. A total of around 30,000 employees work in more than 500 companies in the pharma, the biotech and the medtech industry.