IMCD Expands in Southeast Asia with Thai Plastics Distributor Acquisition
IMCD is acquiring Merit Solution, a Thai distributor of plastic additives, to strengthen its position in the plastics and compounding market in Thailand and Southeast Asia.
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Dow and Univar Solutions Sign Long-Term Agreement to Distribute Low-Carbon Solutions
Dow has signed a long-term deal with Univar Solutions to distribute its Decarbia low-carbon product line — spanning beauty, food, pharma, and industrial markets — through Univar's global network.
Driving Transformation: Interconnected Global Chemicals Logistics
DP World is reshaping global chemical supply chains. Christene Smith of CHEManager interviews Markus Kanis, Global SVP Chemicals, on the company’s roadmap, new technologies, and the evolving demands of global trade.
Colonial Chemical Expands Metalworking Lubricant Distribution with ACC
Colonial Chemical has partnered with Advanced Chemical Concepts (ACC) as its national US distributor for metalworking and lubricant additive surfactants.
FECC-BCG Pan-European Chemical Distribution Pulse Check
The new FECC–BCG pan‑European pulse check provides a data-based snapshot of market sentiment, priorities, and challenges facing European chemical distributors in the current economic and regulatory environment.
Nouryon, IMCD Expand Textile & Leather Solutions Distribution in EMEA
Nouryon and IMCD have entered a strategic distribution partnership to broaden access to its textile and leather processing chemicals for manufacturers and formulators across EMEA.
Asahi Kasei and Teijin Establish Distribution Joint Venture
The two Japanese companies Asahi Kasei and Teijin are merging their trading divisions.
Safic-Alcan Acquire Ingredients Plus, Strengthening APAC Position
Safic-Alcan, a distributor of specialty chemicals, announces the acquisition of Ingredients Plus, a specialty chemicals distributor with a strong historical presence in the personal care sector in Malaysia and Singapore.
LBB Specialties Expands Distribution Partnership with Clariant
LBB Specialties (LBBS) recently announced the expansion of its distribution partnership with Clariant. This enhances LBBS’s presence in Puerto Rico, providing customers with access to pharmaceutical-grade excipients.
Azelis Acquires Italian Specialty Chemicals Distributor ACEF
Azelis has acquired Azienda Chimica e Farmaceutica (‘ACEF’), a distributor of speciality raw materials and ingredients for the cosmetic, nutraceutical, galenic, and pharma industries in Italy.
Merck Opens New €20 Million Distribution Center in Brazil
Merck will open a new € 20 million distribution center in São Paulo, Brazil to better serve its Life Science customers in the region. The new space, which will be operational in late February, has an area of 13,000 square meters, which is twice as large as the former São Paulo location.
Oqema expands its business through the acquisition of Stera Chemicals
Oqema has announced its acquisition of Stera Chemicals, one of the largest distributors of chemical raw materials in Romania.
Air Products to Build Green Hydrogen Plant in New York
US industrial gases producer Air Products said it will spend $500 million to build, own and operate a 35 t/d green liquid hydrogen plant at a greenfield site in Massena, New York.
WuXi STA Breaks Ground on US Pharma Campus
Chinese contract research, development and manufacturing organization WuXi STA, a subsidiary of WuXi AppTec, has broken ground on a new pharmaceutical campus in Middletown, Delaware, USA.
Petrochem Partners DP World in Jebel Ali Terminal
Chemical distributor Petrochem Middle East and multinational logistics group DP World are collaborating to develop a chemical terminal in Jebel Ali Port in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Advancing Sustainable Chemical Solutions
Without products based directly or indirectly on chemicals, life as we know it would be unsustainable. According to various sources, more than 95% of the products around us are either made by the chemical industry or involve at least one chemical process step in their manufacture.
Digitalization in Chemical Distribution – a Reality Check!?
Over the last few years there has been a lot of talk about digitalization, also in chemical distribution.
Service Is at the Core of Our Business Model
“Harke Group started very early, around end of the 90s, with the process of digital transformation, so that we can meanwhile look back to almost two decades of experience in this area. We therefore see for us rather chances than risks in it.
