19.05.2025 • News
IMCD to Acquire Tecom Ingredients
IMCD has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Tecom Ingredients.
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Valerie Diele-Braun Leaves IMCD
Valerie Diele-Braun resigned from her position as CEO and member of the Executive Board of IMCD at the end of April for personal reasons.
Fostering Innovation and Collaboration
Valerie Diele-Braun, CEO of IMCD, shares her vision for sustainability, global expansions, and strategic direction in an exclusive CHEManager International interview.
14.01.2025 • News
IMCD Acquires Life Science Business of YCAM in South Korea
IMCD, a global distribution and formulation partner of specialty chemicals and ingredients, has agreed to acquire the personal care and pharmaceutical business of YCAM, a distributor based in South Korea.
Transforming Distribution Strategies
Experts of Ataman Chemicals, Barentz, Biesterfeld, Brenntag, BÜFA Chemicals, CSC Jaeklechemie, Häffner, IMCD, Krahn Chemie, Möller Chemie, Nordmann, RN Chemicals, and Stockmeier share their opinions
Statement: Lars Wallstein, Managing Director, IMCD Germany
CHEManager asked executives and industry experts from a broad range of chemical distributors to share their views on how their companies are dealing with this changing economic environment and the resulting opportunities and challenges.
26.11.2024 • News
IMCD Expands Pharmaceuticals Technical Centre and Wins Laura Marshall Award
IMCD Group, a global distribution partner and formulator of specialty chemicals and ingredients, recently announced the expansion of its Pharmaceuticals Technical Centre in Jakarta, Indonesia. This facility will serve as the hub for pharmaceutical development and innovation across Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.
Sustainable Material Adoption in Industrial Sectors
IMCD Industrial Solutions surveyed top customers around the globe on their insights into eight key topics deemed pertinent to sustainability in industrial sectors. This article highlights some of the most important results.
31.01.2024 • News
Natasha De Lange Appointed as Managing Director of IMCD South Africa
IMCD has appointed Natasha De Lange as managing director for South Africa, effective Feb. 1, 2024. She will be replacing Ryan Harrison, who will become managing director of Australia and New Zealand.
09.01.2024 • News
IMCD Appoints Two New Executive Committee Members
IMCD has appointed Fenna van Zanten, IMCD Group Director, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), and Andreas Igerl, President, IMCD APAC, as new members to its executive committee, effective Jan. 1, 2024.
The Chemical Distribution Industry
Lars Wallstein, IMCD’s Managing Director Germany, who was elected in September as President of FECC – the European Association of Chemical Distributors. He discusses current market trends and the organization's vision for the future of the sector.
01.08.2023 • News
IMCD Acquires Puerto Rican Distributor Sachs Chemical
Rotterdam-based specialty chemicals distributor IMCD has agreed to acquire 100% of the shares of Sachs Chemical, headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
25.05.2023 • News
IMCD Buys Malaysia’s Euro Chemo-Pharma
IMCD has agreed to buy Malaysian specialty distribution company Euro Chemo-Pharma and its wholly owned subsidiary Biofresh Green, accelerating its growth in life science markets. Financial terms of the transaction, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2023, were not disclosed.
09.05.2023 • News
IMCD Seals Two Acquisitions and a Distribution Deal
Rotterdam-based speciality chemicals distributor IMCD kicked off the month of May agreeing a major distribution partnership and two outright acquisitions.
25.04.2023 • News
IMCD Acquires Sweden’s ACM
In its second acquisition this month, IMCD has taken over Swedish minerals and chemicals distributor ACM. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
11.04.2023 • News
IMCD Takes India’s Tradeimpex
IMCD India has agreed to buy Tradeimpex Polymers (India), a distributor of high-performance polymers and engineering plastics. The transaction is expected to close during the second quarter of 2023.
Resilience Is the Strategy for Success in Volatile Markets
For its annual report "Value Creation in Chemicals 2022 – Building Resilience as the Crisis Unfolds," the strategy consultancy Boston Consulting Group examined the performance of leading international chemical companies between 2017 and 2021. The results show that the chemical industry, even in difficult times, has outperformed other sectors.
03.03.2023 • News
IMCD UK Buys Orange Chemicals
In its second deal of 2023 so far, IMCD has acquired Orange Chemicals, a distributor covering the coatings & construction, advanced materials and other industrial markets in the UK and Ireland.
21.02.2023 • News
IMCD Expands in South Africa with CPS Oil-Tech Buy
IMCD South Africa has agreed to buy CPS Chemical Oil-Tech, a Durban-based distributor that mostly serves the lubricants and fuel markets. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2023.
23.11.2022 • News
IMCD Strengthens India Presence with Parkash Buy
IMCD has agreed to buy Parkash DyeChem, a leading Indian distributor of specialty chemicals for construction and printing inks. Financial terms of the deal, which is expected to close next month, were not revealed.
07.11.2022 • News
IMCD Acquires China’s Shanghai Sanrise
Dutch specialty chemicals and ingredients distributor IMCD has entered into an agreement to buy China’s Shanghai Sanrise Industries & Development. Financial terms were not disclosed.
12.09.2022 • News
IMCD Buys Japan’s Kuni Chemical
IMCD has taken over Japanese specialty distribution company Kuni Chemical for an undisclosed sum. Kuni specializes in industrial applications that range from coatings and construction to automotive and packaging materials.
26.08.2022 • News
IMCD Strengthens Americas Presence with PromaPlast Deal
IMCD has agreed to buy PromaPlast, a distributor of advanced materials serving markets in Mexico and the US. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close in September, were not disclosed.
24.06.2022 • News
IMCD Expands in China with Welex Buy
IMCD China, part of Netherlands-headquartered multinational chemicals distributor IMCD, has agreed to take over specialty distribution company Welex, boosting its footprint in China.
M&A Activity in the Chemical Distribution Industry
Mergers & acquisitions activity in the chemical distribution industry was high in 2021, but current macro-economic conditions may have a dampening effect on the number of deals that will conclude by the end of this year.
07.03.2022 • News
IMCD Acquires Evonlode Foods in the UK
Dutch multinational specialty chemicals and ingredients distributor IMCD has acquired Evonlode Foods in the UK. Based in Oxford, Evonlode’s activities are mostly in the beverage, bakery, nutrition, savory and dessert markets, serving customers in manufacturing, retail and foodservice.
03.01.2022 • News
IMCD Agrees Deals in Europe, Australia
Dutch-based multinational specialty chemicals and ingredients distributor IMCD agreed two acquisitions in late December, namely Polychem in Austria and RPL Trading in Australia and New Zealand. Financial terms were not disclosed.
07.12.2021 • News
IMCD China Adds Muscle in Personal Care
IMCD China, part of Netherlands-headquartered globally active specialty chemicals distributor IMCD, has agreed to acquire all of Chinese personal care company Syntec to bolster its position in the personal care and cosmetics sector. Closing of the transaction, for which financial terms were not revealed, is planned to take place within the next five weeks.
19.11.2021 • News
IMCD Boosts Life Sciences with Megasetia Buy
Dutch multinational specialty chemicals and ingredients distributor IMCD has agreed to buy Indonesia’s Megasetia Agung Kimia, boosting its presence in the country. Financial terms were not revealed, but the transaction will take place in two tranches.
04.10.2021 • News
IMCD Buys China’s Aquatech
Dutch specialty chemicals and ingredients distributor IMCD has agreed to buy Aquatech Speciality (Shanghai) International Trading and Aquatech Speciality (Guangzhou) Trading in China. No financial details were disclosed for the transaction, which is expected to close during November.
02.08.2021 • News
IMCD Acquires Mexico’s Maquimex
In its fourth acquisition this year to date, IMCD has agreed to buy Materias Quimicas de Mexico (Maquimex) for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is expected to close during August.
09.06.2021 • News
IMCD Buys China’s Shanghai Yuanhe Chemicals
IMCD has acquired Shanghai Yuanhe Chemicals, a Chinese distributor of specialty coatings, textile and ink solutions. The deal boosts IMCD China's portfolio for the pharmaceutical, food and nutrition, plastics and personal care industries.
Mergers & Acquisitions Are an Integral Strategic Component
In the drive to reach growth objectives, or to maintain and enhance “critical mass”, mergers & acquisitions (M&A) has been a theme for the chemical distribution industry for years. The industry leaders (by size and geographic reach) were all built through a series of such transactions. The practice is further trickling down to the smaller and mid-sized company layer of the sector, and more distributors espouse external growth options.
25.05.2021 • News
Pilar Castellanos Pineda Appointed as Managing Director of IMCD Colombia
Speciality chemicals and ingredients distributor IMCD has appointed Pilar Castellanos Pineda as Managing Director of IMCD Colombia effective May 25, 2021.
19.05.2021 • News
IMCD Buys Siliconas y Quimicos and Andes Chemical
Dutch specialty chemicals and ingredients distributor IMCD has announced two acquisitions that boost its presence in the Latin American market.
