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World Chemical Distributor Directory eNewsletter - Autumn 2012.

Feature – Breaking News...Caldic completes acquisition of Canadian food ingredients distributor, Nealanders International Inc

News – A round-up of chemical distribution industry news from Europe, Africa, America and the Far East Q3 2012

People – Surfachem UK appoint new managing director, Azelis appoint Dr. Hans-Joachim Müller as new CEO, Frank Bergonzi joins Koda Distribution Group as President and CEO

Upcoming events – A selection of the the most important upcoming industry exhibitions, conferences and seminars from around the World

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BREAKING NEWS...

Caldic completes acquisition of Canadian food ingredients distributor, Nealanders International
Caldic B.V., distributor and producer of food ingredients, chemicals and technical activities has completed the acquisition of Nealanders International Inc., a leading Northern American specialist distributor of food ingredients. Nealanders has 180 employees and currently has sales of $180M(€140M). Nealanders is recognised as Canada's leading food ingredient supplier, distributing a wide range of raw materials for the food and personal care market and specialising in the manufacture of antioxidants, release agents, bakery concentrates, dough conditioners and vitamin and mineral enrichment blends. The company's facilities are located strategically throughout Canada with its headquarters in Toronto and subsidiaries in Vancouver, Montreal and Chicago (USA) providing a coast-to-coast network for distribution and technical sales.button-more| More

News Round Up – Autumn 2012

Asia-Pacific

IMCD acquires pharmaceutical business of Maxwell Pharma in Malaysia

IMCD Group has acquired the pharmaceutical ingredients business of Maxwell Pharma Sdn. Bhd, a family owned Malaysian company. Established in 2000, Maxwell is a distributor of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs)...button-more| More

Brenntag acquires the ISM/Salkat Group in Australia and New Zealand

Brenntag has acquired the business of the ISM/Salkat Group, a leading distributor of specialty chemicals in Australia and New Zealand. The acquisition represents a “quantum leap” for the network and know-how for Brenntag...button-more| More

Europe & North-Africa

Azelis sells its Composites business to the Velox Group

Azelis has announced the sale of its Composites business to Velox GmbH who have taken over the business. Following a strategic review of its activities the Azelis Board decided that the Composites business did not fit well with the company’s plans to focus more...button-more| More

Univar adds to North African presence with opening of office in Tunisia

Univar Inc., has announced that its legal entity in Tunisia is now fully operational. The office will complement similar entities in Morocco, Egypt and Algeria which together form the backbone of Univar's North African presence...button-more| More

New chemical distribution group, Interallis Chemicals emerges in South-East Europe

A group of international entrepreneurs represented by Mr. Theofanis Gerodimos, has acquired from Neochimiki S.A. Greece, its well established distribution activities in Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Ukraine. The new entity, Interallis Chemicals S.A. with headquarters in Bulgaria, will...button-more| More

Telko Oy reports 52% increase in sales to Russia and CIS region in Q2 2012

Aspo-owned Telko has reported that its net sales grew in the second quarter to €62.5 million, up from €55.5M in the same period in the previous year. The share of developing markets' net sales increased significantly...button-more| More

DKSH demonstrates leadership in pharma sector in joining Rx-360 consortium

DKSH has been accepted as a new Rx-360 member, making it one of only a few chemical distribution companies in the international pharmaceutical supply chain consortium. The global consortium's purpose...button-more| More

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Ter Group extends its pan-european network to the UK

The TER GROUP has announced the opening of a new subsidiary in the United Kingdom further strengthening the group's pan-European network. TER (UK) Limited initial focus is on offering raw materials for Paints & Coatings, Construction, Adhesives...button-more| More

North & South America

Leading US specialty chemicals distributor ACETO posts record full year sales

Leading US specialty chemicals distributor, ACETO has posted a full-year 2012 net income of $17m, up 89.4% from the $9m achieved in 2011. Meanwhile, net sales for the year rose 7.7%, from $412.4m to a new record level of $444.4m...button-more| More

Brenntag acquires specialist US distributor to the oil and gas industry, TER Corporation

Brenntag has made its 4th acquisition of the year with the purchase of the Treat-Em-Rite Corporation (TER Corporation), a chemical distribution company serving the oil and gas industry based in Texas, USA...button-more| More

People

Surfachem UK appoint new managing director
Dr. Richard Smith joined Surfachem as Managing Director from Vivimed, where he was global COO. In addition, Richard has also join the board of Surfachem's parent company 2M Holding...www.surfachemgroup.co.uk

Hans-Joachim Müller joins Azelis as new CEO for the Group
Dr. Hans-Joachim Müller has been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer of Azelis Holding SA as Joris Coppye steps down...www.azelis.com

Günther Krausser becomes a non-executive director of the Azelis
Günther Krausser has been appointed as non-executive director to the Board of Azelis and will be handing over his current responsibilities to a new CFO, TBA...www.azelis.com

Frank Bergonzi joins Koda Distribution Group as President and CEO
Koda Distribution Group (KODA), owned by the private equity Audax Group, have announced the appointment Frank Bergonzi as President and CEO from BASF, effective August 1, 2012...www.koda.com

Upcoming events

Our pick of upcoming chemical distribution industry events:

SEPAWA Congress, 23 – 25 October 2012, Hotel Esperanto, Fulda, Germany

7th India Rubber Expo, 22 – 24 January 2013, Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai - 400063, India

Informex USA 2013, 19 – 22 February 2013, Anaheim Convention Centre, Califormia, USA

European Coatings Show 2013, 19 – 21 March 2013, Nuremberg, Germany

News Archive – Highlights

Jun 2012

25/06/2012  |  Banner Chemicals, part of the 2M Group, acquires UK distributor KMZ Chemicals Ltd

22/06/2012  |  Grolman is the new distributor of Orion Engineered Carbons GmbH in Spain & Portugal

19/06/2012  |  Spanish chemical distributors association (ACEQ) expands influence and announces congress for late 2012

12/06/2012  |  Azelis divests polymer distribution business to Groupe Gazechim

May 2012

30/05/2012  |  TransChemical Inc. joins the North-American chemical distributor alliance, Omni-chem 136

18/05/2012  |  Arkema sells US distributor, Peninsula Polymers LLC, to management team

09/05/2011  |  Unipex Solutions acquires Canadian API distributor, Debro Pharma

07/05/2012  |  Biesterfeld AG, Hamburg reports record results in 2011

02/05/2012  |  Melrob Group to distribute for Arizona Chemicals in the DACH Region

Apr 2012

26/04/2012  |  IMCD Malaysia acquires Tropichem business

17/04/2012  |  DKSH opens 2 further innovation centres in Asia-Pacific

12/04/2012  |  Brenntag acquires Italian specialty distributor of fuel and oil additives

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