List of Top 25 Chemical Distributors
Correction: within the article headlined
"Top 25 Chemical Distributors: listing," please read, within the
entry on Univar, "2010 Sales: $7.9bn," rather than "2010 Sales:
$7.2bn," and within the entry on Azelis, "2010 Sales: €1.167bn,"
rather than "2010 Sales: €1.07bn."
2010 Sales: €7.6bn ($10.1bn)
Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany
CEO: Steven Holland
Products: Coatings chemicals, food ingredients,
oilfield chemicals, pharmaceutical ingredients, care chemicals and water
treatment chemicals
Services: Just-in-time delivery, product
mixing, formulation, repackaging, inventory management and drum return
handling, and technical supportAssets: quite 400 sites in over 70 countries
2 UNIVAR
2010 Sales: $7.9bn
Redmond, Washington, US
President and CEO: John Zillmer
Products: Alcohols, aliphatics, alkalis,
amines, aromatics, vitamin C , catalysts, potash , sodium hydroxide , epoxy
resins, glycols, mineral acids, oxidizers, performance polymers, phosphates,
silicones, hypochlorite , solvents, surfactants, sweeteners and texture
modifiers
3 HELM
2010 Sales: €4.2bn ($5.56bn)
Hamburg, German
CEO: Dieter Schnabel
Products: Feedstocks, organic and
inorganic chemicals, polymers, polyurethane products and specialty chemicals
Services: International marketing,
distribution, logistics, production, scientific and technical services
2010 Sales: $3.4BN
Dublin, Ohio, US
President: David Bradley
Products: Adhesives and sealants,
catalysts, gelcoats, inks and printing materials, lubricant additives,
metalworking chemicals, paints and coatings materials, care ingredients,
pharmaceutical ingredients, polymers, reinforcements, resins, solvents, specialty
and industrial chemicals and thermoplastics
Services: Packaging
Assets: Sixty-three owned or leased
facilities; 68 third-party warehouses, rail terminals and tank terminals; three
locations that perform contract packaging activities
2010 Sales: $1.7BN
New York, New York, US
President: Naveen Chandra
Products: Acrylonitrile, aromatics,
glycols, plastics, solvents, specialty chemicals, olefins, oxo alcohols,
acrylates and decanedioic acid
6 AZELIS
2010 Sales: €1.167bn ($1.55bn)
Antwerp, Belgium
CEO: Joris Coppye
Products: Acidifiers, antioxidants, food
and health ingredients, rheology modifiers, emulsifiers, surfactants, actives,
fragrances, active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients, monomers,
solvents, coatings materials, resins, pigments, fillers, plastic additives and
elastomers
Services: Specialized laboratory
analysis, sampling activities, blending and formulating, automatic refilling,
coloring gelcoat batches, repacking, drumming
Assets: Access to 135 warehouses, of
which four are owned, outsourced slitting and sewing facility for collagen
cases
2010 Sales: €1bn ($1.35bn)
Rotterdam, Netherlands |Holland|European
country|European nation"> Netherlands
CEO: Piet Van der Slikke
Products: quite 16,000, in various market
segments including coatings, pharma, food, plastic and rubber, care ,
lubricants, synthesis, detergents and cleaners
Services: Mixing and blending, packaging,
storage
Assets: Office locations and warehouses
in most European countries, plus Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, South
Africa |African country|African nation"> South Africa , India, China,
Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand
2010 Sales: €837m ($1.21bn)
Hamburg, Germany
President and CEO: Birger Kuck
Products: Engineering polymers,
acrylates, standard polymers, rubber and rubber additives, additives and
specialty chemicals for cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, detergents, construction,
lubricants, oil drilling, solar, electronics, coatings, adhesives, sealants and
elastomers, food ingredients, composites, plant protection products,
fertilizers and pharmaceutical raw materials for animal nutrition and
healthcare
Services: Blending, packaging, storing,
mixing, chemical consultancy and advisory services for Europe's Reach
regulation, legal compliance
Assets: Mixing, blending and storage
facilities for solid and liquid chemicals
9 DKSH
2010 Sales: Swfr749m ($796m)
Zurich, Switzerland
Business unit head: Mario Preissler
Products: Specicalty chemicals and
ingredients for the subsequent industries: care , pharma, food and beverage,
paints and coatings, graphics and electronics, polymers, fibers and adhesives
Services: Sourcing, marketing, sales,
research and development (R&D), logistics, distribution, registration, supplier
auditing, Reach consultancy, marketing research , blending
Assets: Eighteen innovation centers, own
distribution centers in selected markets, food ingredient blending plant
2010 Sales: $770m
San Francisco, California, US
President: Ted Eliot
Products: Coatings and inks ingredients,
plastic and rubber additives, food ingredients, personal and household care
chemicals and other industrial specialty chemicals
Services: Logistics, storage, ingredient
technology
Assets: Thirty-six offices with
warehouses at every location
11 QUIMIDROGA
2010 Sales: €575m ($762m)
Barcelona, Spain
General manager: Vicente Muñoz
Products: Chemicals and polyolefins, fine
chemicals and intermediates plus a full range of additives and ingredients for
food, feed, pharma, cosmetics, detergents, coatings and solvents
Services: Blending, packaging, dilution,
bulk and packed storage, dissolving, storage and delivery of bulk solids and
liquids, and global transport
Assets: Five storage sites for liquid and
packed products, plus six regional stocks for packed products, three tank cars
for local bulk and break-bulk liquid deliveries
12 CALDIC
2010 Sales: €568m ($753m)
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
CEO: O.C. van Caldenborgh
Products: Solvent-based chemicals, acids
and alkalis, specialties, food ingredients, functional and aromatic ingredients
Services: Blending, packaging, storage,
reformulations, diluting, dispersing, drumming, hydrophobing, sieving,
tailor-made development
Assets: Four production sites: Caldic
Chemie in Rotterdam, Europoort (storage and handling bio-ethanol and methanol
with a capacity of 172,500m3), Caldic Chemie Produktie in Zevenbergen
(distillation and blending activities), Caldic Deutschland (Furex), Link Silica
in China (precipitated silica). a complete of 33 locations in 13 countries in
Europe and Asia
2010 Sales: €560m ($742m)
Hoofddorp, Netherlands
CEO: Hidde van der Wal
Products: Food additives, industrial
chemicals, pharma ingredients, cosmetic ingredients and animal nutrition
products
Services: Production
Assets: Two production/blending
facilities
14 TER
GROUP
2010 Sales: €470m ($623m)
Hamburg, Germany
CEO: Christian Westphal
Products: Adhesives, cosmetics
ingredients, food additives, fiberglass, gum rosin, natural waxes, paints and
coatings materials, paper chemicals, plastic additives and specialty chemicals
2010 Sales: Rand 4.2bN ($596m)
Bryanston, South Africa
Managing director: Gavin Brimacombe
Products: Solvents, aromatics, olefins,
inorganics, acids, chlor-alkali, mining chemicals, refinery
chemicals/additives, water treatment chemicals, foods additives, animal feed
additives, consumer care chemicals, care chemicals, home care chemicals,
coatings and polymer additives
Services: Warehousing, logistics,
blending, bulk-breaking, bagging, drum filling, vendor site operation
Assets: Warehouses and offices in 18
locations, 52 trucks, 429 liquid storage tanks (including reactors and blending
tanks) with total capacity of 8,200m3, rental storage tanks with capacity of
10,400m3
2010 sales: $592m
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Managing director: Yogesh Mehta
Products: Alcohols, aromatics,
aliphatics, amines, aromatics, vitamin C , sodium hydroxide , epoxy resins,
glycols, glycol ethers, solvents, surfactants, polyamides, phthalates, ketones,
esters, monomers, additives
Services: Distribution, tank terminals,
blending, drumming
Assets: Distribution facilities in Middle
East , Egypt and India. Offices in Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Shanghai
17 INDUKERN
2010 Sales: $570M
Barcelona, Spain
Managing director: Daniel Díaz-Varela
Products: Animal health and feed
additives, industrial and specialty chemicals, pharmaceutical ingredients, food
ingredients, flavors and fragances and agrochemicals
Services: Technical and regulatory
consultancy, special products search, packaging
Assets: Nineteen storage and blending
facilities in Spain (6), Portugal (1), central Europe (2), Brazil (5) and
Mexico (5); five trucks; 15 forklifts, three sites for warehouse construction
2010 Sales: €370m ($490m)
Bielefeld, Germany
President: Peter Stockmeier
Products: Cleaning chemicals, food
additives, polyurethane (PU) chemicals, printing inks, solvents, textile and
water ¬treatment chemicals
19 PRINOVA
(Formerly Premium Ingredients
International)
2010 Sales: $480M
Carol Stream, Illinois, US
CEO: Don Thorp
Products: Acidulants, amino acids,
antioxidants, aroma chemicals, botanical extracts, essential oils, flavors,
flavor enhancers, preservatives, phosphates, nutritional supplements, feed
additives, vitamins and sweeteners
Services: Particle-size reduction,
granulation, custom blending, R&D solutions
Assets: 10 North American distribution
centers, four international distribution centers
20 QUANTIQ
2010 Sales: R697.2m ($418.5m)
Sao Paulo, Brazil
CEO: Edison Terra
Products: Methanol, distillate aromatics,
extract oils, xylene, mineral spirits, oil plasticizers, glacial ethanoic acid
, light aromatic solvents, hexanes and methyl ethyl ketone (MEK)
Services: Packaging, blending
Assets: Three warehouses
21 SAFIC-ALCAN
2010 Sales: €300M ($397.5M)
Puteaux, France
President and CEO: Martial Lecat
Products: Specialty chemicals
Services: Blending, packaging, storage
Assets: One plant, 12 warehouses
22 ACETO
2010 Sales: $378.5m
Port Washington, New York, US
Chairman and CEO: Albert Eilander
Products: Aldehydes, amines, catalysts,
chelating agents, flavors and fragrances, food additives, ketones,
intermediates, pharmaceutical ingredients, pigments, plasticizers, resins and
specialty quats
2010 Sales: $370m
Brookfield, Wisconsin, US
Chairman and CEO: John Honkamp
Products: Chlor-alkali, foam control
chemicals, food processing sanitation chemicals, inks and adhesives, liquid
sulfites, paints and coatings materials, pulp and paper chemicals, organic
chemicals, inorganics, metal finishing chemicals, solvents and water-treatment
chemicals
Services: Blending, manufacturing,
solvent reclamation, hazardous waste removal, technical training, customer
marketing research
Assets: Five warehouses, 20 trucks, 10
locations, 6m gal bulk storage capacity
24 M. CASSAB
2010 Sales: R597.5m ($358.6m)
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Directors: Victor Cutait Neto, Mario
Sergio Cutait
Products: Cosmetic ingredients, feed
additives, food additives, household chemical lubricant additives, paints and
polish materials, pharmaceutical ingredients, plastic and rubber additives, PU
specialties and textile chemicals
Services: Blending, packaging, ¬storage,
qualitative analysis , ¬technical support, trading, delivery in 24 hours
Assets: Six warehouses, 17 tanks with
capacity of 1,200m3, four feed premix plants, one food premix plant, 11
branches in Brazil, one in Argentina and one in China
2010 Sales: €270m ($357.7m)
Hamburg, Germany
CEO: Edgar Nordmann
Products: Additives for functional fluids
and sheet molding compound/bulk molding compound applications, filtration
products, functional fillers/additives, magnesia, pharmaceutical and cosmetic
ingredients
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