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SPECIAL REPORT

TOP 100 CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTORS

ICIS Top 100


Chemical
Distributors
We present our global ranking of the leaders in
chemical distribution, from large to small based on
2020 sales. This year we have a record of nearly
300 companies participating

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Sarah Creswell London for industrial and specialty chemicals; one- personal care specialties; polymer/resins;
Joseph Chang New York stop-shop solutions; specific application silicones; solvents; surfactants
Will Beacham Barcelona technology; extensive technical support; Services: Corporate accounts; ChemPoint;
value-added services such as just-in-time de- custom blending; custom packaging & private
livery; product blending and mixing; formu- label services; lab & formulation services; min-
BRENNTAG lation; repackaging; inventory management; ibulk; supply chain; telemetry services; ware-
1 2020 SALES: $14.40BN digital ordering via e-commerce platform housing; onsite services; ChemCare services
(€11.78BN) Brenntag Connect Assets: shop.univarsolutions.com;
Essen, Germany Assets: More than 670 locations in 77 coun- chemcentral;com; univarsolutions.com
www.brenntag.com tries; workforce of more than 17,000 employees
CEO: Christian Kohlpaintner TRICON ENERGY
Products: Full-line portfolio of more than UNIVAR SOLUTIONS 3 2020 SALES: $5.23BN
10,000 products; industrial chemicals; spe- 2 2020 SALES: $8.26BN
cialty chemicals; ingredients; adhesives; Houston, Texas, US
paints; oil and gas chemicals; food and nutri- Downers Grove, Illinois, US www.triconenergy.com
tion ingredients; water treatment chemicals; www.univarsolutions.com President and CEO: Ignacio Torras
personal care ingredients; pharmaceutical President and CEO: David Jukes Products: Chlor-alkalis; aromatics; glycols;
ingredients; cleaning chemicals; coatings Products: Amines; aviation fluids; chelants; fibre intermediates; solvents; olefins; poly-
and construction chemicals; animal nutrition additives; hydrocarbons; hydrocarbons; es- mers; fertilizers
products; pulp and paper chemicals sential chemicals & ingredients; military Services: Marketing; pre-export financing;
Services: Tailor-made distribution solutions specification; monomers; oleochemicals; shipping; logistics; packaging; blending;

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storage; just-in-time delivery; repackaging; entific & technical services; production & Assets: 55 market-focused application
inventory management; risk management investments laboratories; nearly 3,300 employees; 91
for commodity price and foreign exchange Assets: Subsidiaries in about 30 countries; offices; 94 warehouses throughout all oper-
Assets: Global presence with sales into 100+ production participations ating companies in Europe, Turkey, Israel,
countries; 28+ offices; 450+ employees UAE, Africa, US, Canada, Brazil, Puerto
IMCD Rico, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia,
HELM 5 2020 SALES: $3.60BN (€2.94BN) Mexico and Australia, New Zealand, India,
4 2020 SALES: $5.04BN (€4.12BN) Bangladesh, China, Malaysia, Indonesia,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam,
Hamburg, Germany www.imcdgroup.com Japan, South Korea
www.helmag.com CEO: Piet van der Slikke
CEO: Stephan Schnabel Products: Speciality chemicals and ingredi- AZELIS
Products: Methanol; base petrochemicals; ents for pharmaceuticals, CASE (coatings, 6 2020 SALES: $2.72BN (€2.22BN)
biobased chemicals; acids & lyes; fibreglass; adhesives, sealants, elastomers), personal
intermediates; fertilizers (nitrogen, potassi- care, advanced materials, food and nutrition, Luxembourg
um, phosphates, liquids, specialties); crop animal nutrition, nutraceuticals, lubricants, www.azelis.com
protection (insecticides, herbicides, fungi- synthesis, HI&I, oil and gas Group CEO: Dr Hans Joachim Muller
cides, growth regulators); pharmaceutical Services: Technical sales; marketing of spe- Products: Thousands of specialty chemicals
products (active pharmaceutical ingredi- cialty chemicals and food ingredients; appli- and food ingredients for the following markets
ents, pharmaceuticals) cation laboratories; local and central stock - animal nutrition; food and health; personal
Services: International marketing; logis- holding; drumming; repackaging; blending; care; home care & industrial cleaning; phar-
tics; distribution; project development; sci- sampling maceuticals; specialty agri/horti; CASE; elec-
tronics; essential chemicals; fine chemicals;
lubricants & metal working fluids; rubber &
plastic additives; textile; leather, paper and
other applications
Services: Laboratory analysis; formulation de-
velopment and blending; expert technical and
regulatory support; repacking; flexible pack
sizes; local stockholding; market research and
trend analysis; GMP and cleanroom pharmaceu-
ticals facilities; integrated supply chain; sampling
Assets: 60+ application laboratories; offices
and access to warehouses across EMEA,
Americas and Asia Pacific; high quality sales
force that is technically trained for the market
segments they serve

KOLMAR GROUP
7 2020 SALES: $2.65BN

Zug, Switzerland
www.kolmargroup.com
CEO and Chairwoman of the board: Ruth
Sandelowsky
Products: Aromatics; olefins; fibre intermedi-
ates; alcohols; renewable fuels; solvents
Services: Blending; storage; transportation
Assets: 2 biofuels plants
Trading sales: 81%

SINOCHEM PLASTICS
8 2020 SALES: $2.32BN

Beijing, China
www.sinochemplastics.com
Company President: Zhao Guoxun
Products: Engineering plastics (AS, PS,
PMMA, MS, PC, PA); general plastics (ABS, pol-
yethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride);
polyurethanes; rubber chemicals
Services: Marketing; customer-centric ideol-
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added services for upstream and down-

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stream; one-stop procurement; supply chain PETROCHEM MIDDLE EAST CEO: Philippe Huybrechs
management; technical support; commis- 12 2020 SALES: $1.54BN Products: Sodium sulphate; soda ash; zeolite;
sioned processing; brand maintenance; infor- caustic soda; sodium bicarbonate; calcium
mation consultation Dubai, UAE chloride; sodium lauryl ether sulphate (SLES);
Assets: Three warehouses with gross area of www.petrocheme.com linear alkyl benzene sulphonic acid (LABSA);
58,687 square metres; total construction area CEO: Yogesh Mehta glycerine; surfactants and oleochemicals; sili-
of 57,210 square metres; two office buildings Products: Aromatics; alcohols; aldehydes; ke- cones; emulsifiers; resins and monomers;
with gross area of 10,270 square metres tones; phenol; glycols; monomers; esters; homecare and detergent chemicals; textile
Trading sales: 40% methanol; caustic soda; plasticizers; poly- chemicals; personal care and cosmetics ingre-
mers; pentaerythritol; phthalic anhydride dients; paints and coatings chemicals; con-
BARENTZ Services: Storage of bulk and drum chemi- struction chemicals; mining chemicals; oilfield
9 2020 SALES: $2.02BN (€1.65BN) cals; blending; trading commodities; packag- chemicals; food and feed additives; fertilizers
ing; providing tanks for leasing; logistics Services: Diversified product portfolio; local
Hoofddorp, The Netherlands Assets: Large state-of-the-art terminal in know-how and technical support in emerging
www.barentz.com Jebel Ali, Dubai; 41 bulk chemical storage markets; tailor-made warehousing and other
CEO: Hidde van der Wal tanks, including drum storage for 25,000 logistics/supply chain services; financial solu-
Products: Life science ingredients and spe- drums and 4 drumming lines; tank terminal in tions
cialty chemicals for human nutrition, phar- Adabiya, Egypt for storing bulk chemicals; Assets: 80+ affiliates worldwide across 35+
maceuticals, personal care, animal nutri- brand new storage terminal at Port Said West, countries; 170+ locations; 450,000+ square
tion, CASE and plastics, household care, Egypt with the construction of 20 tanks with metres of warehouse space; well-situated in
industrial and institutional cleaning; spe- capacity of 54,000 cubic metres expected to emerging markets such as Latin America, Car-
cialty intermediates be completed in two phases by early 2022; 26 ibbean, Africa, Middle East and Asia
Services: Local/regional/global warehousing; trailer trucks; 14 road tankers; storage and lo- Trading sales: 46%
combined order management; harmonised gistics terminal in Dammam, Saudi Arabia in
sampling system; technical and formulation partnership with Hoyer; sales and distribution BIESTERFELD
support; customised nutrition and taste sys- offices in India, Egypt, Singapore, Taiwan, 15 2020 SALES: $1.27BN
tems/production; customised sourcing; dry/ China, UK and Holland
liquid blending; spray drying; microencapsula- Trading sales: 38% Hamburg, Germany
tion; test-market support www.biesterfeld.com
Assets: Offices in 65+ countries in EMEA, OMYA CEO: Thomas Arnold
Asia-Pacific, China, North America and Latin 13 2020 SALES: $1.47BN Products: High-performance polymers; engi-
America; 25+ specialised application laborato- (SWFR1.3BN) neering polymers; thermoplastic elastomers;
ries; 1,500+ employees; Barentz Academy Oftringen, Switzerland styrenic and acrylic polymers; sustainable
www.omya.com plastic solutions; synthetic rubbers; high-qual-
SNETOR Vice president: Peter Bigler ity compounds based on silicone and fluoro-
10 2020 SALES: $1.63BN Products: Binders; high-performance poly- silicone rubbers; carbon blacks; additives; raw
mers; titanium dioxide; organic pigments; materials for personal care, pharmaceuticals,
Courbevoie, France dyes; minerals; additives; specialty raw materi- organic synthesis, food and CASE; perfor-
www.snetor.com als for CASE (coatings, adhesives, sealants and mance products; industrial and agricultural
President: Emmanuel Aubourg elastomers), inks, engineered materials, plas- chemicals; plant protection products; animal
Products: PE; PP; PVC; PET; PS; ABS; engi- tics, thermosets, plasters, mortars, concrete, health care ingredients; salts
neering polymers; polyols; TDI; industrial packaging, board & paper, aluminium finish- Services: Individual solutions; technical ex-
chemicals; recycled, biodegradable, com- ing; ingredients for food, nutraceuticals, phar- pertise and consulting; active application
postable, mass balance maceuticals, personal care, cosmetics, home development and product specification; di-
Assets: 90 warehouses; technical support care and animal nutrition; raw materials for rect and warehouse distribution; blending
Trading sales: 70% agriculture and water treatment and storing; formulation/technical assis-
Services: Global marketing and sourcing; tance and laboratory support; less-than-
STOCKMEIER HOLDING global supply chain management (logistics, truckload (LTL) quantities; customised logis-
11 2020 SALES: $1.57BN (€1.28BN) customer service); regulatory affairs manage- tical solutions; consultancy and advisory
ment and services; R&D; technical service; an- services for Europe’s REACH regulation; sili-
Bielefeld, Germany alytics; microscopy; quality control cone rubber compounding
www.stockmeier.de Assets: R&D center for surface science, min- Assets: Subsidiaries in more than 30 coun-
CEO: Peter Stockmeier eral pigments, chemical engineering, microbi- tries; application laboratories; mixing, blend-
Products: Industrial chemicals (acids, caustic, ology and consumer goods; technical applica- ing and storage facilities for solid and liquid
solvents, solids); specialty chemicals for indus- tion service hubs in Europe, Americas and Asia chemicals
trial and home care, cosmetics, coating, con- Pacific for all product categories; sales affili- Trading sales: 10%
struction; cleaning products; peracetic acid; ates in more than 50 countries; global network
polyurethane chemicals; flavours and spices; of 120+ warehouses DKSH HOLDING
printing inks; textile auxiliaries; AdBlue; water 16 2020 SALES: $1.25BN
treatment chemicals MANUCHAR (SWFR1.11BN)
Services: Warehousing; blending; toll manu- 14 2020 SALES: $1.28BN Zurich, Switzerland
facture; specialised laboratories; logistics www.dksh.com/pm
Assets: More than 50 locations in Europe, Antwerp, Belgium CEO: Stefan P Butz
200 trucks www.manuchar.com Products: Food and beverage ingredients;

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personal care and cosmetics ingredients; phar- eners, cocoa and chocolate, antioxidants, vita- gos) and centre (Madrid) of Spain, each with
maceutical ingredients; specialty chemicals mins); texturisers (flavours, colours, proteins); capacity of 1,500 tonnes of packed products
Services: Marketing and sales; logistics; inno- emulsifiers (hydrocolloids, fruit preparations, plus 20 tanks for liquids; 9 distribution centres;
vation and formulation services; regulatory ser- oils & fats, nuts & seeds, enzymes, fruit miner- fully equipped quality control laboratory and
vices; sourcing services; blending and repack- als; solvents, acids & lyes; binders; fillers; plasti- applications and developments laboratory for
aging; after-sales services; digital services cizers; pigments; additives; softeners; dispirit- personal care, home care and food; customs
Assets: 48 innovation centres; 120 business ing agents; tanning agents; catalysts; bonded warehouse
locations adsorbents; dessicants; elastomers; antioxi- Trading sales: 5%
dants; release agents; silicones; heat transfer
MITSUBISHI SHOJI CHEMICAL fluids; distinguishing powders; water treatment OPEC PLASTICS
17 2020 SALES: $1.18BN additives; health and personal care ingredients 22 2020 SALES: $892.5M
Services: Market research; supply chain ser-
Tokyo, Japan vices; production services; formulation; regu- Hanoi, Vietnam
www.mccml.co.jp/en latory support; sourcing; repackaging http://opec.vn
President and CEO: Tadashi Takasugi Assets: Locations in Europe (Sweden, Nor- Chairman: Dinh Duc Thang
Products: Solvent (aromatics, esters, paraffins, way, Finland, Denmark, UK, France, Germany, Products: Plastics resin; biodegradable plas-
ketones, acids); urethanes; coatings (carbon Spain, Italy, Benelux, Baltics, Ireland), North tic bags
black, acrylic resin, polyester resin, monomer, America (Canada, US), Asia-Pacific (China, Services: International trading; logistics; im-
additives); silicones; fluorocarbon polymers Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, New Zealand) port and export; supply chain solutions;
Services: Global marketing, sourcing and packaging
trading; logistics by vessel, isotank, bulk RAVAGO CHEMICALS Assets: 18 branches and representative offic-
lorry, drum, bag 20 2020 SALES: $1.04BN (€850M) es worldwide; 2 biodegradable plastic bag
Assets: Global network in 115+ countries and plants with capacity of 3,000 tonnes/month;
locations as Mitsubishi Corporation Arendonk, Belgium 15 warehouses in Vietnam
www.ravagochemicals.com Trading sales: 20%
OQEMA GROUP General manager EMEA: Filip Van Camfort /
18 2020 SALES: $1.12BN (€913M) General manager US: Kevin Wettstein TER GROUP
Products: Industrial chemicals (coatings, PU 23 2020 SALES: $881.7M (€721M)
Liedberg, Germany & polymers, construction, asphalt); specialty
www.oqema.com chemicals (care, life science, performance, Hamburg, Germany
CEO: Peter Overlack / CSO: Patrick Barthels / water); base chemicals (solvents, inorganics, www.terchemicals.com
CFO: Hartmut Kunz intermediates, plasticizers) CEO and managing shareholder: Christian
Products: Paints & coatings materials; chemi- Services: Technical expertise; warehousing; Westphal
cal industry & synthesis chemicals; construc- logistics; customised blends and premixes; Products: Waxes; gum rosin; thermoplastic
tion chemicals; industrial cleaning chemicals; repackaging and application laboratories and thermoset polymers; polybutenes; SIS/
cosmetic & personal care ingredients; feed & Assets: Network of warehouses (own and 3rd SBS block copolymers; IIR rubber; casein;
food ingredients; flavours & fragrances; phar- party); drumming & blending & lab facilities; amorphous polyalpha olefins; hydrocarbon
maceutical ingredients; water treatment feed premix plant; pressure vessel manufac- resins; pigments; dyes; polyvinyl alcohol; food
chemicals; surface technology chemicals; turing and water treatment unit factory ingredients; vaseline; white oil
plastic & rubber additives; agriculture chemi- Trading sales: 10% Services: Blending; packaging; storage;
cals; lubricants; metal & surface treatment production
chemicals; automotive & machinery chemicals QUIMIDROGA Assets: Numerous office buildings; warehous-
Services: Blending; dilution and mixing; sus- 21 2020 SALES: $996.6M (€815M) es; trucks
tainability & recycling in own units; tailored lo- Trading sales: 25%
gistics solutions; key account management; Barcelona, Spain
technical support; laboratory services; storage www.quimidroga.com BEHN MEYER GROUP
and warehousing; drumming and packaging; CEO: Vicente Munoz 24 2020 SALES: $857.2M (€701M)
transloading vessel to rail; regulatory affairs Products: Solvents; monomers; glycols and
management; clean room services; price risk intermediates; fine chemicals and specialties Hamburg, Germany
mitigation (fixed, contract and spot pricing) for food, feed; agrochemicals & fertilizers; www.behnmeyer.com
Assets: Offices and warehouses in 22 Euro- pharmaceutical ingredients; cosmetics ingre- Products: Fertilizers; crop protection chemi-
pean countries; tank terminal in Ludwig- dients; flavours & fragrances; detergents; cals; agricultural additives and specialties; in-
shafen, Germany; recycling plant; fleet of own coatings; adhesives; paper chemicals; water gredients for food, personal & home care and
trucks; specialised laboratories; workforce of treatment chemicals; plastizicers; resins; plas- pharmaceuticals; additives for animal feed
1,200 Europe-wide tics and elastomers and aquaculture; specialties for rubber and
Trading sales: 5% Services: Storage of liquid and packed prod- plastics; eco-friendly solutions for water treat-
ucts; blending; standard and tailor-made ment, petrochemicals, coatings, leather and
CALDIC packaging; dissolutions; Authorised Economic textiles, and process industries
19 2020 SALES: $1.09BN (€891M) Operator (AEO) certification; technical advice; Services: Technical sales and marketing;
formulations; research customer service; regulatory and risk man-
Rotterdam, The Netherlands Assets: Logistics complex at the Port of Bar- agement; innovation and formulation; R&D
www.caldic.com celona with capacity of 30,000 tonnes of support; blending, tailoring and packaging;
CEO: Alexander Wessels packed products plus 155 tanks for warehousing and logistics; supply chain
Products: Food ingredients (starches, sweet- 12,000cbm of liquids; 2 sites in the north (Bur- management; omni-channel support; busi-

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Asia Pacific chemical distribution leaders (2020 sales, $m)


Rank Company Sales Rank Company Sales Rank Company Sales
1 Sinochem Plastics 2,276.0 33 Caldic 48.9 62 RAHN-Group 8.0
2 Tricon Energy 1,954.5 34 Biesterfeld 45.0 63 2M Group 7.7
3 Brenntag 1,753.5 35 Rakha Al Khaleej 44.3 64 Antonio Tarazona 6.1
4 Mitsubishi Shoji Chemical 1,178.0 International
65 Prakash Chemicals 5.9
5 DKSH Holding 939.7 36 Shrieve Chemical 42.2 International
6 Opec Plastics 845.0 37 Nordmann, Rassmann 40.4 66 Cornelius Group 5.7
7 IMCD 788.7 38 Skystep Trading 31.4 67 Metafrax Trading 5.5
39 McKinn International 30.8 International
8 Behn Meyer Group 775.3
40 ChemPartners 30.3 68 Nortex 5.4
9 Kolmar Group 680.4
41 Taj Al Mulook General 30.0 69 Group Barcelonesa 3.7
10 Helm 572.0
Trading 70 Noahs Ark Chemicals 3.7
11 Redox 518.9
42 Norkem Holdings 29.0 71 Indukern 3.7
12 Omya 316.6
43 Continental Industries 25.0 72 Arkem Kimya 3.0
13 ICC Chemical 304.1 Group
73 Jobachem Group 2.9
14 Azelis 291.0 44 RishiChem Distributors 24.7
74 Bloomchemag 2.8
15 Pon Pure Chemicals Group 268.1 45 S. Kushalchand International 23.8
16 TOP Solvent 258.2 75 Quimdis 2.7
46 ECEM European Chemical 22.7
17 Jebsen & Jessen Group 248.2 Marketing 76 MCassab 2.6

18 Petrochem Middle East 244.9 47 Neo Chemical 18.7 77 Atlantic Chemicals Trading 2.5
19 KPL International 195.4 48 Saiper Chemicals 16.0 78 Solventis 2.1
20 WWRC Holding 144.2 49 Wego Chemical Group 14.9 79 Basstech International 2.0
21 Manuchar 127.0 50 PHT International 14.4 80 Nesstra Services 2.0
22 Barentz 105.9 51 Bodo Moeller Chemie 13.5 81 KEMAT 1.4
23 Echemi Group 86.8 52 Arpadis Benelux 12.2 82 Coreflow Chemi 1.2
24 Union Petrochemical 85.2 53 Algol Chemicals 12.2 83 A.+ E. Fischer-Chemie 1.2
25 Telko 81.4 54 Penpet Petrochemical 12.2 84 Lavollee 1.2
Trading
26 Shanghai Saifu Chemical 81.2 85 Selectchemie 1.1
Development 55 Aug. Hedinger 11.2
86 Al Nahda International 1.1
27 Transmare Chemie 75.6 56 Connect Chemicals Group 10.0 (Anichem Group)
28 TER Group 73.4 57 Safic-Alcan 10.0 87 The Chemical Company 1.0
29 CellMark 72.6 58 An Loc Phat International 10.0 88 Haeffner 1.0
30 Maha Chemicals 71.0 59 Equilex 9.8 89 George S. Coyne Chemical 1.0
31 Ravago Chemicals 67.3 60 Wistema 9.3 Note: Sales are in the specific region and may differ
61 Novasol Chemicals Group 9.0 from total company sales. Sales $1m and above
32 Lehmann & Voss 55.0 included

ness development JEBSEN & JESSEN GROUP EMERAUDE


Assets: Over 1,200 employees; office and 26 2020 SALES: $719M (€588M) 27 2020 SALES: $700M
warehouses in 14 countries; 38 warehouse lo-
cations; global production facilities in Malay- Bangkok, Thailand, and Hamburg, Germany Paris, France
sia, Thailand, Indonesia, Italy, Netherlands and www.ingredients.jjsea.com / www. www.emeraude-international.com
US; laboratory facilities in Malaysia, Indonesia, jebsen-jessen.de CEO: Umar Rafique
Thailand, Vietnam, Italy and Netherlands CEOs: Lim Siew Tin, Fritz von der Schulenburg Products: Polyethylene (PE); polypropylene
Products: Coatings & resins; plastics & rub- (PP); polyvinyl chloride (PVC); polyethylene
ICC CHEMICAL ber; food & nutrition health ingredients; feed terephthalate (PET); polystyrene (PS); polyure-
25 2020 SALES: $830.4M additives; oil & gas chemicals; oil derivatives; thane (PU); recycled resins; masterbatches
bioethanol; pharmaceutical & personal care and additives; adhesives and coatings
New York, New York, US ingredients; home care specialties; adhesives; Services: Logistics; packaging; storage; tech-
www.iccchem.com water treatment specialties; mining compo- nical expertise
President: Naveen Chandra nents; agro chemicals; modified starches; col- Assets: 24 locations; workforce of more than
Products: Polymers & additives; aromatics; lagen & sweeteners 150 employees; 39 warehouses
solvents; ketones; acrylates & intermediates; Services: Sales and marketing; R&D; import/
nitriles; specialty chemicals; organic acids and export; regulatory affairs; warehousing; sourc- GTM HOLDINGS
derivatives; glycols; phenols; alcohols ing; factory audit; credit report; local currency 28 2020 SALES: $690M
Services: Packaging financing
Assets: 6 global offices and 25 representa- Assets: 22 offices worldwide; 15 warehouses; Sao Paulo, Brazil
tives worldwide 4 laboratories; 3 regional innovation centres; www.gtmchemicals.com
Trading sales: 70% R&D application lab CEO: Rodrigo Gutierrez

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Products: Specialty chemicals; perfor- cialties, detergent industries; life sciences for ishing chemicals; solvents; and wastewater
mance products and industrials for paints pharmaceutical, cosmetics & personal care, treatment chemicals.
and coatings, adhesives, sealants, agroin- and health, wellness & nutrition industries Services: Contract manufacturing; formula-
dustry, chemicals and petrochemical indus- Services: Global sourcing; local sales; supply tion; solvent reclamation; hazardous waste re-
try, oil & gas, cleaning, rubber, lubricants, chain management and marketing support; moval; packaging and transloading; technical
food, printing and packaging, flavours & fra- dedicated technical, regulatory, and quality training and customer product research
grances, mining, pharma, construction, per- support; formulation; blending and sampling Assets: 15 locations; bulk storage of 15m
sonal care, pharma, plastics Assets: More than 170 years of experience; gallons; private fleet of trucks and profes-
Services: Storage and repackaging; industri- 30 offices that cover 50 countries in EMEA, sional drivers
alization and filling; logistics and distribution; North America and Asia; 9 laboratories for
analysis; product application and quality con- cosmetics, coatings, rubber, pharmacy and HAWKINS
trol laboratory; blending and laboratory testing water treatment. Combination of local ware- 31 2020 SALES: $571.3M
Assets: more than 40 facilities, including 6 houses and regional storage
owned maritime terminals; 15 application and Roseville, Minnesota, US
quality control laboratories HYDRITE CHEMICAL www.hawkinsinc.com
30 2020 SALES: $675M President and CEO: Patrick Hawkins
SAFIC-ALCAN Products: Caustic soda; bleach; minerals; lac-
29 2020 SALES: $688M Brookfield, Wisconsin, US tates; sulphuric acid; hydrochloric acid; sodi-
www.hydrite.com um citrate; vitamins; ferric/ferrous chloride;
Paris, France CEO: Paul Honkamp urea; chlorine
www.safic-alcan.com Products: Peracetic acid; chlor-alkali; indus- Services: Manufacturing; custom blending;
CEO of Myrtil (holding company): Martial trial chemicals; foam control chemicals; food packaging; private label; delivery
Lecat / CEO of Safic-Alcan: Philippe Combette processing and sanitation chemicals; food in- Assets: Industrial manufacturing facilities
Products: Wide range of specialty chemicals gredients; liquid sulphites; fertilizers and liq- (7); water treatment distribution warehouses
and materials; performance products for adhe- uid micronutrients; pulp and paper chemi- (33); trucks (125+); nutraceutical manufactur-
sives & sealants, coatings, inks & construction, cals; organic and inorganic chemicals; ing plant (1)
plastics, rubber, polyurethane, industrial spe- styrene/acrylic emulsion polymers; metal fin- Trading sales: 10%

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NORDMANN, RASSMANN sulphur forming (prilling); regeneration Trading sales: 49%


32 2020 SALES: $536.8M (€439M) Assets: 9 tank farms; 2 storage facilities/ware-
houses; 2 production facilities LEHMANN & VOSS
Hamburg, Germany Trading sales: 5% 38 2020 SALES: $476.9M (€390M)
www.nordmann.global
Managing directors: Dr Gerd Bergmann, CONTINENTAL INDUSTRIES Hamburg, Germany
Felix Kruse. Chairman: Carsten Guntner 35 GROUP www.lehvoss.com
Products: Adhesives and sealants; compos- 2020 SALES: $500M Managing Partner: Soenke Thomsen
ites materials; construction and coatings New York, New York, US Products: Customized polymer materials;
chemicals; contact lenses; dental and medical www.continental-industries.com composite materials; masterbatches; plastic
materials; flame retardants; food additives; in- President and CEO: Omer T Karabey additives; rubber chemicals; functional flu-
dustrial chemicals and intermediates; lubricant Products: Specialty and commodity chemi- ids; raw materials for coatings; cosmetics;
additives; monomers; oleochemicals; personal cals: glycerine; gum rosin; n-hexane; soda ash; nutraceutical; magnesia; rare earth; diath-
care additives; pharmaceutical and nutraceuti- sodium bicarbonate; sodium hydroxide; sodi- omaeteous earth
cal ingredients; polyurethane chemicals; syn- um nitrate; sodium thiocyanate; sodium tung- Services: Sourcing; manufacturing; custom-
thetic rubber and rubber chemicals; thermo- state; dimethyl terephthalate; polybutenes; izing; product development; logistics
plastics and polymer additives petrochemicals: PVC; HDPE; LLDPE; PP Assets: Production sites in US; Europe; China;
Services: Laboratory studies and R&D; chem- Services: Sourcing; sales; trading laboratories; warehouses
ical synthesis and compounding; marketing Trading sales: 40% Trading sales: 30%
and market intelligence; legislative and regula-
tory support; quality management and safety; INDUKERN QUADRA CHEMICALS
global supply chain management; repackag- 36 2020 SALES: $481.5M (€393.8M) 39 2020 SALES: $468.2M
ing and refilling; sample service
Assets: Warehouses located all over Europe, Barcelona, Spain Quebec, Canada
Asia and North America www.indukern.com / www.grupoin- www.quadrachemicals.com /www.
Trading sales: 5% dukern.com quadraingredients.com
CEO: Daniel Diaz-Varela Bertschinger CEO: Philip Infilise
REDOX Products: Food ingredients; pharmaceutical Products: Performance adhesives; flexible
33 2020 SALES: $531.2M ingredients; pharmaceutical APIs; flavours packaging; household, industrial & institu-
and fragrances; veterinary and animal nutri- tional cleaning chemicals; water treatment
Sydney, Australia tion ingredients chemicals; mining & smelting chemicals;
www.redox.com Services: Blending; premixes; packaging; soluble fertilizer; pulp & paper chemicals;
Chairman and managing director: Robert storage metal treatment & galvanizing chemicals;
Coneliano Assets: 9 warehouses in Spain and subsidiaries coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers; oil
Products: More than 1,000 products serving Trading sales: 11% refining, oilfield services, gas processing,
over 140 industries; commodity and specialty SAGD chemicals; nutritional & functional in-
chemicals; food ingredients; agricultural chem- CELLMARK gredients; health & personal care ingredi-
icals; household and personal care chemicals; 37 2020 SALES: $479.2M ents; pharmaceutical ingredients
mining chemicals; surface coatings; plastics Services: Storage; packaging; blending
additives; grease and lubricants; water treat- Gothenburg, Sweden Assets: 7 locations (warehouses and tank
ment chemicals; building and construction www.cellmark.com farms)
chemicals; pharmaceutical ingredients President, Chemicals Division: Hugo Gal-
Services: Custom blending; dilutions; repack- letta; President, Basic Materials Division: EIGENMANN & VERONELLI
aging; bulk storage of powders, solvents, Ersin Alkan 40 2020 SALES: $425.5M (€348M)
acids, alkalis; palletised storage Products: Acetyls; acids; chlor-alkali; agro-
Assets: 12 regional sales offices; 2 manufac- chemicals; construction chemicals; ligno Milan, Italy
turing sites; 7 owned and operated warehous- chemicals; petrochemicals; light metals; www.eigver.it
es; more than 50 stock locations foundry chemicals; non-ferrous and ferrous CEO: Gabriele Bonomi
materials; caustic soda; semiconductor chem- Products: Specialty chemicals for coatings,
SOLVADIS GROUP icals; renewable battery materials; oil and gas construction, pharmaceuticals, personal
34 2020 SALES: $529.3M chemicals; water treatment chemicals; coat- care, rubber, textile, detergents; plastic addi-
ings; flame retardants; food and beverage in- tives; food ingredients
Frankfurt, Germany gredients; cosmetic and oral care ingredients; Services: Tool manufacturing; bulk breaking;
www.solvadis.com active pharmaceutical ingredients; organic repackaging; warehousing
CEO: Andreas Weimann and inorganic chemicals; vitamins; plant ex- Assets: 3 production sites
Products: Sulphur; sulphuric acid; methanol; tracts; nutraceuticals; amino acids; specialty Trading sales: 15%
petrochemicals; solvents; industrial chemi- and fine chemicals
cals; industrial minerals; pharmaceutical raw Services: Sales and marketing; sourcing; cus- QUIMICA ANASTACIO
materials; synthetic lubricants; laboratory tom manufacturing; packaging; blending; mill- 41 2020 SALES: $417.8M
chemicals; coatings; fertilizers; packaging ma- ing and granulations; R&D; regulatory services;
terials; personal protective equipment market research; logistics; bulk and dry storage Sao Paulo, Brazil
Services: Marketing; storage; transport; logis- Assets: Production equipment and inventory www.anastacio.com
tics; packaging; supply chain management; held at public warehouses in over 20 loca- CEO: Jan Krueder
processing; transloading; remanufacturing; tions worldwide Products: Cosmetics and personal care in-

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gredients; pharmaceutical ingredients; fla- cago, Illinois; Columbia, Illinois; Pleasant Prai- house care & personal care; mining; paint &
vours; animal health ingredients; agricultural rie, Wisconsin); 9 warehouses (US - Columbia, construction; polymers & packaging and
chemicals; rubber chemicals; household and Illinois; North Chicago; Illinois, Elkhart, Indiana; water treatment
auto care chemicals; lubricants; plastics; poly- Minneapolis, Minnesota; Cincinnati, Ohio; Services: Warehousing; reconditioning;
urethane; paints and coatings materials; resins Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin; Canada - Calgary, solid and liquid blending; tailor made formu-
and adhesives; food and feed ingredients; Alberta, Toronto, Ontario, Montreal, Quebec); lations; consignment and telemetry-man-
sports nutrition ingredients 5,000 square foot CASE applications lab; 45 aged stock management; application labo-
Services: Storage; blending; packaging; bulk trucks; 105 trailers ratory services; supply chain optimization;
distribution; trading; cargo consolidation; liquid and solid bulk handling and distribu-
dedicated procurement PROTEA CHEMICALS tion; a full range of agroservices; A.O. test
Assets: 9 warehouses - 4 in Sao Paulo, 1 in 45 2020 SALES: $355.0M fields; digitalization projects
Santa Catarina, 1 in Rio Grande do Sul, 1 in Per- (SAR5.2BN) Assets: Asset base in 7 countries in West &
nambuco, 1 in Gois and 1 in Buenos Aires Bryanston, South Africa Central Africa including warehouses, liquid
Trading sales: 24% www.omnia.co.za storage tanks, solid bulk facilities, docking
Managing director: Michael Smith berths, bulk powder trailers, repacking in-
K-SOLV GROUP Products: Food & beverage ingredients; stallations, 2 laboratories (Ivory Coast &
42 2020 SALES: $392M water care chemicals; consumer care ingredi- Cameroon).
ents; agri science chemicals; specialty poly- Trading Sales: 2%
Houston, Texas, US mers; CAS; renewables
www.ksolv.com Services: Manufacturing; blending; bulk- LBB SPECIALTIES
Owner/CEO: Russell Allen breaking; sourcing; warehousing; logistics/ 48 2020 SALES: $315.8M
Products: Aliphatic solvents; aromatic sol- delivery; quality control/laboratories; formula-
vents; alcohols; glycols; glycol ethers; ace- tion design; financing; technical; bulk trading Westborough, Massachusetts, US
tates; chlorinated solvents; ketones; base Assets: 15 major installations across Africa; www.lbbspecialties.com
oils; white oils; acids 150 trucks; multiple bulk storage tanks; 600 CEO: Darren Birkelbach
Services: Chemical packaging; chemical employees; warehousing Products: Personal care ingredients; nutri-
blending; chemical laboratory; maritime ser- Trading sales: 10% tional ingredients; food and beverage ingredi-
vices; emergency spill response; disaster re- ents; biotech and life sciences chemicals;
sponse; hazmat response; industrial services; MCASSAB aroma chemicals and flavours and fragrances;
waste management; transportation 46 2020 SALES: $336.8M HI&I chemicals; imaging components; spe-
Assets: Tote and drum warehouse tank farm, cialty chemicals; industrial products
flare, nitrogen access, dock in Texas; distribu- Sao Paulo, Brazil Services: Warehousing; blending; packaging;
tion warehouse in Louisiana www.mcassab.com.br custom/contract manufacturing; custom syn-
CEO: Victor Cutait Neto thesis; product development
MARUBENI INTERNATIONAL Products: Performance and specialty chemi- Assets: 32 stocking locations in North America
43 (EUROPE) - CHEMICAL GROUP cals for polyurethanes, paints, resins, con-
2020 SALES: $391.3M (€320M) struction and polymers; solvents; additives; WEGO CHEMICAL GROUP
Dusseldorf, Germany silicones; pigments; monomers; emulsifiers; 49 2020 SALES: $311.1M
https://europe.marubeni.com polyols; isocyanates; biocides; APIs and phar-
President: Tadashi Terada maceutical excipients; home and personal Great Neck, New York, US
Products: Petrochemicals and specialty care ingredients; veterinary products; feed www.wegochem.com
chemicals and food premixes and ingredients; vitamins; Principal & President: Bert Eshaghpour
Services: Warehousing and logistics; com- amino acids Products: Agriculture; animal nutrition &
pounding Services: Blending; packaging; storage; in- feed; antifreeze & coolant; case; corrosion in-
Trading sales: 60% ventory management; dilutions; full technical hibitors; lithium battery & electrolytes; lubri-
support; formulation cant & grease; pharmaceutical & fine chemi-
EMCO CHEMICAL Assets: 4 warehouses in Brazil; 1 warehouse cals; HI&I; flame retardants; food & beverage;
44 DISTRIBUTORS in Argentina; 4 premix facilities for animal nu- metal working; finishing & flux; oil field ser-
2020 SALES: $358.7M trition; 1 premix facility for food nutrition; vices; plastics; resins & rubber; pulp & paper;
Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, US technical applications laboratories (polyure- water treatment & pool chemicals
www.emcochem.com thanes, home and personal care, coatings, Services: Chemical supply; supply chain solu-
President: Edward Polen agribusiness, pharmaceuticals and food); tions; logistics; warehousing; outsourcing
Products: Acids and alkalis; additives; aliphat- physical, chemical and microbiological ac- Assets: 100+ worldwide professionals; 14 in-
ic and aromatic hydrocarbons; amines; car- credited ISO 17.025 laboratory ternational offices; global distribution network
bonates; chelating agents; ester and ether es- Trading Sales: 0.6% of 50+ warehouses
ters; ethanol and denatured ethanol; glycols; Trading sales: 20%
ketones; pigments; plasticizers; resins; sili- SOLEVO
cones; surfactants 47 2020 SALES: $326.5M POCHTECA MATERIAS PRIMAS
Services: Blending and packaging; waste 50 2020 SALES: $291.1M
services; application laboratory services, Switzerland
hazardous goods warehousing; order fulfil- www.solevogroup.com Mexico City, Mexico
ment; USP and food grade packaging; pri- CEO: Joris Coppye www.pochteca.net
vate fleet delivery Products: Agrochemicals; animal feed addi- CEO: Armando Santacruz
Assets: 3 production facilities (US - North Chi- tives as well as chemicals for food & beverage; Products: Inorganic chemicals; solvents and

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Products: Coating ingredients (additives,


rheology modifiers, pigments & colourants,
resins, biocides, film consolidation agents);
construction chemicals (additives, pig-
ments, fillers, rheology modifiers); adhesives
ingredients (resins, plasticizers, additives,
bonding agents); cleaning & disinfection
products; personal care ingredients; plastic
ingredients (additives, plasticizers, flame re-
tardants); rubber ingredients (synthetic rub-
ber, adhesion promoters, mould release
agents); ceramic powders (zirconia, alumi-
na); lubricant ingredients (base oils, additives
& additive packages); heat transfer fluids
Services: Technical sales and marketing sup-
port; application development; laboratory
analysis; colorimetry & colour matching ser-
vice; formulation advice; warehousing and lo-
gistics solutions; mixing and blending; repack-
aging; sampling service; legislative and
regulatory support
Assets: 5 technology centres

RUSKHIMSET
53 2020 SALES: $281.9M (€230.5M)

Moscow, Russia
www.rushimset.ru
CEO: Alexander Cheriatov
Products: Solvents; coatings; construction
chemicals; flexo printing; PVC; engoneering
plastics; gas & oil chemicals; food & feed in-
gredients; household chemicals; personal
care ingredients; industrial cleaning chemi-
cals; rubber; tyres; polyurethanes; composites
Services: Mixing, diluting and drumming of liq-
uids; dangerous goods transportation with own
ADR transport; technical support in coatings,
detergents, rigid PVC; consignment storage
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Assets: 16 own branches (with 21 warehous-


es) in Russia; affiliated companies in Belarus,
Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Poland
blends; food ingredients; chemical special- tones; esters; ethers; chlorinated solvents; al- Trading sales: 20%
ties; lubricants cohols; aliphatic solvents; hydrocarbons;
Services: Blending; packaging; storage and monomers; coatings & inks; plastics & com- ECEM EUROPEAN CHEMICAL
logistics solutions; product application; prod- posites; textile chemicals; leather & paper 54 MARKETING
uct development; quality control; environ- chemicals; sugar chemicals; water treatment 2020 SALES: $278.7M
mental solutions chemicals; lubricants Amsterdam, Netherlands
Assets: More than 349,000 square metres of Services: Small packaging; underground www.ecem.com
logistics capacity; capacity to store 22.2m li- storage; technical services; custom blending; CEO: Barend Barendse
tres of liquids; 49 distribution centers - 33 in JIT delivery; transportation Products: Acrylates; methacrylates; hydroxy
Mexico, 3 in Central America, 12 in South Assets: 25 branches in India; 5 overseas monomers; isocyanates; anhydrides; phos-
America, 1 in US; fleet of more than 200 units; branches in Dubai, Australia, Singapore, Bang- phonates; 150 other complementary products
solvent recycling plant; 28 quality control and ladesh and Sri Lanka; 23 warehouses across for coating resins and polymers; adhesives
product application laboratories India (inclusive of 7 explosive repackaging and sealants; water treatment chemicals;
warehouse); leased terminal facilities at Kandla, pharmaceutical ingredients
PON PURE CHEMICALS GROUP Mumbai, Ennore, Kakinada, Haldia and Hazira Services: Focus on acrylic monomers and
51 2020 SALES: $289.7M complementary products; representatives of
KRAHN CHEMIE producers; one-stop shopping and global sup-
Chennai, Tamilnadu, India 52 2020 SALES: $282.5M (€231M) ply chain through offices in EU, Brazil, US,
www.pure-chemical.com Japan, UK; supply from bulk storage tanks and
Chairman and managing director: M Pon- Hamburg, Germany packed materials from several warehouses in
nuswami www.krahn.eu EU; drumming; blending; break bulk deliver-
Products: Acids & derivatives; aromatics; ke- CEO: Dr Rolf Kuropka ies; full Reach registrations

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Assets: Bulk storage for major products; North America chemical distribution leaders (2020 sales, $m)
warehouses for packaged products; Isotank
Rank Company Sales Rank Company Sales
fleet for dedicated transport to customers;
over 150 returnable stainless steel IBCs 1 Univar Solutions 6,116.9 29 Pride Chemical Solutions 125.0
Trading sales: 5% 2 Brenntag 5,124.8 30 Tilley Chemical 115.9
3 Helm 1,381.3 31 ICC Chemical 113.9
TENNANTS DISTRIBUTION 4 Azelis 1,165.3 32 NAGASE Specialty 110.0
55 2020 SALES: $278.7M (£204M)
5 IMCD 1,002.3
Materials

6 Kolmar Group 926.1 33 ClearTech Industries 104.0


Manchester, UK
34 Sea-Land Chemical 103.1
www.tennantsdistribution.com 7 Tricon Energy 852.3
Managing director: Tim Griffiths 8 Barentz 691.4 35 Mays Chemical 99.2
Products: Acids and alkalis; animal feed raw 9 Hydrite Chemical 675.0 36 TCR Industries 90.0
materials; fatty acids; alcohols and esters; 37 Chemsolv 86.5
10 Hawkins 566.1
food and flavours, fragrances; general chemi- 38 Miles Chemical 86.3
11 Quadra Chemicals 468.2
cals; Greenox AdBlue; personal care ingredi-
12 K-Solv Group 392.0 39 H.M. Royal 86.0
ents; pharmaceutical products; resins; solvents;
40 Tanner Industries 83.0
specialty products; surfactants; water treatment 13 EMCO Chemical 358.7
chemicals; white oils and petroleum jelly Distributors 41 CellMark 82.6
Services: Warehousing and storage; repack- 14 LBB Specialties 315.8 42 TRiiSO 81.5
aging; blending; formulating; relabelling 15 Caldic 292.3 43 Harwick Standard 79.5
Assets: 20 sites (including warehousing and 16 PVS Chemicals Distribution 255.0 Distribution
storage); own vehicles Group 44 Chemisphere 78.5
Trading sales: 2% 17 Interstate Chemical 248.0 45 Petrochem Middle East 78.4
18 Superior Industrial 210.0 46 George S. Coyne Chemical 77.8
TELKO Solutions
56 2020 SALES: $275.0M (€224.9M)
19 Ravago Chemicals 207.9
47 TRInternational 76.0
48 Greenchem Industries 75.8
20 Shrieve Chemical 207.7
Espoo, Finland 49 Chemical Solvents 75.0
www.telko.com 21 Colonial Chemical 202.0
Solutions 50 Webb Chemical Service 74.0
CEO: Mikko Pasanen 51 Astro Chemicals 70.0
Products: Solvents; specialty chemicals; life 22 The Plaza Group 197.0
52 Skyhawk Chemicals 68.9
science chemicals; thermoplastics; engineer- 23 ChemGroup 185.6
ing plastics; plastics additives; masterbatches; 24 SMC Global 185.0 53 TER Group 68.5
bioplastics; plastics machinery; industrial lu- 25 Wego Chemical Group 184.45 54 Tennants Distribution 66.9
bricants; car chemicals 55 The Chemical Company 66.8
26 Barton Solvents 174.9
Services: Warehousing; packaging; customer 56 SolvChem 66.7
specific mixtures; bulk transport; technical 27 Continental Industries 150.0
Group 57 Connection Chemical 66.5
support; technical service
28 Omya 135.7 58 Rowell Chemical 62.0
Assets: 26 local offices in 15 countries; 50
warehouses; 300 professionals
Trading sales: 2% Products: Specialty chemicals for coatings,
QUIMTIA adhesives & building, personal & home care,
57 2020 SALES: $272M SHRIEVE CHEMICAL food, feed & pharma, plastics & rubber and
58 2020 SALES: $266.2M industrial performance applications
Buenos Aires, Argentina Services: Technical consultancy; formula-
www.quimtia.com The Woodlands, Texas, US tion advice; storage and logistics; sampling;
President and CEO: Diego Collard Bovy www.shrieve.com financing; full compliance support; full mar-
Products: Mining chemical products & ser- CEO: Ted Threadgill keting support
vices; water treatment products & pro- Products: Sulphuric acid; sulphur; ammonia; Assets: 12 sales office locations in Central
grammes; paper chemical blends; oil & gas caustic; styrene; paints and coatings; elasto- and Eastern Europe
chemical products; basic industrial chemicals; mers; compressor lubricants; base oils; breakers Trading sales: 10%
feed aditivies and specialties; poultry pig- Services: Ammonia tank cleaning and
ments; feed premixes; animal health products; pump-outs TOP SOLVENT
food ingredients; food blends; food flavours; Assets: Blending facility in Marlin, Texas; railcars 60 2020 SALES: $260.3M
plastic sacks and bags Trading sales: 100%
Services: Packaging and storage; blending Bangkok, Thailand
capabilities; dilutions; production of pigments; HSH CHEMIE www.topsolvent.com
animal vaccine production; food flavour pro- 59 2020 SALES: $262.9M (€215M) Managing director: MS Duangporn
duction; feed, food and industrial application Teerapabpaisit
consultanting; quality control; total chemical Hamburg, Germany Products: Solvents (hydrocarbon, aromatic,
management services at customer facilities www.hsh-chemie.com chemical); monomers, food ingredients;
Assets: 13 warehouses; 8 production facilities; Managing Directors: Stephan P Loehden, cleaning products
8 quality control labs; 5 application labs Frank Raabe, Stefan Rather Services: Manufacturing of hydrocarbon

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WITH INSIGHT

Rank Company Sales Rank Company Sales Rank Company Sales

59 Walsh & Associates 58.7 88 Atlantic Chemicals Trading 28.1 117 Manuchar 9.0
60 Coast Southwest 56.5 89 InterAtlas Chemical 28.0 118 Faravelli 8.0
61 Tarr 54.6 90 Sinochem Plastics 28.0 119 Nordmann, Rassmann 7.3
62 Hubbard-Hall 53.0 91 Northspec Chemicals 26.7
120 DutCH2 6.7
63 Buckley Oil 52.5 92 Basstech International 26.1
121 Norkem Holdings 6.4
64 Brainerd Chemical 52.3 93 CJ Chemicals 26.0
122 Noahs Ark Chemicals 6.1
65 Vivion 51.7 94 Connect Chemicals Group 26.0
95 Gehring Montgomery 26.0 123 ProChema 5.8
66 Safic-Alcan 50.0
96 Aktopa 25.8 124 Snetor 5.0
67 Debro 50.0
68 Jebsen & Jessen Group 47.7 97 Radchem Products 25.7 125 Behn Meyer Group 4.9

69 Chem One 46.7 98 R.E. Carroll 25.4 126 HARKE Group 4.9
70 Rierden Chemical & 43.1 99 Seacole 23.0 127 Prakash Chemicals 4.4
Trading 100 DAXX 22.9 International
71 Chemical Distributors 42.3 101 Brisco do Brasil 19.0 128 Arpadis Benelux 3.7
72 McCullough & Associates 42.0 102 Schibley Solvents and 19.0 129 Bodo Moeller Chemie 3.7
Chemicals
73 Min-Chem/Lawrason’s/CK 41.5 130 TZ Group (Tau, Treza) 3.1
Ingredients Group 103 Metafrax Trading 18.9
International 131 Cornelius Group 2.9
74 Research Solutions Group 40.9
104 Lehmann & Voss 18.3 132 Solventis 2.5
75 Ideal Chemical & Supply 40.2
105 Gulf Coast Chemical 17.8 133 Aug. Hedinger 2.4
76 PHT International 40.1
106 Unique Chemical 16.4
77 Acid Products 38.5 134 Arkem Kimya 2.0
Technologies
78 Independent Chemical 38.0 107 Echemi Group 16.1 135 Quimdis 1.7
79 Veckridge Chemical 38.0 108 SMA Collaboratives 13.5 136 Jobachem Group 1.6
80 Eagle Alcohol 36.0 109 Custom Chemical Services 13.4 137 Indukern 1.5
81 Seeler Industries 35.0 110 ChemCeed 12.3 138 Group Barcelonesa 1.2
82 GJ Chemical 34.0 111 Redox 12.2 139 Penpet Petrochemical 1.2
83 Van Horn, Metz & Co 33.9 112 Classic Distributing 12.0 Trading
84 ECEM European Chemical 32.8 Company
140 SAME Chemicals 1.2
Marketing 113 Novasol Chemicals Group 12.0
141 Selectchemie 1.1
85 JNS-Smithchem 32.8 114 American Chemie 11.6
NOTE: Sales are in the specific region and may differ
86 Industrial Chemicals Corp 32.3 115 Skystep Trading 9.2 from total company sales. Sales $1m and above
included
87 RAHN-Group 29.0 116 Biesterfeld 9.0

solvent products; storage; drum filling; trans- www.arkem.com Products: Polymers; masterbatches & fillers;
portation services; multi-delivery mode of- Chairman and CEO: Levend Kokuludag petrochemicals
ferings (vessel, bulk lorry, iso-tank, drum); Products: Monomers; hydrocarbon solvents; Services: Trading
thinner blending alcohols; ketones; esters; glycols; glycol Assets: 4 owned warehouses; several ware-
Assets: 1 manufacturing plant of hydrocar- ethers; chlorinated solvents; oleochemicals; houses on lease
bon solvents with nameplate capacity of specialty chemicals; cosmetics; pharmaceuti- Trading sales: 20%
141,000 tonnes/year via subsidiary Sak cals; food ingredients; surfactants; plastics
Chaisidhi Company Ltd (SAKC); 5 tank termi- Services: Sales and marketing; bulk storage; PVS CHEMICALS
nals in Asia (2 in Thailand, 2 in Vietnam and 1 blending; formulating; drumming; packaging; 63 DISTRIBUTION GROUP
in Indonesia); 73 chemical storage tanks with labelling; other warehousing services 2020 SALES: $255M
total capacity of over 50m litres; 7 warehous- Assets: Deep sea tank terminal at Gebze, Tur- Detroit, Michigan, US
es in 3 countries with total capacity of key with capacity of 84,000 cubic metres; lo- www.pvschemicals.com
40,000 drums (200 litres); loading and un- gistics company with 75 transport units and Chief operating officer: Timothy F Nicholson
loading facilities with both trucks, isotanks 600 ISO tank containers; 4 warehouses (2 in Products: Inorganics; surfactants; solvents;
and vessels; drum filling station; laboratory Istanbul, 1 in Izmir, 1 in Rotterdam) flammable goods; food grade ingredients; oil
(QC & technical); 60 bulk lorries (contract- Trading sales: 3% & gas chemicals; agriculture chemicals;
ed); 50 pack trucks (contracted) electronics chemicals; HI&I chemicals; water
Trading sales: 5% RAKHA AL KHALEEJ treatment chemicals
62 INTERNATIONAL Services: Minibulk; warehousing; packaging;
ARKEM KIMYA 2020 SALES: $255.6M transportation/freight; blending; bulk and
61 2020 SALES: $260M Dubai, UAE packaged shipments
www.rai-uae.com Assets: 5 warehouses
Istanbul, Turkey CEO: Henry F Roth Trading sales: 2%

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NORKEM HOLDINGS cals used food, pharmaceuticals, paint and facturing; environmental services; transporta-
64 2020 SALES: $254.4M construction, cosmetics and detergents, tion; quality control
metal, printing, water treatment; customer Assets: 9 warehouses; refinery; 2 river termi-
Knutsford, Cheshire, UK specific compositions nals; 102 trucks; 170 tankers; storage tank rent-
www.norkem.com Services: mixing, blending, environmentally als; quality control lab
Group managing director: Alan Nicholson friendly consultancy and planning, technical
Products: Iodine and iodine salts; zinc oxide consultancy, training sessions on safety and GRUPO RNM
and zinc salts; manganese compounds; cop- the law, waste disposal, consultancy on chem- 67 2020 SALES: $237.2M (€194M)
per salts; barium carbonate; citric acid; po- ical law and Reach
tassium carbonate and hydroxide; food Assets: 12 warehouses Vila Nova de Famalicao, Portugal
chemicals; pharmaceutical intermediates; Trading sales: 20% www.grupornm.pt
feed chemicals General manager: Ricardo Machado
Services: Blending; packaging; manufactur- INTERSTATE CHEMICAL Products: Caustic soda; hydrogen peroxide;
ing; liquid suspensions; liquid solutions 66 2020 SALES: $248M sulphuric acid; hydrochloric acid; sodium hy-
Assets: 12 locations worldwide pochloride; polymers (PE, PP, PVC, PS); sol-
Hermitage, Pennsylvania, US vents; surfactants; silicones; sulphonic acid;
DONAUCHEM www.interstatechemical.com SLEs; Adbue
65 2020 SALES: $250.7M (€205M) CEO: Al Puntureri Services: Storage of liquid and packaged
Products: Alcohols; ketones; solvents; gly- products; blending; tailor made packaging;
Vienna, Austria cols; catalysts; plasticizers; resins; thermal flu- logistics and operations consulting
www.donauchem.com ids; caustic soda; acids Assets: Logistics complex at Famalicao,
Member of the Board: Mathieu de Krassny Services: Packaging; custom blending/man- Santo Tirso, Madrid, Valencia, Cartagena,
Products: Commodities and specialty chemi- ufacturing; refining; toll blending and manu- Vigo, Lisboa with capacity of 50,000 tonnes

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for packed products and 8,000 cubic metres CEO: David Lubbock SUPERIOR INDUSTRIAL
for liquids; 5 tank terminals for liquid bulk; Products: Alcohols; antifreeze; brake fluids; 74 SOLUTIONS
own fleet with 60 trucks, 55 cisterns and 65 acetates; glycols; glycol ethers; hydrocarbons; 2020 SALES: $210M
Isotainers ketones; monomers; propylene glycols; white Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Trading sales: 10% oils; airplane de-icers www.relyonsuperior.com
Services: Importing of bulk chemicals; global President: Kurt Hettinga
THOMMEN-FURLER bulk and drum distribution and blending of au- Products: Solvents, water-based cleaners,
68 2020 SALES: $224.4M (€183.5M) tomotive products paint pre-treatment products, paint purge,
Assets: Antwerp storage terminal with drum- thinners, heat transfer fluids, pressroom
Buren, Switzerland ming and blending facilities; UK storage and chemicals, fiberglass reinforcements, resins,
www.thommen-furler.ch blending facilities catalysts, gel coats, corrosion inhibitors, sur-
CEO: Franz Christ factants, plasticizers
Products: Industrial chemicals (inorganics, or- ECHEMI GROUP Services: Solvent recycling, blending, cus-
ganics, liquids and solids); ethanol; hygiene and 71 2020 SALES: $216.3M tom manufacturing, private labelling, waste
surface cleaning products; activated carbon; disposal, acetone replacement systems, ven-
intermediates; high purity solvents and rea- Hong Kong, China dor managed inventory, regulatory consulting,
gents; electronic grade chemicals; industrial www.echemi.com bulk and package delivery
and automotive lubricants; marine and aviation CEO: David Zhang Assets: 10 operating locations, 55 trucks, 150
lubricants; automotive fluids; carcare products; Products: Paints and coatings materials; fine trailers, 250 bulk tanks, 55 blend tanks
AdBlue; wastewater treatment chemicals chemicals; food and nutrition additives; phar-
Services: Storage; blending; mixing; packag- maceutical APIs and intermediates SELECTCHEMIE
ing; laboratory services; quality and control Services: Chemical raw materials supply; 75 2020 SALES: $203.6MM
tests; hazardous waste management; Opti- research and analysis services; marketing; (SWFR180M)
Tank tank farm management by telemetry logistics; warehousing after-sales services; Zurich, Switzerland
Assets: 7 dedicated sites for chemicals and e-commerce www.selectchemie.com
hazardous waste handling; tank farms and Assets: 15 worldwide operations centers; 2 CEO: Peter Kaufmann
warehouses for chemicals and hazardous warehouses; 1 factory Products: FDF (finished dosage forms, medi-
waste; blending; mixing and filling installa- Trading sales: 60% cine); generics; pharmaceutical active sub-
tions; waste treatment installations; 57 road stances (APIs) (narcotics, antibiotics, cancer,
tankers and trucks for general cargo; 114 tank BANDEIRANTE QUIMICA CNS, CVS); pharmaceutical excipients; nutri-
wagons and tank containers 72 2020 SALES: $215M tional ingredients
Services: Regulatory support; development
UNITED TRADING SYSTEM Maua, Sao Paulo, Brazil of generic dossiers; storage; lab trials
69 (UTS/ETC) www.bbquimica.com.br Assets: 3 warehouses (Hamburg-Germany,
2020 SALES: $220M CEO: Carlos Eduardo Marin Zurich, Eiken-Switzerland)
ETC: St Petersburg, Russia; UTS purchas- Products: Aromatics; aliphatic solvents; oxy- Trading sales: 10%
ing: Astorp, Sweden genated solvents; ethanolamines, titanium
www.utsrus.com dioxide (TiO2); surfactants; specialty resins; TRANSMARE CHEMIE
Managing director UTS: Lars Hjorth; CEO carbon black; aromatics; tailor-made blends; 76 2020 SALES: $202.8M
ETC: Andrey Shkola UV monomers/oligomers; household and
Products: Paint & coating chemicals; dry mix- personal care chemicals; silicas; amines; ag- Antwerp, Belgium
ture & construction chemicals; plastics and ricultural chemicals; epoxy resins; glycols; www.transmare.com
polymer additives; rubber chemicals; resins mining chemicals CEO: Patrick Van Ende
and chemicals for composites; fibres; chemi- Services: Blending; agency sales (indent Products: Chemicals and blends for the oil
cals for detergents; cosmetics and household sales); formulation; technical assistance; stor- and gas industry; fine chemicals for health;
chemicals; oil & oilfield, lubricants and refinery age; packaging home and personal care ingredients; ingredi-
additives & chemicals; food additives; special- Assets: 5 branches; 98 tanks; 3 warehouses; ents for food and feed; organic solvents; inor-
ties and chemicals of general application; truck fleet; 3 laboratories; 3,000 intermediate ganic salts; pigments and binders for paint;
pharmaceutical raw materials; agricultural bulk containers (IBCs) adhesive and construction chemicals
chemistry; chemicals for mining; chemicals Assets: Class 2 storage facilities; 11 warehous-
for road construction; polyurethanes GAMMA CHIMICA es (Antwerp, Hamburg, Singapore, Malaysia,
Services: Storage and logistics; mixing/ 73 2020 SALES: $211.6M (€173M) Algeria, Angola, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Kenya,
blending; laboratory services; technical sup- Morocco, Tunisia)
port; certification Lainate, Italy Trading sales: 50%
Assets: 13 offices and 14 warehouses; www.gammachimica.it
40,000 square metres of warehousing; President: Giuseppe Mearini COLONIAL CHEMICAL
14,000 square metres office space; 7 labora- Products: Glycols; ethanolamines; fatty acids; 77 SOLUTIONS
tories; 550 employees intermediates; solvents; antifreeze; glycerins; 2020 SALES: $202.4M
sequestering agents Savannah, Georgia, US
SOLVENTIS Services: Storage; packaging; blending; anti- www.colonialchemicals.com
70 2020 SALES: $219.0M (€179.1M) freeze production President: Rob Roberts
Assets: Head office; warehouse of 54,000 Producst: Full line of organics and inorganics;
Guildford, Surrey, UK square metres (15,000 square metres focus on aromatics; aliphatics; alcohols; acids;
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Services: Global sourcing focused on re- Assets: 22 rented warehouses; 1 owned 15.35MW; tea garden
packaging and custom blending; complete warehouse Trading sales: 70%
logistics, just in time inventory and highest Trading sales: 17%
levels of customer service THE PLAZA GROUP
Assets: 6 rail-served warehouses; multiple KPL INTERNATIONAL 80 2020 SALES: $197M
bulk tanks; truck and rail fleet; blend tanks 79 2020 SALES: $198.0M (INR
Trading sales: 15% 14.46BN) Houston, Texas, US
New Delhi, India www.theplazagrp.com
CHEMPARTNERS www.kplintl.com President: Randy Velarde
78 2020 SALES: $202.2M Managing director: Mr. Surinder Kumar Kak Products: Acetone; benzene; methanol;
Products: Bulk & essential chemicals; poly- fuels; toluene; MEK; aqua ammonia; sulphuric
Moscow, Russia mers; paper & allied chemicals; specialty acid; lignosulfonates
www.propartners.ru chemicals; paint & coating chemicals; indus-
CEOs: Gaurav Sood, Constantin Rzaev trial & speciality gases; engineering consuma- DISAN LATINOAMERICA
Products: Polyolefins (thermoplastic polyole- bles; Darjeeling teas 81 2020 SALES: $187M
fins, polyolefin elastomers); recycled poly- Services: Development of markets for new
mers; PVC; polymer processing additives; ad- products and applications; investment in value Bogota, Colombia
hesives and bonding systems (epoxy, added services like repackaging facilities for https://disanlatinoamerica.com
polyurethane); solvents; MCAA; water treat- greater market coverage; providing continu- CEO: Mateo Leon
ment chemicals; animal feed; synthetic fibres; ous market intelligence, technical and after- Products: Additives; ingredients; silicones;
chemicals and blends for the oil and gas in- sales support; sourcing, exports, procurement fertilizers; feed and food nutrition ingredi-
dustry; disinfection chemicals; food ingredi- and auditing services; repackaging services; ents; chemical specialties; chemical com-
ents; flexible packaging; paints and construc- warehousing and logistics services; facilitating modities; textile auxiliaries; enzymes; private
tion chemicals; mining chemicals technical support from group companies for label chemical products
Services: Blending; packaging; vendor man- quality control, testing and plant audits Services: Long-term relationships; reliable
aged inventory; international and local logis- Assets: 10 warehouses; two bottling facili- supply; specialised support; logistics efficien-
tics; sourcing services; surveying services; ties for refrigerant and industrial gases; Eight cy; one-stop shop portfolio
market research; studying center; auditing wind turbines with generation capacity of Assets: 15 warehouses; 12 R&D laboratories; 2

Middle East & Africa chemical distribution leaders (2020 sales, $m)
Rank Company Sales Rank Company Sales Rank Company Sales
1 Petrochem Middle East 997.4 25 Biesterfeld 38.0 50 Sinochem Plastics 7.0
2 Snetor 925.0 26 Bodo Moeller Chemie 30.6 51 Ricardo Molina Group 6.7
3 Tricon Energy 489.8 27 Linkers Chemicals and 30.1 52 Unipex 6.6
4 Manuchar 378.0 Polymers 53 Interallis Holdings 5.4
5 Protea Chemicals (Omnia 355.0 28 Skystep Trading 28.4 54 Grolman Group 4.9
Group) 29 Grupo RNM 23.7 55 Penpet Petrochemical 3.7
6 Solevo 326.5 30 Solventis 20.2 Trading
7 ICC Chemical 231.3 31 Jebsen & Jessen Group 19.6 56 Lehmann & Voss 3.7
8 Kolmar Group 223.7 32 Opec Plastics 18.0 57 Arpadis Benelux 3.1
9 Ravago Chemicals 220.1 33 Pon Pure Chemicals 17.1 58 RAHN-Group 3.0
10 Continental Industries 150.0 Group 59 Neo Chemical 2.8
Group 34 ECEM European 15.4 60 TOP Solvent 2.1
11 Rakha Al Khaleej 147.9 Chemical Marketing
61 Wistema 2.1
International 35 Indukern 14.7
62 L'aprochimide 2.1
12 Afriglobal Commodities 124.0 36 Safic-Alcan 13.0
63 Life Supplies 2.1
13 Taj Al Mulook General 122.0 37 Audiche Trading 12.8
Trading 64 Bloomchemag 1.8
38 Selectchemie 11.3
14 Transmare Chemie 118.7 65 2M Group 1.8
39 EMSA Tecnologia 11.3
15 Azelis 108.8 Quimica 66 KEMAT 1.7
16 Quimidroga 105.2 40 Wego Chemical Group 10.2 67 PHT International 1.5
17 CellMark 99.5 41 Norkem Holdings 9.7 68 Noahs Ark Chemicals 1.2
18 Nesstra Services 89.1 42 Quimdis 8.7 69 Antonio Tarazona 1.2
19 Al Nahda International 83.2 43 Group Barcelonesa 8.6 70 Atlantic Chemicals 1.2
(Anichem Group) Trading
44 L.C.M. 8.6
20 Omya 62.2 71 Will & Co 1.2
45 DutCH2 8.2
21 Prakash Chemicals 57.8 72 Metafrax Trading 1.1
46 RishiChem Mideast 7.6 International
International
47 Barentz 7.3 73 Hawkins 1.0
22 Venus Chemicals Group 49.0
48 Proquibasa 7.3 Note: Sales are in the specific region and may differ
23 Kale Kimya 44.0
49 Arkem Kimya 7.0 from total company sales. Sales $1m and above
24 Echemi Group 42.1 included

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premix plants Products: Chemical raw materials ents; oils; lubricants


Trading sales: 15% Services: Supply chain Services: Custom packaging; custom blend-
Assets: 14,500 square metres total space; up ing; delivery to customer or job site; waste ser-
CHEMGROUP to 30,000 EUR-pallets; 2 areas with mobile vices; laboratory services
82 2020 SALES: $185.6M shelves; 12 multifunctional loading docks; Assets: 7 stocking locations; 83 power units;
2x35 square metres low-temperature con- 161 trailers
Cincinnati, Ohio, US trolled area; 10-layers storage; 30% of total
www.ChemGroup.com space could be used for ADR products; area GROLMAN GROUP
President: Marty Wehr for flammable materials; 2 offices in Moscow 89 2020 SALES: $167.5M (€137M)
Products: Acids and alkalis; hydrogen perox- (total about 1,200 square metres)
ide; sodium hypochlorite; solvents and inter- Trading sales: 100% Neuss, Germany
mediates, glycols, glycol ethers, amines, sur- www.grolman-group.com
factants; alcohols, water treatment chemicals, NORTEX Managing directors: Dirk Grolman, Florian
nitrogen products; white oils and petrolatum; 86 2020 SALES: $183.2M Grolman, Mike Dörsam
borates, lime; specialty chemicals; gas-to-liq- Products: Additives; pigments; dyes; actives
uids (GTL) and sustainable fluids and solvents Moscow, Russia & intermediates; performance materials; fill-
Services: Chemical and inventory manage- www.nortex-chem.ru ers; resins for paints & coatings; plastics &
ment; blending, packaging, warehousing, CEO: Vladimir Yakushin rubber; construction; sealants & adhesives;
chemical technical and safety training; cus- Products: Isocyanates; polyols; PU disper- printing inks; personal care & pharma; ener-
tomised billing sions; epoxy resins; polyolefins; engineering gy storage
Assets: Super-regional presence across Mid- plastics; antioxidants; synthetic/natural rub- Services: Lab tests; formulation advice
west and Southeast US with 10 warehouses ber and latex; phenolic resins; PVC resins; Assets: Labs; warehouses; offices
totaling over 500,000 square feet, over 2m gal plasticizers; detergents; mineral fillers; oil and
bulk storage; 28 tractors; 18 straight trucks; 38 lubricant additives; synthetic fiber HAEFFNER
trailers; 12 tankers Services: Warehousing; safety stocks; logis- 90 2020 SALES: $167M
tics; drumming; financing; technical consulting
SMC GLOBAL Assets: Central licensed storage hub; 12 re- Asperg, Germany
83 2020 SALES: $185M gional warehouses www.hugohaeffner.com
Trading sales: 20% CEOs: Juergen Martin, Thomas Dassler
New York, US Products: Water treatment chemicals; paint;
www.smc-global.com HARKE GROUP ink; coating; adhesive and resin additives;
CEO: Adam Feldman 87 2020 SALES: $180M (€147.2M) paint; textile and leather auxiliaries; food ad-
Products: CASE; oil and gas chemicals; water ditives; feed additives; metal treatment
treatment chemicals; electronics chemicals; Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany chemicals; household and personal care in-
mining chemicals; textile chemicals; chemical www.harke.com gredients; lubricant additives
intermediates President: Thorsten Harke Services: Value-added services including
Services: Tolling; trucking; financing Products: Home care I&I chemicals; coatings; mixing, blending and formulating repackag-
Assets: Locations in San Angelo (Texas), Kan- electronics/high purity chemicals; food ingre- ing; contract packaging; warehousing of
sas City (Kansas), Kershaw (South Carolina); dients; health & functional food; industrial hazardous goods; just-in-time-delivery and
50 trucks chemicals; cosmetics/personal care ingredi- application advice by our highly skilled tech-
ents; pharma excipients; plastics; rubber nical sales team; single sourcing
ATLANTIC CHEMICALS chemicals; specialty plastic films; specialty Assets: 6 warehouse facilities across Europe
84 TRADING chemicals; polymers; water-soluble films; wa- with tank farm for acids/lyes/solvents and
2020 SALES: $183.4M (€150M) ter-treatment chemicals hazard analysis and critical control points
Hamburg, Germany Services: Reformulation; development; regu- (HACCP) filling and blending area; 1 labora-
www.act.de latory advice; blending; mixing; contract en- tory; 30 trucks
CEO: Dr Ramin Ghaffari capsulation; contract packaging; refilling; Trading sales: 10%
Products: Vitamins; amino acids; sweeten- sandblast gravure; pre-print
ers; energy ingredients; flavours and fra- Assets: Warehouses in different European KEYSER & MACKAY
grances; sports nutrition ingredients; pre- countries; 2 production sites (Germany, Hun- 91 2020 SALES: $162.6M (€133M)
servatives; plant extracts; feed additives; gary); 10 packaging and encapsulation lines;
food additives; natural products filling stations Amsterdam, Netherlands
Services: Customising; global supply chain Trading sales: 10% www.keysermackay.com
services; storage Managing partners: Gerard de Waal, Willem
Assets: 13 offices worldwide; several ware- BARTON SOLVENTS Augustinus
houses worldwide 88 2020 SALES: $174.9M Products: Specialty chemicals; raw materi-
Trading sales: 10% als for coatings, inks, plastics, rubber, adhe-
Des Moines, Iowa, US sives, sealants, construction, personal
REVADA GROUP www.barsol.com care, food, feed, pharmaceuticals and other
85 2020 SALES: $183.4M (€150M) President: David Casten applications
Products: Aliphatics; aromatics; alcohols; gly- Services: Technical sales and marketing;
Moscow, Russia col ethers; acetates; ketones; glycols; epoxy local and central stockholding; sampling
www.revada-group.com resins; surfactants; distilled spirits; specialty Assets: Offices, laboratories and warehouses
Technical director: Igor Gorlov chemicals; USP/NF pharmaceutical ingredi- in 7 European countries

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TAJ AL MULOOK GENERAL reduction); aerospace approved products; cals; trans-shipment; blending; toll manufac-
92 TRADING Pigmentan (anti-corrosive environment friend- turing; warehousing; packaging; deliveries by
2020 SALES: $157M ly pigrments); oilfield chemicals; specialty per- vessel, rail, container, truck and silo-truck
Dubai, UAE sonal care & cosmetics ingredients; hydrocar- Assets: Office in Switzerland; manufacturing
www.tajchem.com bons & oxygenated solvents; homecare and sites in Russia and Austria; 3rd party ware-
Chairman and CEO: Irfan Siddique Mulla I&I ingredients; pharmaceutical excepients houses in Finland, Netherlands, Poland, Rus-
Products: Raw materials for coating; con- and APIs; precision cleaning solutions; pre- sia, Spain and US; marketing subsidiary in
struction chemicals; chemicals for polyure- servatives and biocides; fragrances South Korea
thane industry such as TDI, MDI, polyols; poly- Services: Blending; packaging; storage; for- Trading sales: 10%
mers LLDPE, LDPE, HDPE, PVC; lubricant mulation and technical support with laborato-
additives and base oil; food ingredients ry facilities; sample management; technical, FARAVELLI
Services: Warehousing; blending; technical regulatory and legislative expertise; toll blend- 98 2020 SALES: $148.2M (€121.2M)
services; logistics and inventory management ing; water treatment; pigment dispersion; de-
Assets: 5 warehouses (2 in Saudi Arabia velopment & formulation Milan, Italy
and 3 in UAE); 5 storage tanks in UAE; 10 de- Assets: Application laboratories; warehous- www.faravelligroup.com
livery trucks ing in UK, Poland, Brazil, Nordics, Benelux, CEO: Luca Benati
Trading sales: 65% blending & storage facilities; own trucks Products: Chemicals and raw materials for
food; pharmaceuticals; nutraceuticals; cos-
CONNECT CHEMICALS GROUP GROUP BARCELONESA metics and various industrial applications
93 2020 SALES: $156M 96 2020 SALES: $149.2M (€122M) Services: Logistic and storage; regulatory
support; formulation support through our
Ratingen, Germany Barcelona, Spain labs; blending; repackaging
www.connectchemicals.com www.grupbarcelonesa.com Assets: 1 plant; 2 labs; 10 warehouses
CEOs: A Basar Karaca, Dirk Otmar CEOs: Enric Collell, Albert Collell Trading sales: 25%
Products: Household & industrial care chemi- Products: Food additives; feed additives; spe-
cals; cosmetics & personal care ingredients; cialty agrochemicals and micronutrients; spe- ALGOL CHEMICALS
water treatment chemicals; lubricants & metal cialty additives for oil drilling and completion; 99 2020 SALES: $146.7M (€120M)
working fluids; paper chemicals; coatings, ad- mining chemicals; resins, curing agents and
hesives & sealants; plastics composites; aluminium and stainless steel fin- Espoo, Finland
Services: Custom manufacturing; produc- ishing chemicals; detergent and disinfection www.algol.com
tion; storage; blending chemicals; home care chemicals; personal CEO: Kalle Kettunen
care ingredients; pharmaceutical ingredients; Products: Coatings; food and feed ingredi-
ELTON GROUP textiles and leather chemicals; specialties for ents; construction chemicals; plastics; road
94 2020 SALES: $151.6M (€124M) coatings, inks, adhesives, construction, lubri- and rubber chemicals; industrial chemicals;
cants and paper; pool chemicals; water treat- water treatment chemicals; personal care in-
Athens, Greece ment chemicals; polyols and polyurethanes; gredients; detergents
www.elton-group.com chlor-alkalis; acids and bases; metallic salts; Services: Packaging; bulk breaking; mixing;
CEO: Nestor Papathanasiou solvents; amines; glycols tolling; toll manufacturing; storage
Products: Industrial raw materials and spe- Services: Blending and formulating; custom Assets: Production sites; warehouses
cialties for coatings, adhesives, construction, and toll manufacturing; contract manufac-
detergents, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, turing; labelling and drumming; packaging; URAI
food, feed, beverages, water treatment, metal technical assistance; environmental assis- 100 2020 SALES: $146.7M (€120M)
treatment, PU systems, textiles, paper, agro- tance; VMI (telemetry); agency services;
chemicals, rubber, plastics and refrigerants bond warehousing for third parties; logistics; Assago, Milano, Italy
Services: Local warehouses; storage and specialised warehousing and transportation www.urai.it
distribution in Southeast European markets; for dangerous goods President and CEO: Roberto Giuliani
full coverage of Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Assets: 8 warehouses with palletised storage Products: Specialty chemicals; pigments; ad-
Serbia, Turkey, Kosovo, Albania, North Mace- capacity of 70,000 square metres (56,000 ditives; resins; paints & coatings chemicals;
donia, Cyprus and Ukraine markets; techni- pallets), located in southwest Europe and plastic & rubber chemicals; lubricant chemi-
cal promotion and business development; Northern Africa; Sea tanks of 17,000 cubic me- cals; personal care & cosmetics ingredients;
inventory management tres; trucks food ingredients; laboratory equipment.
Assets: 9 warehouses; 2 laboratories; private- Trading sales: 20% Services: Technical sales and marketing; ap-
ly owned trucks and tank trucks plication development; quality; warehousing;
METAFRAX TRADING regulatory services; supply chain manage-
2M GROUP 97 INTERNATIONAL ment; after sales services; repacking; blending
95 2020 SALES: $149.9M 2020 SALES: $148.9M (€121.7M) Assets: Office building; 2 external warehouses
Lugano, Switzerland
Runcorn, UK www.metafraxtrading.com WWRC HOLDING
www.2m-holdings.com Executive director: Marina Sivkova 101 2020 SALES: $144.2M
Chairman and chief executive: Mottie Kessler Products: Methanol; hexamine and pentae-
Products: Triklone; Perklone and MEC prime; rythritol (incl micronised grades); melamine; Singapore
SamSol; chlorine gas (cylinders & drums) for urea; paraformaldehyde; ammonia; phthalic www.wwrc.com
water treatment and chemical synthesis; sur- anhydride CEO: Teoh Weng Chai
factants/reology modifiers; AdBlue (emission Services: Storage of liquid and solid chemi- Products: Resins/intermediates; additives/

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catalysts; pigments/fillers/extenders; other protection, antioxidants, metal deactivators); specialty casings
chemicals/solvents; grinding media chemicals and dyes for textiles; packaging Services: Marketing; product formulation and
Services: Technical services; storage and and labelling adhesives; additive manufactur- blending; custom packaging; product evalua-
delivery ing materials tion in own laboratory; technical support
Assets: 8 warehouses Services: Packaging; filling; testing; modifica- team; green chemistry product solutions;
tion; blending and formulating; education and warehousing and supply chain management;
BODO MOELLER CHEMIE training; application labs for adhesives, coat- vendor managed inventory; fire class 4.1 cate-
102 2020 SALES: $136.8M (€111.9M) ings and textile chemistry gory for storage of highly flammable products
Assets: Headquarters in Germany; affiliates in Assets: 2 company owned and operated
Offenbach am Main, Germany Europe, Africa, Asia and US; local warehouses; warehouses with total capacity of 45,000
www.bm-chemie.com adhesive competence center; laboratory facili- tonnes; 2 laboratories; own truck fleet
Chairman: Frank Haug ties; production plant for polymer formulations
Products: Adhesives and bonding systems PHT INTERNATIONAL
(epoxy, polyurethane, MMA, hotmelts); seal- TILLMANNS 104 2020 SALES: $133.4M
ants; silicones; resins (basic, epoxy, alkyd, 103 2020 SALES: $134.9M (€110.3M)
acrylic); casting and potting resins for elec- Charlotte, North Carolina, US
tronics (polyurethane, epoxy and silicone Milan, Italy www.phtinternational.com
based); hardeners and curing agents; com- www.tillmanns.it President: Lihong Yu
posites (resins, gelcoats, reinforcements); CEO: Stefan Vollmer Products: Pharmaceutical ingredients; agro-
mould-making chemicals (boards, pastes, Products: Organic and inorganic pigments; chemicals; electronic chemicals; consuma-
casting resins); additives for coatings (pig- binders; resins; waxes; preservatives; specialty ble/personal care chemicals; textile chemi-
ments, light stabilisers, dispersing agents, chemicals and additives for coatings; plastics; cals; construction chemicals
thickeners; additives for plastics and rubber adhesives and construction chemicals; spe- Services: CDMO; CRO; quality control & regu-
(pigments, stabilizers, masterbatches, stea- cialty chemicals for water treatment; function- latory support; green chemistry; flow chemis-
rates, etc.) Additives for lubricants (corrosion al additives and ingredients for food and feed; try; procurement; logistics

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Assets: PHT Pharmaceutical - CDMO; PHT own applications lab line solutions; solvents; solids; specialities;
Pharmaceutical Technology - CRO; samples Trading sales: 20% coatings, adhesives and sealants; industrial
lab; import/export offices in China; procure- parts cleaning chemicals; life science chemi-
ment team in China; global administrative of- ARPADIS BENELUX cals; water and environment chemicals
fices and sales representatives 106 2020 SALES: $129.6M (€106M) Services: Technical expertise and field ser-
vice; warehouse and direct distribution; in-
IMPAG GROUP Antwerp, Belgium ventory management; blending and repack-
105 2020 SALES: $133.3M (€109M) www.arpadis.com aging; proper disposal of chemical waste;
CEO: Laurent Abergel worldwide shipment; trucking
Zurich, Switzerland Products: Isocyanates; polyols; acrylates and Assets: Filling and trans-shipment; site
impag.com / impag.ch monomers; solvents; glycols; adipic acid; warehouse laboratory for quality assurance;
CEO: Remo Bernardi HMD; polyaspartics; polyether amines; PTA tank wagons for chemicals trucks; company
Products: Coatings additives; anhydrides; Services: Dilution; repackaging; transport; vehicles
acrylates; polyols; flame retardants; polyure- storage; blends
thane; green solvents; detergents; base PRIDE CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS
chemicals; cosmetic functionals and active CSC JAEKLECHEMIE 108 2020 SALES: $125M
ingredients; food ingredients; pharmaceuti- 107 2020 SALES: $126.2M (€103.2M)
cal/APIs; oleochemicals Holtsville, New York, US
Services: Global logistics; global sourcing; Nurenberg, Germany www.pridesol.com
storage; technical support; regulatory sup- www.csc-jaekle.de President: Art Dhom Jr
port; financing; packaging Managing directors: Robert Spath, Dr Bern- Products: Alcohols; amines; esters; glycols;
Assets: 6 sales offices across Europe; 1 tank hard Schmid, Dr Michael Spehr glycol ethers; hydrocarbon solvents; ketones;
farm for liquid goods; filling line for chemicals; Products: Industrial chemicals; acids; alka- mineral oils; oleochemicals; petrolatums; plas-
ticizers; silicones; surfactants
Services: NF/USP Kosher repackaging; sol-
vent blending; DSP ethanol denaturing; flam-
mable packaging
Assets: 3 warehouses; multiple tanker trucks;
tractor trailers and box trucks

AFRIGLOBAL COMMODITIES
109 2020 SALES: $124M

Dubai, UAE
www.afriglobalonline.com
Group CEO: Maneesh Garg
Products: Polyurethane chemicals, paint
chemicals, cosmetics chemicals, basic chemi-
cals, oilfield chemicals
Services: Logistics; trade finance
Trading sales: 8%

NEO CHEMICAL
110 2020 SALES: $124M

Dzerzhinsk, Moscow
www.neochemical.ru
CEO/Director: Andrey Lipovetskiy/Vladimir
Fedyushkin
Products: Epoxy resins; titanium dioxide; per-
oxide compounds; oil additives; food ingredi-
ents; polyisobutylenes; silanes; hardeners;
solvents;fuel additives; flame retardants; base
oils; hexene 1; PVC additives; raw materials for
cosmetics and household chemicals
Services: Packaging; storage; shipping
Assets: Wholesale warehouse
Trading sales: 55%

QUIMDIS
111 2020 SALES: $120.5M (€98.5M)
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Levallois-Perret, France
www.quimdis.com

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President: Jean-François Quarre mers; organic acids; polymers; polyure- Baltimore, Maryland, US
Products: Raw materials; food/feed; nutra- thane feedstocks; reactive diluents; UV cur- www.tilleychem.com
ceuticals; pharmaceuticals and veterinary; fla- ing monomers President and CEO: Sean Tilley
vours and fragrances; cosmetics Services: Pan-European sales network, spe- Products: Food ingredients; pharmaceuti-
Trading sales: 6.8% cialized on selected customer branches; cal ingredients; personal care ingredients,
market research; financing; storage; supply HI&I chemicals, fragrances, chemical
RAHN-GROUP chain management processing
112 2020 SALES: $120M Assets: 14 sites in Europe and Asia Services: Contract blending and packaging
Trading sales: 25% Assets: 28 tank trucks; 10 van trailers; 10
Zurich, Switzerland straight trucks; 2 rail facilities; multiple
www.rahn-group.com C.H. ERBSLOEH GROUP warehouses
CEO: Marcel Gatti 116 2020 SALES: $116.2M (€95M)
Products: Raw materials for inks, coatings NESSTRA SERVICES
and adhesives; personal care ingredients; fla- Krefeld, Germany 119 2020 SALES: $110.9M
vours and fragrances; food ingredients www.cherbsloeh.com
Services: Application support; R&D/custom- CEO: Christopher Erbsloh Slough, UK
ised products; regulatory affairs; guide for- Products: Specialty chemicals for coatings, www.nesstra.com
mulations; international logistics; analytics adhesives, construction, lubricants, pharma- CEO: Alwan Hitti
Trading sales: 50% ceutical, cosmetics, personal and home Products: Polyurethane chemicals (polyols,
care, rubber, plastics, electronics, water TDI, MDI, additives); polyurethane foam
KALE KIMYA treatment, food and beverage plants, cutting machines and spare parts;
113 2020 SALES: $120M Services: Technical sales and marketing; basic chemicals (calcium carbonate, caus-
application development; analytical testing tic soda, glycerine, hexane, hydrogen per-
Istanbul, Turkey and quality control; warehousing; regulato- oxide, methylene chloride, MPG, sulphuric
www.kalekimya.com ry services; supply chain management; acid, titanium dioxide, toluene, xylene);
President: Birgen Kaleagasi after sales services plastics (HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, PVC); con-
Products: Detergent additives; disinfectant & Assets: 11 office locations, application and struction, mining and electrical equipment
protection; emulsifier; polymers; surfactants; quality control laboratories; fully owned and and consumables
pool chemicals; actives & antioxidants; paint; oils operated warehouses and tank farm Trading sales: 15%
& esters; conditioners; protectives; perfume; sili-
cones; uv filters; fatty alcohols; adhesives L.C.M. UNIPEX
Services: Storage; transport; production; 117 2020 SALES: $116.2M (€95M) 120 2020 SALES: $110.7M (€90.5M)
blending; packaging
Assets: Warehouses; trucks; production facili- Milan, Italy La Defense, Paris, France
ty; laboratories; packaging facility; bulk stor- www.lcm-group.it www.unipex.com
age facility President: Fabio Lencioni CFO: Patrice Barthelmes
Trading sales: 30% Products: Raw materials for the pharmaceu- Products: Active & functional personal
tical, nutraceutical, cosmetic and personal care ingredients; active pharmaceutical in-
STAUB & CO. - SILBERMANN care, animal nutrition, chemical and food in- gredients (APIs) and excipients; enzymes;
114 2020 SALES: $117.4M (€96M) dustries; APIs; active ingredients; excipients; amino acids; lactose; sweetneers; sugar;
synthesis intermediates; extracts; enzymes; starch; fibres; plasticizers; surfactants; ad-
Nürnberg, Germany amino acids; emulsifiers; fibres and stabiliz- ditives; silicones; titanium dioxide; dyes
www.staub-silbermann.de ers; vitamins; feed ingredients; agri/horti and pigments; sports grounds polymers
Managing directors: Andreas Frank, Peter chemicals; water treatment chemicals; oleo- and resins
Stockmeier chemicals; plastic additives; polymers; res- Services: Tailored services; technical ex-
Products: Industrial and speciality chemi- ins; surfactants; silicones; pigments; galvan- pertise; formulation assistance; repackag-
cals; acids and lyes; solvents; solid chemi- ic products; leathers and fabrics; coatings; ing; storage; CSR; regulatory monitoring;
cals; cleaning agents; products for food/ organic and inorganic raw materials quality; ISO; analytical reference standards
feed/pharma/cosmetics; water treatment Services: Sourcing; import/export; blending Assets: 2 warehouses
chemicals; thermal transfer agents; ammo- development; customised ingredients and Trading sales: 5%
nium; AdBlue formulation solutions; expert technical and
Services: Storage; mixing; blending; filling; regulatory affairs support; consultancy and NAGASE SPECIALTY
packaging; polymerisation advisory services for Europe’s Reach regula- 121 MATERIALS
Assets: 2 warehouses; 20 trucks tion; trained sales force; local stockholding; 2020 SALES: $110M
Trading sales: 30% tailor-made services Itasca, Illinois, US
Assets: Strategic stock points at Genoa and www.nsm-na.com
PROCHEMA Ravenna port, in addition to 3 storage and President and COO: Mark Miller
115 2020 SALES: $117.2M distribution warehouses; offices and market Products: Coatings, adhesives, sealants,
access in EMEA, including North Africa and elastomers; pigment dispersions; polymers;
Vienna, Austria Middle East UV coatings; paints; personal care; hair
www.prochema.com care; actives
CEO: Werner Figlhuber TILLEY CHEMICAL Services: Laboratory services; innovation
Products: Additives & hardeners; acrylates 118 2020 SALES: $115.9M Assets: Itasca Innovation Lab
& methacrylates; binders & resins; mono- Trading sales: 50%

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Latin America chemical distribution leaders (2020 sales, $m) CEO: Francois-Xavier Coiffard
Products: Pharmaceutical ingredients; per-
Rank Company Sales Rank Company Sales
sonal care ingredients; resins & coatings; con-
1 Brenntag 1,001.5 41 CellMark 15.5 struction chemicals; water treatment chemi-
2 Tricon Energy 881.0 42 DAXX 13.4 cals; industrial chemicals
3 Manuchar 720.0 43 The Chemical Company 12.5 Services: Wholesaling; warehousing; filling &
4 GTM Holdings 690.0 44 Nesstra Services 11.7 repackaging; on-time delivery; sourcing
5 Univar Solutions 451.0 45 DutCH2 10.0
6 Helm 450.7 SKYSTEP TRADING
46 Lehmann & Voss 8.6
7 Quimica Anastacio 417.8 47 Clariquimica 7.9
125 2020 SALES: $105M
8 Snetor 392.0 48 Prakash Chemicals 7.1 Limassol, Cyprus
9 MCassab 334.0 International
www.skystep.eu
10 Pochteca 291.1 49 Ricardo Molina Group 6.4 Director: Oksana Spyrou
11 Quimtia 268.0 50 SAME Chemicals 4.9 Products: Acrylates; oxo-alcohols; sulphur;
12 Indukern 216.0 51 Transmare Chemie 4.8 sodium tripolyphosphate; soda ash; sodium
13 Bandeirante Quimica 215.0 52 Norkem Holdings 4.2 sulphate; caustic soda; potassium hydrox-
14 Disan Latinoamerica 187.0 ide; potassium carbonate; potassium sul-
53 SolvChem 4.2
15 IMCD 173.5
phate; sodium lignosulphonates; chromium
54 Safic-Alcan 4.0
compounds; acetone; methylene chloride;
16 Jebsen & Jessen Group 172.4 55 Quimidroga 3.7 rubbers; glycols; phenol; isopropyl alcohol;
17 Continental Industries 150.0 56 Arkem Kimya 3.0 ethanolamines and many others
Group
57 Equilex 2.9 Services: Sales and marketing; financing; ex-
18 Omya 73.5
58 Solventis 2.7 tensive technical and customer support; logis-
19 Barentz 63.6 tics and documentation; transportation and
59 PHT International 2.6
20 Metachem 60.0 forwarding of dry and tank containers; bulk
21 Kolmar Group 59.2 60 Group Barcelonesa 2.5
shipping; handling and re-packaging; storage
22 Solven Solventes e 40.4 61 Noahs Ark Chemicals 2.5 and inventory management.
Quimicos 62 Wistema 1.8 Assets: Terminal in Novorossiysk, Russia;
23 Quelaris 38.6 63 Metafrax Trading 1.8 two offices in Limassol, Cyprus; 40+ highly-
24 Henry Hirschen 37.6 International skilled employees
25 Carbono Quimica 36.9 64 2M Group 1.7 Trading sales: 80%
26 Wego Chemical Group 35.1 65 Hawkins 1.6
66 Ketsin de Costa Rica 1.6 SEA-LAND CHEMICAL
27 Biesterfeld 35.0
28 Skystep Trading 34.5 67 Aug. Hedinger 1.2 126 2020 SALES: $104.6M

29 Selectchemie 31.7 68 Lavollee 1.2


Westlake, Ohio, US
30 Petrochem Middle East 28.4 69 Penpet Petrochemical 1.2 www.sealandchem.com
Trading
31 Morais de Castro 28.3 President: Jennifer Altstadt
32 Opec Plastics 27.0 70 Atlantic Chemicals 1.2 Products: Specialty amines; biocides/preserv-
Trading
33 Echemi Group 24.5 atives; corrosion inhibitors; esters; fatty acids;
71 Rakha Al Khaleej 1.1 surfactants; extreme pressure additives;
34 Ravago Chemicals 24.5 International
35 Assuncao Distribuidora 24.0
chelating agents; lubricity aides; anti-oxidants;
72 Basstech International 1.0 sodium sulphonates; poly alpha olefins; normal
36 ICC Chemical 23.2 73 RAHN-Group 1.0 alpha olefins; rheology modifiers; industrial
37 TZ Group (Tau, Treza) 20.4
74 Haeffner 1.0 and transportation lubricants and additives
38 ECEM European 20.2 Services: Warehousing; repackaging; prod-
75 Hubbard-Hall 1.0
Chemical Marketing
76 Sinochem Plastics 1.0 uct sourcing; market development; techni-
39 Sulatlantica Importadora 19.5 cal expertise; laboratory testing; domestic
e Exportadora Note: Sales are in the specific region and may differ
from total company sales. Sales $1m and above and international logistics; small package to
40 Brisco do Brasil 16.0 included
bulk deliveries; consolidation of orders; reg-
ulatory support
PENPET PETROCHEMICAL LIFE SUPPLIES Assets: 10 warehouse locations in North
122 TRADING 123 2020 SALES: $107.6M (€88M) America and Europe; 6 repackaging facilities;
2020 SALES: $107.6M (€88M) one testing laboratory
Hamburg, Germany Olen Belgium
www.penpet.com www.life-supplies.com CLEARTECH INDUSTRIES
General managers: Tim Meister, Christoph Managing director: Chantal Voets 127 2020 SALES: $104M
Meister
Products: Oxo-alcohols; melamine; sol- NOVASOL CHEMICALS GROUP Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
vents; plasticizers 124 2020 SALES: $105M www.cleartech.ca
Services: Blending; packaging; storage President: Randy Bracewell
Assets: 2 warehouses Brussels, Belgium Products: Acids; activated carbon; alkalis; bi-
Trading sales: 25% www.novasolchemicals.com ological augmentation; chelating & seques-

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tering agents; coagulants & flocculants; cor- and labelling); quality control; technical after drogen peroxide; solvents; chelating agents;
rosion & scale control; chlorination & sales support; REACH support chlor-alkali; inorganics; surfactants; chlorinat-
dechlorination; filtration media; glycols; ion Assets: 2 owned warehouses with total of ed solvents; institutional maintenance chemi-
exchange resin; membrane products; oxygen 51,500 square metres and storage capacity for cals; thickening agents; ketones
scavengers; surfactants liquid products of more than 7,700 cubic me- Services: Manufacturing; blending; contract
Services: Blending; custom packaging; tres; 1 rented warehouse; 3 offices; 2 laborato- packaging; solvent reclamation; technical
transload ries; 5 trucks training; safety training; hazardous waste re-
Assets: 9 facilities across 7 Canadian cities Trading sales: 20% moval; customer product research
Assets: Bulk storage capacity of 270,000 gal;
MAYS CHEMICAL TCR INDUSTRIES warehouse space of 350,000 square feet; 30
128 2020 SALES: $101.2M 132 2020 SALES: $90M trailers; 32 railcars; 24 tankers; 6 Bobtails

Indianapolis, Indiana, US La Palma, California, US H.M. ROYAL


www.mayschem.com www.tcrindustries.com 136 2020 SALES: $86M
President: Kristin Mays-Corbitt President: Gary Glaviano
Products: Acidulants; alkalis; citrates; humec- Products: Paints and coatings; plastics; Trenton, New Jersey, US
tants; flavours; glycerine; glycols; phosphates; CASE; food ingredients; pharmaceutical in- www.hmroyal.com
solvents; stearates; surfactants gredients; personal care ingredients; bever- President: Joseph Royal
Services: Shipping; warehousing; liquid and age ingredients; HI&I chemicals; nutraceuti- Products: Rubber polymers; resins and dilu-
dry blending; repackaging; reformulation cals; building materials ents; curing agents; processing aids; plasticiz-
Assets: 2 warehouses; 1 warehouse/blending ers; rubber to substrate bonding adhesives;
facility; 5 liquid tank trucks; 2 liquid tank trail- CHIMPEX INDUSTRIALE flame retardants; smoke suppressants; films;
ers; 12 forklifts/related equipment 133 2020 SALES: $86.8M (€71M) wrapping tapes; performance additives; func-
tional fillers; reinforcing fillers
NOAHS ARK CHEMICALS Naples, Italy Services: Market development; sales; order
129 2020 SALES: $97.8M (€80M) www.chimpex.it fulfilment
President and CEO: Salvatore Romano Assets: New Jersey-based distribution site;
London, UK Products: Base chemicals (organics and inor- California-based distribution site; 18 regionally
www.noahsark.eu.com ganics); AdBlue; water treatment chemicals; deployed salespeople
CEO: Jeroen Baaima composite materials; food additives; home Trading sales: 40%
Products: Ethylene glycol; styrene monomer; care and industrial cleaning chemicals
acrylic resins; pigments; CASE monomers Services: Tailor-made solutions for industrial PRAKASH CHEMICALS
Services: Trading and specialty; technical support 137 INTERNATIONAL
Assets: Tank and warehouse storage in Benelux Assets: 3 plants in Italy in the north, southeast, 2020 SALES: $86M
Trading sales: 10% southwest; more than 130 tanks; AdBlue plant; Vadodara, Gujarat, India
potassium soap plant; production facilities www.pciplindia.com
AEGEAN FIRST COMPANY Managing director: Manish K Shah
130 (AFCO) CHEMSOLV Products: Caustic soda flakes; TDI; benzyl al-
2020 SALES: $95.4M (€78M) 134 2020 SALES: $86.5M cohol; ethyl acetate; sodium sulphate anhy-
Athens, Greece drous; cinnamic aldehyde; SLES; chlorinated
www.afco.gr Roanoke, Virginia, US paraffin wax; benzyl chloride; liquid glucose;
CEO and President of the Board: Christos www.chemsolv.com DEP; dextrose monohydrate; hydrochloric
Spanos CEO: L Glenn Austin acid; white oil; hydrogen peroxide; colour
Products: Polymers; specialty chemicals; or- Products: Full line of organic and inorganic speckles; liquid chlorine
ganic and inorganic chemicals; pharmaceutical industrial solvents and chemical products; sur- Services: Blending; packaging; storage; la-
ingredients; agrochemicals; food ingredients factants; silicones; metalworking fluids; chlor- belling; logistics and supply chain services; ex-
Services: Storage; technical support; techni- alkali; oils and lubricants; specialty blends works to DDP; quality assurance; inspection;
cal sales Services: Blending; packaging; transportation; country specific documents compliance;
Assets: Branch offices in Bucharest, Sofia and solvent distillation and purification; technical REACH registration; FAMI-QS certification; ISO
Belgrade; 9 warehouses rented; 51 employees support; safety and environmental consulting 9001:2015; ISO 14001:2015
Trading sales: 6% Assets: 5 locations; large bulk storage facility; Assets: 2 manufacturing plants; 1 R&D lab; 2
large fleet of trucks and trailers warehouses; four subsidiaries outside India
ILARIO ORMEZZANO Trading sales: 2%
131 2020 SALES: $91.7M (€75M) CHEM INTERNATIONAL
MILES CHEMICAL 138 2020 SALES: $85.4M
Gaglianico, Italy 135 2020 SALES: $86.3M
www.ilarioormezzano.it Warsaw, Poland
President and CEO: Giancarlo Ormezzano Arleta, California, US www.chem.international
Products: Solvents; phenol; acrylates; base www.mileschemical.com Board member, CEO: Cezary Mielczarek
chemicals; pharmaceutical intermediates; hy- CEO: Michael Miles/Chairman: Anthony Miles Products: VAM; styrene monomer; IPA, BA;
drocarbons Products: Acids; esters; lubricants; fatty phenol; glycols; solvents; anhydrides; poly-
Services: Storage of liquid and solid prod- chemicals; pigments; alcohols; flavours and mers; EPS; caustic soda
ucts; storage for third parties; blending; cus- fragrances; plasticizers; aldehydes; food addi- Services: Logistics support; intermodal solu-
tomised handling (packaging, mixing, filling tives; polyglycols; amines; glycol ethers; hy- tions; warehousing; storage; customised ser-

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vices and solutions; technical support storage with dedicated berth access (<500m www.tannerind.com
away) at the Jebel Ali port; 9 warehouses; 3 President and CEO: Brad Tanner
UNION PETROCHEMICAL production facilities (including a 15,000 tonne Products: Anhydrous ammonia, aqua ammo-
139
Ba 2020 SALES: $85.2M (BT2.56BN) sulphonation plant); 3 laboratories nia and urea solutions
Services: Storage tanks; pump out services;
Bangkok, Thailand THE CHEMICAL COMPANY tank maintenance; safety training
www.unionpetrochemical.com 141 2020 SALES: $83.5M Assets: 13 distribution locations; full fleet of
Managing director: Perapol Suwannapasri tractors and trailers; highly trained company
Products: Alcohols; aromatics; esters; gly- Jamestown, Rhode Island, US drivers
cols; gylcol ethers; ketones; monomers; PP www.thechemco.com
and PE Sales and marketing specialist: Ben Sawicki NEWPORT INDUSTRIES
Services: Blending; packaging; repackaging; Products: Polymer additives; plasticizers; R143 2020 SALES: $82.7M (£60.5M)
storage; delivery; inventory management coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers
Assets: 5 warehouses; 30 trucks (CASE); flame retardants; silanes; water treat- Richmond, London, UK
ment chemicals; intermediates; acids www.newport-industries.com
AL NAHDA INTERNATIONAL Services: Global procurement; packaging; im- Managing director: Raj Patel
Du140 (ANICHEM GROUP) ports; international customs management: Products: Soda ash; sodium bicarbonate; hy-
2020 SALES: $84.2M EH&S team; logistics and rail fleet manage- drocarbon resin; calcined bauxite; l-carnitine;
Dubai, UAE ment resins; mineral animal feed materials; industri-
alnahda.group Assets: Global network of 41 sites, with re- al chemicals
Group managing director: Dr Vijayan gional offices in California (US), Colombia, Services: Supply chain management; sourcing
Products: Solvents; acetates; acrylates; alco- Mexico City, and Nanjing (China); 10 storage Trading sales: 100%
hols; aromatics; cellulose ethers; coating addi- facilities; 14 railcars; warehouses; shore tanks;
tives; glycols; pigments; polymer emulsions; distribution centres AUG. HEDINGER
thinners; ethanol; IPA; LABSA 144 2020 SALES: $82.2M (€67.24M)
Services: Terminal storage for bulk liquid TANNER INDUSTRIES
chemicals; drumming facility; 3PL warehous- S142 2020 SALES: $83M Stuttgart, Germany
ing; custom blending www.hedinger.de
Assets: 25,000 cubic metres tank terminal Southampton, US CEO: Johann-Ludwig Raiser

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TRIISO Products: Chemical processing; personal Cleveland, Ohio, US


145 2020 SALES: $81.5M care; pulp and paper; paint and coatings; au- www.chemicalsolvents.com
tomotive; municipal; petroleum refining; CEO and owner: Ed Pavlish
Cardiff, California, US food and beverage; adhesives and sealants; Products: Aromatics; aliphatics; chlorinated
www.tri-iso.com soaps and detergents; electronics; textiles; solvents; acetates; alcohols; amines; esters;
President: Jason Scott pharma; metals glycol ethers; ketones; silicones; surfactants;
Products: Polyurethanes; paints and coatings; Services: Contract packaging; blending; bulk white oils
metalworking fluids and lubricants; greases rail transloading Services: Custom blending; hazardous waste
and oils; adhesives and sealants; epoxies; Assets: Multiple facilities with over 300,000 disposal
composites and advanced materials square feet of storage; private truck fleet;
Services: Logistics; warehousing; importing bulk storage CALLAHAN CHEMICAL
and exporting 154 2020 SALES: $74.7M
CHEMISPHERE
SHANGHAI SAIFU CHEMICAL 150 2020 SALES: $78.5M Palmyra, New Jersey, US
146 DEVELOPMENT www.calchem.com
2020 SALES: $81.2M (CNY530M) St Louis, Missouri, US President: Gregory D Shetler
Shanghai, China www.chemispherecorp.com Products: Coatings, adhesives, sealants and
www.saifu.cn President: Matthew Schwent elastomers (CASE); household, institutional
CEO: Tao Yu Services: Toll manufacturing; custom blend- and industrial chemicals; pharmaceutical/nu-
Products: 100+ cosmetics/personal care in- ing; packaging; USP packaging; storage; rail- traceutical ingredients; personal care/cos-
gredients; industrial ingredients car transloading metics ingredients; food ingredients; func-
Assets: 2 subsidiary companies; 1 technical Assets: 1.4m gal tank farm storage; 14 car rail tional fluids
application centre with 2 laboratories spur; 60,000 square feet warehouse space; Services: Bulk liquids packaging; custom
bulk tanker fleet blending; returnable containers, drums and
HARWICK STANDARD totes; customized tote programs; custom la-
147 DISTRIBUTION TRINTERNATIONAL belling; remote tank monitoring; vendor man-
2020 SALES: $80.6M 151 2020 SALES: $77.3M aged inventory; consignment inventory; com-
Akron, Ohio, US mitted inventory to forecast; mixed truckload
www.harwick.com Edmonds, Washington, US deliveries; LTL quantities; JIT deliveries
President and CEO: Ernie Pouttu www.trichemicals.com Assets: 3 dedicated white rooms for NF,
Products: Polymers, rubber chemicals; plasti- CEO and owner: Megan E Gluth-Bohan FCC, USP and Kosher packaging; 5,000
cizers; process oils; flame retardants; activa- Products: Industrial, specialty, and fine square feet of temperature controlled (hot/
tors; chemical and colour dispersions; pro- chemicals for paints, coatings, adhesives, cold) warehousing; 400,000 square feet of
cessing aids; organic peroxides; resins; sealants, inks and dyes, polymer, composite environmentally controlled warehousing;
vulcanizing agents; colourants; adhesives; and construction, metal working, textiles, lu- 90,000 gal bulk storage
stabilizers; dry liquid concentrates bricants, household and industrial cleaning,
Services: Warehousing; bulk break; logistics; water treatment, oil and gas, food and bever- WEBB CHEMICAL SERVICE
storage; import; export; technical support; age, feed and agriculture, pharmaceutical, 155 2020 SALES: $74M
regulatory support cosmetics and personal care products
Assets: Two company owned and operated Services: Marketing; logistics; technical ser- Muskegon Heights, Michigan, US
warehouses; seven public warehouses; one vices; custom manufacturing; blending; con- www.webbchemical.com
company owned truck tract packaging CEO: Brad Hilleary
Trading sales: 5.5% Assets: 1 office building Products: Organic solvents; inorganics; chlor-
Trading sales: 26% alkali; acids; surfactants; aromatics; aliphatics;
MEADE-KING, ROBINSON & CO ethanolomines; alcohols
148 2020 SALES: $80.6M (£59M) GREENCHEM INDUSTRIES Services: Company-owned fleet and drivers;
152 2020 SALES: $75.8M blending; inventory management; on time de-
Liverpool, UK livery
www.mkr.co.uk West Palm Beach, Florida, US Assets: 40 tankers; 6 warehouses; 25 bulk
Managing director: Philip Tarleton www.greenchemindustries.com tanks; 100 customer-focused employees
Products: Oleochemicals; glycerine; waxes; CEO: John Lagae
epoxy resins; base oils; process oils; castor Products: Acetates; acids; acrylates; amines; ANTONIO TARAZONA
oil; malic acid; ethanol & esters aromatics; chlorinated solvents; DMC; ke- 156 2020 SALES: $73.4M (€60M)
Services: Warehousing; repackaging; blend- tones; glycerine; glycols; glycol ethers; NMP;
ing; storage; formulating nonyl phenol ethoxylates; phthalates; plasti- Valencia, Spain
Assets: Warehouse and blending facilities cizers; PCBTF; THF; d-limonene www.antoniotarazona.com
Trading sales: 19% Services: Logistics; transportation; warehous- CEO: Daniel Tarazona
ing; import/export; small packaging; ecom- Products: Urea; calcium nitrate; ammonia;
GEORGE S. COYNE CHEMICAL merce; 3PL; repackaging urea solutions; MAP; MKP; dicalcium phos-
149 2020 SALES: $79.7M Assets: 35 public warehouses phate; phosphoric acid; DAP; potassium ni-
trate; ammoniun sulphate; potasssium sul-
Croydon, Pennsylvania, US CHEMICAL SOLVENTS phate; industrial additives; NPK water soluble
www.coynechemical.com 153 2020 SALES: $75M Services: Blending; packaging; manufactur-
President and CEO: Thomas H Coyne Sr ing; logistics

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Assets: 65,000 square metres warehouse ceutical-grade chemicals; food-grade Products: Caustic soda (liquid and dry);
space chemicals; adhesives; activated carbon; caustic potash (liquid and dry); industrial
Trading sales: 30% water treatment chemicals; wastewater and institutional chemicals; compounding
treatment chemicals; mineral oils and pet- chemicals; agricultural products; water
MAHA CHEMICALS rolatums; acetates; heat transfer fluids; al- treatment chemicals; food and beverage in-
157 2020 SALES: $71M cohols; citrates; phosphates; silicates gredients; feed ingredients; pulp and paper
Services: Blending; packaging; storage; chemicals; oil and gas chemicals; metal fin-
Singapore logistics ishing and flux chemicals; phosphates; min-
www.mahachem.com Assets: 2 warehouses; 14 trucks; 5 tankers; eral acids; solvents; surfactants
Chairman: Tan Seow Hoon 13 12,500 gallon storage tanks; 10 positions Services: Logistics; importing; inventory
Products: Carbon black; construction for rail unloading management; supply chain solutions; re-
material chemicals; resins; polymers; emul- packaging; dilutions; blending; outsourcing
sions; additives; functional fillers; pigments SKYHAWK CHEMICALS Assets: 12 stocking locations nationwide;
and colourants; biocides; surfactants; 161 2020 SALES: $68.9M strategic deep draft storage
analytical instruments; lab equipment and
machines Houston, Texas, US LAVOLLEE
Services: Sales and marketing; warehouse www.skyhawkchemicals.com 165 2020 SALES: $66.0M (€54M)
storage; logistics; repackaging; process President: Jill Knickerbocker
and digital technology solutions Products: Caustic soda; methanol; calcium Paris, France
Assets: 15 warehouses; 9 trucks chloride; sulphuric acid; anhydrous ammonia; www.lavollee.com
aqua ammonia; KOH; urea; propylene glycol; President: Herve O Lavollee
SOLVCHEM hydrochloric acid; xylene; bleach; polyphos- Products: Additives and ingredients for coat-
158 2020 SALES: $71.0M phoric acid; benzoic acid; ethylene glycol ing; IFL; polymers; friction; water treatment;
Services: Blending; packaging; storage pharma; personal care; food; F&F
Pearland, Texas, US Assets: 275 gal and 330 gal totes Services: Technical advice in formulation;
www.solvchem.com lab; outsourcing; VMI; consignment; repack-
CEO: Jean-Pierre Baizan L’APROCHIMIDE ing; storing
Products: Solvents; organic and inorganic 162 2020 SALES: $67.9M (€55.5M)
chemicals; epoxies; silicones; silicone emul- AIREDALE CHEMICAL
sions; hydrocarbon resins; hydroxyl ethyl cel- Muggio, Italy 166 2020 SALES: $65.3M (€47.8M)
lulose; titanium dioxide; acrylates www.aprochimide.it
Services: Custom packaging; custom President: Claudio Sadino Keighley, UK
blending; toll manufacturing; container man- Products: Titanium dioxide; iron oxides; blanc www.airedalechemical.com
agement programs; export services; techni- fixe; minerals; inorganic pigments; industrial Group CEO: Chris Chadwick
cal support; green chemistry product solu- raw materials; food additives; feed additives; Products: Industrial chemicals; specialty
tions; small container filling glass beads chemicals; phosphoric acid; peracetic acid;
Assets: 9 trucks; 24 trailers; 15 tankers Services: High storage capacity; logistics antifoams; surfactants; phosphates
solutions; import/export; inventory man- Services: Small pack chemical filling; con-
WILL & CO. agement; supply chain solutions; repacking tract/toll manufacture
159 2020 SALES: $70.9M (€58M) facility Assets: 4 acre production facility; 9 ware-
Assets: 3 owned warehouses total 28,000 house storage locations; bulk chemical tank
Badhoevedorp, Netherlands sqm.; owned office building 750 msq; certi- farm; fully owned distribution fleet
www.will-co.eu fied warehouse for food additives and feed ad- Trading sales: 65%
Managing director: Jacques van Lindonk ditives; truck for local delivery
Products: 1,4-butanediol and derivatives POLYSTYLEX
(THF, GBL); bio succinic acid; plasticizers INTERALLIS HOLDINGS 167 2020 SALES: $64.6M (€52.8M)
and flame retardants; pigments; proteins; 163 2020 SALES: $67.7M (€55.4M)
cosmetic and personal care ingredients; Riga, Latvia
coating resins and additives; biobased sol- Nicosia, Cyprus www.polystylex.com
vents and binder; impact modifiers for plas- www.interallis.com CEO: Anton Viderker
tics; foaming agents for plastics; additive President of the board: Nikos Kazantzis Products: Polyethylenes (LDPE, LLDPE,
masterbatches; sulfamic acid; ferric chlo- Products: Human nutrition ingredients; home mLLDPE, HDPE, EBA, EVA); polypropylenes
ride; engineering plastics and compounds & personal care chemicals; lubricants; con- (HPP, ICP, RCP); polycarbonates; master-
Services: Storage management; logistics struction chemicals; polymers; animal nutri- batches and colours (AF, AB, SL, AT,
management; sales and marketing tion ingredients; agro supplies UV, UVA, FR, PA); adhesive resins; polyam-
Trading sales: 10% Services: Logistics; value-added services ides; ABS
Trading sales: 50% Services: Customer service; technical sup-
ASTRO CHEMICALS port; product development support; storage;
160 2020 SALES: $70.0M CONNECTION CHEMICAL delivery; logistics solutions; reserved stock; fi-
164 2020 SALES: $66.5M nancing; documentation; counselling
Springfield, Massachusetts, US Assets: Warehouses and office in Riga, Lat-
www.astrochemicals.com Newtown, Pennsylvania, US via; warehouses and office in Kiev, Ukraine;
President: Chris Diamond www.connectionchemical.com warehouses and office in Kaliningrad, Russia
Products: Solvents; chlor-alkali; pharma- President: Frank Farish Trading sales: 2%

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RICARDO MOLINA GROUP Products: Full range of chemicals, food ingre- Services: Technical service; logistics support
168 2020 SALES: $64.2M (€52.5M) dients and performance polymers Assets: Warehouses in Brazil and Uruguay;
Services: Full supply chain solutions includ- business offices
Barcelona, Spain ing risk assessment, sourcing, accreditation, Trading sales: 57%
www.ricardomolina.com regulatory support, logistics and supply
President: Gemma Molina Assets: ISO 13485 medical polymer com- MOGOIL
Products: Specialty chemicals for coatings, pounding plant in JV with Innovative Polymer 173 2020 SALES: $59.9M (€49M)
building, adhesives, construction, lubricants, Compounds (IPC)
pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal and Trading sales: 70% Berlin, Germany
home care, rubber, plastics, water treatment, www.mogoil.com
food and beverage, agrochemicals EMSA TECNOLOGIA QUIMICA General manager: Andreas Rogge
Services: Technical sales and marketing; 171 2020 SALES: $60.5M (€49.5M) Products: Base oils; process oils; low viscosity
application development; quality control; oils; paraffin waxes
warehousing; regulatory services; supply Barcelona, Spain Services: Supply; storage; customs clear-
chain management; after sales services; re- www.emsaquimica.com ance; financing; technical support
packaging CEO: Jorge Grima Trading sales: 40%
Assets: 3 labs; 1 warehouse Products: Pigments; fillers; binders; sur-
factants; additives; agrochemicals; minerals; PROQUIBASA
ROWELL CHEMICAL inorganics; monomers and polymers 174 2020 SALES: $59.9M (€49M)
169 2020 SALES: $62M Services: Custom blending and packaging;
toll manufacturing; compacting technologies; Barcelona, Spain
Hinsdale, Ilinois, US atomisation www.proquibasa.com
www.rowellchemical.com Assets: 5 offices; 4 warehouses; 1 laboratory Managing director: Ivan Sanchez
President: Thomas Harris Trading sales: 40% Products: Specialty and commodity chemi-
Products: Water treatment chemicals; indus- cals; coatings, construction and adhesives;
trial chemicals METACHEM pigments and performance products; water
Services: Terminal services 172 2020 SALES: $60M treatment; household and industrial clean-
Assets: Plant owned and operated by Rowell ing; lubricants and metalworking
Chemical; trucking fleet Sao Paulo, Brazil Services: Technical service; blending; man-
www.metachem.com.br ufacturing; toll manufacturing; bulk loading
NATIONAL CHEMICAL President: Ricardo Rego Freitas and storage; warehousing
170 2020 SALES: $61.1M (€50M) Products: Food ingredients; basic oils; coat- Assets: Full service and wholly-owned facili-
ing additives; lubricant additives; feed ingre- ties in Barcelona with tank farm (80 tanks) and
Dublin, Ireland dients; fertilizer raw materials; flame retard- 7,000 square metres warehouse, regional hub
www.ncc.ie ants; phosphate derivatives; TOFA; home in Madrid with tank farm (24 tanks) and 2,000
CEO: Alan Looney care raw materials sq metres warehouse

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SAME CHEMICALS COAST SOUTHWEST tions and manufacturing; repacking; R&D;


175 2020 SALES: $59.1M (€48.3M) 177 2020 SALES: $56.5M sales & marketing
Assets: 9 warehouses; 5 laboratories; 2 man-
Barendrecht, Netherlands Arlington, Texas, US ufacturing sites; 7 offices; 1 clean room
www.samechemicals.com www.coastsouthwest.com
Managing director: Cees-Jan Crezee President: Joseph C Cimo SOLVACHEM
Products: Acetates; acrylates; alcohols; Products: Surfactants; silicones; personal 179 2020 SALES: $55.8M
DCPD; glycols; glycol ethers; hydrocarbon sol- care ingredients; anti-aging; preservatives;
vents; ketones; styrene oleochemicals and lubricants Wroclaw, Poland
Services: Bulk distribution; salvage trading; Services: Liquid blending; liquid bulk; stor- www.solvachem.pl
recycling; warehousing; logistics; storage; age; drumming; transportation; formulation President and CEO: Elisabeth Luerenbaum
Reach consultation Assets: 8 locations; 7 trucks; applications Products: Methanol; UCO and vegetable
Assets: Offices in The Netherlands, Denmark laboratory oils; alcohols and other solvents; regenerat-
and Poland ed solvents; polymers; base oils; aerosols;
Trading sales: 20% CORNELIUS GROUP inorganic chemicals; washing agents and
178 2020 SALES: $56.2M (£41.1M) disinfectants; fillers and additives; colour-
WALSH & ASSOCIATES ants; oils and greases
176 2020 SALES: $58.7M Bishop’s Stortford, UK Services: Logistics services
www.cornelius.co.uk Assets: One methanol tank; five warehouses;
Saint Louis, Missouri, US CEO: Phillip Gibbons two customs warehouses; production facili-
www.walsh-assoc.com Products: Monomers; specialty chemicals; ties (UCO, washing agents and disinfectants)
President & CEO: Ellen M. Murphy food ingredients; personal care ingredients; Trading sales: 7%
Products: Products for CASE; HI&I; ink; per- pigments; additives; resins; minerals;
sonal care; oil & gas; agriculture; food & surfactants; adhesive materials; excipients; HUBBARD-HALL
beverage; pharma; plastic; and green natural products; animal feed ingredients; 180 2020 SALES: $54.9M
chemistry medical device raw materials; coatings
Services: Manufacturing; blending; contract ingredients Waterbury, Connecticut, US
packaging; technical training & EHS Services: Global supply chain management; www.hubbardhall.com
Assets: 8 warehouse locations; 30,000 gal laboratory services; logistics; legislative/reg- President and CEO: Molly Kellogg
liquid bulk storage; 1 tractor trailer ulatory advice; distillation; chemical reac- Products: Chlor-alkali chemicals; organic sol-

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vents; inorganic chemicals; specialty solvents; hyde; food processing sanitation chemicals; Assets: 5 warehouses, 2,500sqm; 15 jumbo
hydrogen peroxide based specialties; surface water treatment chemicals cars; factory filling fragrances
treatment chemistry; corrosion prevention Services: Blending; manufacturing/engi- Trading sales: 40%
chemistry; paint stripping specialty formula- neering services; packaging; contract pack-
tions; wastewater treatment specialty blends ing; toll manufacturing; logistics; warehous- SINPRO
Services: Manufacturer/formulator of chemi- ing; transloading 189 2020 SALES: $48.9M (€40M)
cal specialties; custom blending; warehous- Assets: 4 production locations in Oklahoma,
ing; analytical and lab services North Carolina and Illinois; tank terminals; rail Lausanne, Switzerland
Assets: 2 manufacturing facilities; 6 ware- terminals; extensive company owned fleet of www.sinprosa.ch
houses; 8 trucks trucks, trailers and bulk tankers Director: Alfred Frankel
Products: Industrial chemicals; resins; poly-
TARR VIVION esters; pharmaceutical ingredients; con-
181 2020 SALES: $54.6M 185 2020 SALES: $51.7M struction chemicals; paints; inks; food and
feed additives
Portland, Oregon, US San Carlos, California, US Services: Associated with a forwarding agent
www.tarrllc.com www.vivioninc.com
President: Skip Tarr President: Michael Poleselli CHEM ONE
Products: Solvents; aliphatics; aromatics; ke- Products: Humectants; sweeteners; miner- 190 2020 SALES: $46.7M
tones; glycols; high purity chemistry als; vitamins; tabletting aids; personal care;
Services: Blending; formulating; packaging; industrial ingredients; fertilizers/agricultural; Houston, Texas, US
storage; delivery food; preservatives; acids www.chemone.com
Assets: 4 warehouses; 6 clean rooms; Services: VivAssure testing CEO and president: Terry Podlogar
870,000 gal bulk storage, 3 rail spurs; 11 trucks Assets: 2 office/warehouses, 3 public ware- Products: Fertilizer ingredients; water treat-
houses ment chemicals; food additives; feed addi-
UCG (UNITED CHEMICAL tives; industrial chemicals
182 GROUP) DEBRO Services: JIT inventory; pallet quantities;
2020 SALES: $53.8M 186 2020 SALES: $50M truckloads
Moscow, Russia Assets: Houston, Texas headquarters and
www.ucgrus.com Brampton, Ontario, Canada warehouse; independent facilities in Laredo,
CEO and chairman: Gennady Tolstobrov www.debro.com Texas and Tampa, Florida
Products: ABS; ASA; SAN; HIPS; PC/ABS; PBT; President: Paul Ruffo
PMMA; PC; POM; SBS; SEBS; SIS; POE; EVA; Products: Industrial specialties; HPC; food KREGLINGER SPECIALTIES
HDPE; PP copolymers; PA & AIM; road con- ingredients 191 2020 SALES: $46.5M (€38M)
struction materials; oil additives and modifiers;
base oils; fertilizers; liquid chemicals WISTEMA Antwerp, Belgium
Services: Logistics; packaging; storage; 187 2020 SALES: $49.5M (€40.5M) www.kreglinger.com
technical support CEO: Wim Arnouts
Assets: 8 offices; 9 warehouses; 2 interna- Dielheim, Germany Products: Specialty ingredients for food,
tional offices www.wistema.de food supplements; pharma; cosmetics and
General manager: Winfried Friedel technical industries; agro-(bio)chemicals
BUCKLEY OIL Products: Catalysts; chemical intermedi- Services: Technical formulations; sampling
183 2020 SALES: $52.5M ates; contract & toll manufacture; cosmetics;
toiletries & personal care; food ingredients; A.+ E. FISCHER-CHEMIE
Midlothian, Texas, US industrial chemicals; pharma; plastic addi- 192 2020 SALES: $45.9M (€37.5M)
www.buckleyoil.com tives; polymers; reprographic chemicals/ink
President: Robert Rice chemicals; solvents/distilled solvents; water Wiesbaden, Germany
Products: Solvents; alcohols; aliphatics; aro- treatment chemicals; waxes www.fischer-chemie.de
matics; glycols; glycol ethers; ketones; base Services: Storage; waste management General manager: Manuel Fischer-Bothof
oils; finished lubricants (waste disposal certified); salvage recovery Products: Caustic soda; solvents; hydro-
Services: Blending; packaging; toll blending; and re-sale; Reach consultation chloric acid; citirc acid; urea; phosphoric
storage; delivery; custom packaging; trans- Assets: Warehouses acid; matting agents; pyrogenic silicon di-
loading Trading sales: 60% oxide; precipitated silica; silicone oil; glyc-
Assets: 4 warehouses; 20 trucks erine; caustic potash; sodium bicarbonate;
VENUS CHEMICALS GROUP hydrogene peroxide; activated carbon; so-
BRAINERD CHEMICAL 188 2020 SALES: $49M dium persulfate
184 2020 SALES: $52.3M Services: Storage; packaging; mixing;
Cairo, Egypt exporting
Tulsa, Oklahoma, US www.venuskim.com Assets: 4 warehouses for solid and liquid
www.brainerdchemical.com CEO: Ahmed Alghoul products; 16 trucks
CEO: Mathew A Brainerd Products: Fragrances; surfactants; NP9 ; NP6; Trading sales: 10%
Products: Peracetic acid; hydrofluoric acid; SLEs 70 %; Betain 35 %; opacifiers; maliec resin;
sulphuric acid; nitric acid; refrigerants; aro- hydrocarbon resin; nitrocellulose; pine oil; BRUGUES
matics; aliphatics; glycols; glycol ethers; high HPMC; thickeners 193 2020 SALES: $45.2M (€37M)
hazard acids; chlor-alkali; alcohols; formalde- Services: Filling fragrances

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Barcelona, Spain MCCULLOUGH & ASSOCIATES Assets: 3 outside bonded warehouses


www.brugues.com 197 2020 SALES: $42M
CEO: Raimon Brugues Sintes MIN-CHEM/LAWRASON’S/
Products: Acetone; diacetone alcohol; Atlanta, Georgia, US 198 CK INGREDIENTS GROUP
dipropylene glycol fragance; ethyl acetate; www.mccanda.com 2020 SALES: $42M
formic acid; glycerine USP; isopropyl ace- President: George L McCullough Oakville, Ontario, Canada
tate; isopropyl alcohol; methyl ethyl ke- Products: Organic and inorganic pigments; www.min-chem.com
tone; methyl isobutyl ketone; methoxypro- special effect pigments; carbon black; polyu- www.lawrasons.com
pyl acetate; n-propanol; n-propyl acetate; rethane resins and dispersions; cast polyure- www.ckingredients.com
propylene glycol USP; ethanol (mixtures thane systems; wax additives; fumed silica; President: David A Luciani
with ethanol) matting agents; silicone dispersions; preserv- Products: Composite-thermosets (roving,
Services: Packaging in wide variety of atives (personal care); hydrocarbon resins; resin and peroxides); composite-thermo-
containers for both liquids and in solids; laboratory & process equipment plastics; rubber additives; adhesives; waxes;
mixtures, solutions and dilutions; storage Services: Storage and logistics; formulation flame retardants; Health Canada approved
Assets: Warehouse in Viladecans (Barce- assistance; technical assistance; process en- infectious control disinfectants, hand sanitiz-
lona) with 8,000 square metres; ware- gineering services ers, and other antibacterial solutions; phar-
house in Alcaser (Valencia) with 6,000
square metres; logistics warehouse in Ig- Europe chemical distribution leaders (2020 sales, $m)
orre (Bizkaia) Rank Company Sales Rank Company Sales
Trading sales: 20%
1 Brenntag* 6,148.3 38 Norkem Holdings 205.1
2 Helm 2,635.2 39 Petrochem Middle East 195.7
RIERDEN CHEMICAL &
194 TRADING 3 Univar Solutions* 1,697.0 40 Telko 193.6
2020 SALES: $43.9M 4 IMCD* 1,630.0 41 Solventis 191.6
Libertyville, Illinois, US 5 Stockmeier Holding 1,571.3 42 ECEM European Chemical 187.6
www.rierdenchemical.com 6 Azelis 1,155.6 Marketing
President: Joe Rierden 7 Barentz 1,154.3 43 Revada Group 183.4
Products: Oleochemicals – glycerine and 44 Nortex 177.8
8 Biesterfeld 1,145.0
fatty acids 45 HARKE Group 174.0
Assets: Warehouse locations in Chicago, 9 OQEMA 1,120.0
10 Tricon Energy 1,050.7 46 ChemPartners 171.9
Houston, New Jersey, Atlanta, Los Angeles
Trading sales: 20% 11 Quimidroga 887.8 47 Haeffner 165.0

12 Omya 882.1 48 Grolman Group 162.6


EQUILEX 13 Kolmar Group 762.6 49 Keyser & Mackay 162.6
195 2020 SALES: $43.7M (€35.7M)
14 Caldic 755.7 50 Selectchemie 158.3

15 TER Group 739.8 51 ICC Chemical 157.9


Schiedam, Netherlands
16 Safic-Alcan 611.0 52 ELTON Group 151.6
www.equilex.com
Managing director: Cees Verdel 17 Solvadis Group 529.3 53 Atlantic Chemicals 150.4
Trading
Products: Higher olefins; alkylphenols; 18 Ravago Chemicals 519.7
54 URAI 146.7
alkylbenzenes; ethanolamines; ethylene 19 Nordmann, Rassmann 489.1
glycols; solvents (MEK, MIBK, hexane, MIBC, 55 Faravelli 138.7
20 Eigenmann & Veronelli 425.5
IPA, acetone, cyclohexanone); performance 56 2M Group 138.2
intermediates (AMS, maleic and phthalic 21 Marubeni International 391.3
(Europe) 57 Tillmanns 134.9
anhydrides, DCPD); phenol; aromatics; 58 Algol Chemicals 134.5
22 Lehmann & Voss 391.3
tackifying resins, isophorone; diacetone 59 Group Barcelonesa 133.3
alcohol 23 DKSH Holding 313.2
60 IMPAG Group 133.3
Services: Marketing; storage; packaging; 24 Snetor 307.0
sea, rail and road transportation; custom for- 25 KRAHN Chemie 282.5 61 CSC Jaeklechemie 124.9
malities; Reach regulation 26 Ruskhimset 281.9 62 Metafrax Trading 121.6
Trading sales: 10% International
27 HSH Chemie 262.9
63 Connect Chemicals 120.0
28 Donauchem 250.7 Group
CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTORS INC
196 2020 SALES: $42.3M 29 Indukern 245.8 64 STAUB & CO -
SILBERMANN
117.4
30 Arkem Kimya 245.0
Buffalo, New York, US 31 Jebsen & Jessen Group 229.9 65 C.H. Erbsloeh Group 116.2
www.cdibuffalo.com 32 Thommen-Furler 224.4 66 ProChema 111.0
President: Mark T Russell 33 United Trading System 220.0 67 Arpadis Benelux 110.1
Products: Acids; alkalis; reagents; solvents; (UTS/ETC) 68 L.C.M. 107.6
dry and liquid chemicals 34 Grupo RNM 213.5 69 Quimdis 106.4
Services: Bulk and LTL distribution; pack-
35 Tennants Distribution 211.8 70 Life Supplies 104.5
aging; blending; warehousing; laboratory
testing; health and environmental services 36 Gamma Chimica 211.6 71 Unipex 103.2
Assets: Warehouses; trucks; trailers 37 CellMark 209.0 72 Neo Chemical 102.2

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maceutical ingredients; nutraceutical ingre- President: Marilyn Stovall FitzGerald RESEARCH SOLUTIONS GROUP
dients; food ingredients; mineral and Products: Beverage grade ethanol; organic 200 2020 SALES: $40.9M
industrial acids; water treatment chemicals; ethanol; denatured ethanol; alcohols; ali-
pool & spa chemicals; janitorial and sanita- phatics; amines; aromatics; esters; ethanola- Pelham, Alabama, US
tion chemicals; industrial specialty chemi- mines; ethers; glycols; hydrocarbons; ke- www.researchsolutionsgroup.com
cals; winter ice melting products tones; mineral oils; process oils; silicones; CEO: Jeff Miller
Services: Manufacturing; blending and surfactants Products: Aromatics; aliphatics; alcohols;
compounding; logistics Services: Blending; packaging; food ketones; glycol ethers; glycols; esters;
Assets: 3 warehouses in Ontario, Quebec, grade storage; ethanol denaturing; manu- solvent blends; specialty chemicals;
British Columbia facturing paints; printing and pharmaceutical
Assets: Dedicated white room for USP, NF, solvents
TRANSCHEMICAL FCC; organic and Kosher packaging; Services: Toll blending and packaging;
199 2020 SALES: $41.5M 125,000 square feet warehouse space in- lab analysis and services; environmental
cluding food grade warehouse; 1.2m gal tank services for hazardous and non-hazardous
St Louis, Missouri, US farm; rail spur to accommodate 4 railcars; 20 wastes; industrial engineering services;
www.transchemical.com tankers; 7 tractors; 3 boxes environmental consulting and training;

Rank Company Sales Rank Company Sales Rank Company Sales

73 Aegean First Company 95.4 108 Kreglinger Specialties 46.5 143 Klaus F. Meyer 17.0
(AFCO) 109 Cornelius Group 46.3 144 Shrieve Chemical 16.3
74 Ilario Ormezzano 91.7 110 Brugues 45.2 145 Polyhimkomplekt-M 15.0
75 Penpet Petrochemical 89.3 111 A.+ E. Fischer-Chemie 44.0
Trading 146 Rusplast 14.9
112 Milano Colori 39.1 147 CB Chemie 14.2
76 Bodo Moeller Chemie 88.8
113 Drogas Vigo Group 39.0 148 Sinochem Plastics 11.0
77 Chimpex Industriale 86.8
114 Wistema 36.4 149 Prakash Chemicals 10.8
78 Chem International 85.4
115 Jobachem Group 36.2 International
79 Noahs Ark Chemicals 84.4
116 Eurosyn 35.1 150 Bloomchemag 10.7
80 Novasol Chemicals Group 84.0
117 SAMECA Produtos 31.9 151 A-Gas Electronic Materials 9.8
81 Newport Industries 82.0 Quimicos
152 Tecnosintesi 9.2
82 Meade-King, Robinson & 79.9 118 Barrettine Group 31.4
Co 153 Quimica Mer 9.1
119 SIP Speciality Oils and 30.7
83 RAHN-Group 79.0 Fluids 154 Abbey Chemicals 8.2
84 Behn Meyer Group 77.0 120 Equilex 30.7 155 Nesstra Services 8.1
85 Kale Kimya 76.0 121 GB-Chemie 29.4 156 Chemcom 7.8
86 PHT International 74.9 122 Antala 29.4 157 NiMAC 6.5
87 Will & Co 69.7 123 AISAKOS 27.9 158 Petrico 5.9
88 Antonio Tarazona 67.3 124 Lake Chemicals and 27.8 159 Taj Al Mulook General 5.0
89 Aug. Hedinger 66.9 Minerals Trading
90 Wego Chemical Group 66.5 125 Lumar Quimica 25.7 160 Basstech International 4.0
91 Airedale Chemical 65.0 126 Attilio Carmagnani 25.4 161 Quimtia 4.0
92 Polystylex 64.6 127 Monarch Chemicals 25.3 162 Transmare Chemie 3.7
93 L'aprochimide 64.6 128 Continental Industries 25.0 163 The Chemical Company 3.2
94 Lavollee 63.6 Group
164 Dakram Materials 3.1
95 Interallis Holdings 62.4 129 MY-CHEM 24.5
165 Opec Plastics 2.5
96 Rakha Al Khaleej 62.3 130 Stera Chemicals 24.5
166 SMA Collaboratives 2.0
International 131 WhitChem 21.3
167 GJ Chemical 2.0
97 National Chemical 61.1 132 KEMAT 20.9
168 Hawkins 1.7
98 MOGoil 59.9 133 MAS Albion 20.9
169 KPL International 1.7
99 Solvachem 55.8 134 Kadion Especialidades 20.4
100 UCG (United Chemical 53.5 Quimicas 170 Skystep Trading 1.6
Group) 135 Proquip 20.2 171 DAXX 1.5
101 Proquibasa 52.6 136 DutCH2 19.7 172 Independent Chemical 1.5
102 SAME Chemicals 52.3 137 The White Sea & Baltic Co 19.2 173 Crismachem 1.5
103 Ricardo Molina Group 51.1 138 Comindex 19.2 174 Sea-Land Chemical 1.5
104 Manuchar 50.0 139 Prime Surfactants 19.1 175 RIM LOGISTIKA 1.1
105 SINPRO 48.9 140 Biachem 19.0 *
EMEA = Europe, Middle East & Africa
106 EMSA Tecnologia Quimica 48.1 141 CFI World 17.8 Note: Sales are in the specific region and may differ
from total company sales. Sales $1m and above
107 Echemi Group 46.8 142 Stort Chemicals 17.8 included

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rail transloading; bulk logistics Assets: 4 warehouses - 2 in Sao Paulo, 1 in INDEPENDENT CHEMICAL
Assets: 4 bulk terminals; 2.2m gal bulk Rio de Janeiro, 1 in Bahia; laboratory for prod- 204 2020 SALES: $39.5M
storage; rail terminal; 16 power units; uct development and quality control
58 tank trailers; 14 dry vans Glendale, New York, US
IDEAL CHEMICAL & SUPPLY www.independentchemical.com
JOBACHEM GROUP 203 2020 SALES: $40.2M President: Jonathan Spielman
201 2020 SALES: $40.7M Products: Products for cosmetics, pharma-
Memphis, Tennessee, US ceuticals, nutrition, seafood, meat, bakery,
Dassel, Germany www.idealchemical.com processed food; industrial cleaning chemi-
www.jobachem.com CEO: Sam Block cals; environmental remediation chemicals
CEO: Julian Kahl Products: Acids; alcohols; amines; chelat- Services: Dry blending of food ingredients;
Products: Plasticizers; specialty chemicals; ing agents; chlor-alkali; food ingredients; liquid blending and filling of tankers
UV curing agents; flavours and fragrances glycol ethers; hydrogen peroxide; inorgan- Assets: 6 trucks; 3 tankers; 1 warehouse;
Services: Storing; mixing; heating ics; ketones; personal care ingredients; pol- IBCs, drums and pails in an XP/SQF/ISO
Trading sales: 90% yglycols; solvents; textile care ingredients; facility
water treatment chemicals Trading sales: 5%
SOLVEN SOLVENTES E Services: Wholesale custom blending and
202 QUIMICOS packaging (dry and liquid); distilled spirits MILANO COLORI
2020 SALES: $40.4M (R210M) plant; in-house QC & R&D labs; LTL and 205 2020 SALES: $39.1M (€32M)
Hortolandia, Brazil truckload quantities; single- and multi-com-
www.solven.com.br partment tanker deliveries; local warehous- Milan, Italy
CEO: Paulo Sergio Moreira ing and logistics; returnable and one-way www.milano-colori.com
Products: Aliphatic solvents; aromatic sol- containers; remote tank monitoring CEO: Antonio Cavazzana
vents; hydrogenated solvents; thinners; lubri- Assets: 4 locations with a combined Products: Pigments; resins and intermedi-
ficants; waxes 150,000+ sq ft of warehouse space; Ideal’s ates; solvents; cosmetic & personal care ingre-
Services: Mixing and blending; formulation; fleet of 14 tractors; 22 trailers and 6 tankers; dients; hygiene & detergent ingredients; food
packing; storage; bulk distribution; chemical 1m gal liquid bulk storage; multiple blend & feed ingredients; construction chemicals;
analysis tanks plastic ingredients; leather & textile chemicals

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Services: Technical and formulation sup-


port; storage; packaging; quality control and
testing; tailor-made products
Assets: Warehouses; laboratories
Trading sales: 15%

DROGAS VIGO GROUP


206 2020 SALES: $39M

Porrino, Pontevedra, Spain


www.drovi.com
CEO: Enrique F Casal Lareo
Products: Solvents; thinners and green sol-
vents; organic and inorganic chemicals;
paints, coatings, adhesives and sealants raw
materials; pharmaceutical, cosmetic and
agrochemicals raw materials; automotive
chemicals; softeners and detergents raw ma-
terials; fillers and pigments; water treatment
chemicals; food ingredients; lubricants and
waxes; ink and printing chemicals; paper
chemicals; mining chemicals
Services: Storage and marine logs – vessel
reception; solvents recycling and reformula-
tion; blending and formulations; packaging
and bulk deliveries; logistics and ousourcing;
quality/lab analytical services to third parties;
JIT deliveries and telemetric stock control to
third parties; e-invoicing and e.b2b with cus-
tomers’ platforms
Assets: 4 warehouses (bulk & pack); sea ter- Houston, Texas, US Products: Solvents; epoxy resins; pigments;
minal; solvents recycling unit; bulk tank and www.daxxgrp.com fuel additives; paint additives; alkyd resins;
packed trucks President: Jean-Marie Diederichs paint driers; coalescent agents; plastifiers;
Products: Solvents; aromatics; glycol oxo-alcohols
ACID PRODUCTS ethers; esters; alcohols; isocyanates; amines; Services: Blending; thinning; packaging;
207 2020 SALES: $38.5M specialty chemicals bulk warehousing
Services: Blending; packaging; storage; rail- Assets: Own truck fleet
Chicago, Illinois, US car, tanker, isotank, vessel shipments
www.acidproducts.net Assets: 1 warehouse; 4 trucks; 4 tanks AMPERE ITALIA
President: Jann Fisher Trading sales: 20% 212 2020 SALES: $36.7M (€30M)
Products: Acids; caustics; dry chemicals;
white oils; solvents; surfactants; cleaning HENRY HIRSCHEN Milan, Italy
compounds 210 2020 SALES: $37.6M www.ampere.com
Services: Toll blending (pails, drums, totes, Managing director: Matteo Chiri
bulk); contract packaging (all bottle sizes); Buenos Aires, Argentina
powder blending; acid blending; LTL chemi- www.hirschen.com.ar EAGLE ALCOHOL
cal distribution; tanker deliveries President/CEO: Miguel Hirschen 213 2020 SALES: $36M
Assets: 2 locations; rail; 10 trucks Products: Solvents; glycols; surfactants;
amines; oleochemicals; biocides; food ingre- St Louis, Missouri, US
VECKRIDGE CHEMICAL dients; specialties President: Daniel J Croghan
208 2020 SALES: $38M Services: Storage; packaging; blending; trad- Products: Ethyl alcohol; glycols; surfactants;
ing; same day deliveries; financing; tailor- process oils
Kearny, New Jersey, US made solutions to customers Services: Denaturing; blending; packaging;
www.veckridge.com Assets: Central warehouse in Buenos Aires warehousing; bulk transloading
President : Mark Veca industrial area; fit for liquids and solids with Assets: 90,000 square foot warehouse; 4
Products: Acids; alkali; amines; hydrogen secluded area for food/pharma tractors; 15 tankers; segregated bulk stor-
peroxide Trading sales: 1% age; rail siding
Services: Packaging; warehousing; dilu-
tions; trucking CARBONO QUIMICA GJ CHEMICAL
Assets: Warehouse; trucks 211 2020 SALES: $36.9M (R191.6M) 214 2020 SALES: $36M

DAXX Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Somerset, New Jersey, US
209 2020 SALES: $37.8M www.carbono.com.br www.gjchemical.com
President: Vera Miraglia Gabriel President: Diana Colonna

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Products: Acrylate monomers; plasticizers; Products: Isopropanol; acetone; ethanol; hy- blending
reagents; high purity solvents; ACS/USP/NF/ drocarbons; esters; aromatics; acids; caustic Assets: 25 tankers; 10 tractors; 5 vans; over
HPLC; hand sanitizer soda; insecticides; rodenticides; wood pre- 800,000 gal bulk tank storage; 3 warehouses
Services: Testing; bulk storage; repackaging; servatives; wood stains; paint strippers; clean- representing 60,000 square feet of storage;
liquid bulk handling; custom blending; purify- ing chemicals; agrochemicals rail siding to accommodate 16 railcars
ing; stabilizing and more Services: Technical sales; manufacturing;
Assets: 3 locations in NJ; 8 trucks; 25 tankers; blending and bespoke formulations; contract SAMECA PRODUTOS
15 box trucks; USP filling room manufacturing 223 QUIMICOS
Trading sales: 40% Assets: 3 production sites; manufacturing/ 2020 SALES: $31.9M (€26.1M)
production plant and equipment Porto, Portugal
EUROSYN Trading sales: 40% www.samecapq.com
215 2020 SALES: $35.1M (€28.7M) CEO: Eduardo Moura e Sa
VAN HORN, METZ & CO Trading sales: 46%
Capralba, Italy 219 2020 SALES: $34.2M
www.eurosyn.it SIP SPECIALITY OILS AND
Chairman: Flavio Campana Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, US 224 FLUIDS
Products: Surfactants; dispersing and chelat- www.vanhornmetz.com 2020 SALES: $31M
ing agents; biocides; rheology modifiers; fra- President: Barry Fisher London, UK
grances; actives; silicones; dyes and pig- Products: Resins; pigments; additives; dyes; www.sip.com
ments; resins and dispersions; photoiniziators; extenders Managing director: Stephen Spencer
UV adsorbers; antioxidants; Services: Consultative selling, global sourcing Products: White oils and pharmaceutical oils;
Services: Technical and regulatory support; drilling fluids; process oils; specialty fluids for
application lab; logistics service provider BASSTECH INTERNATIONAL automotive and industrial use; sustainable and
Assets: Logistics; application lab 220 2020 SALES: $33.1M renewable base oils; lubricant additives
Services: Storage, logistics, blending, pack-
BRISCO DO BRASIL Fort Lee, New Jersey, US aging, formulation
216 2020 SALES: $35M www.basstechintl.com Assets: Warehousing; blending and storage
CEO: Benjamin Gutmann facilities in Belgium and UK
Sao Paulo, Brazil Products: Inorganic chemicals; elastomers;
www.brisco.com.br adhesives; polymers; metals and other indus- MCKINN INTERNATIONAL
CEO: Guillermo Castillo trial raw materials 225 2020 SALES: $30.8M
Products: Plastics and chemicals Products: International logistics; packaging;
Services: Drumming; blending; agency sales; blending; storage; transloading Singapore
import and export Services: Technical support and vendor man- www.mckinn.com.sg
Assets: 4 warehouses; 1m litres park tanks; aged inventory CEO: Chau Tak Vui
own fleet of 6 trucks Assets: Strategically located warehouses in Products: Raw materials for adhesives, coat-
the US and Europe; polymer testing lab; offic- ings, UPR, PU and TPU; plastics additives;
SEELER INDUSTRIES es in the US, China, India and Europe flame retardants; rubber additives; acids & an-
217 2020 SALES: $35M hydrides; plasticizers
JNS-SMITHCHEM Services: Sourcing
Joliet, Ilinois, US 221 2020 SALES: $32.8M Trading sales: 90%
www.seeler.com
CEO: Steve Seeler Paterson, New Jersey, US LINKERS CHEMICALS AND
Products: Hydrogen peroxide; peracetic acid; www.jns-smithchem.com 226 POLYMERS
glacial acetic acid; proplylene glycol; sodium Co-president: Michael Smith 2020 SALES: $30.1M
gluconate; caustic soda; hydrochloric acid; Products: Resins; additives; fillers; colour pig- Dubai, UAE
soda ash; DDBSA; sodium chlorate; phosphor- ments; specialty chemicals www.lcp.ae
ic acid; quaternary compounds; other special- Services: Warehousing; trucking; technical Managing director: Malik Pervez Zaman
ty chemicals expertise Products: Synthetic rubber; PVC; engineer-
Services: Tank storage; railcar unloading; ing plastics; plasticizers; latex; monomers;
blending; liquid packaging; bagging; trans- INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS CORP construction chemicals; animal nutrition;
loading; warehouse storage; property rental; 222 2020 SALES: $32.3M coatings chemicals
trucking services; laboratory services Services: Market research; market expansion;
Assets: 275,000 plus sq ft warehousing; 5 Arvada, Colorado, US technical support; finance
tractors; 10+ liquid & box trailers; 27 above www.industrialchemcorp.com Trading sales: 100%
ground storage tanks; 7 rail spurs of 2.5 miles President: Jamie Biesemeier-Wilkins
of track for transloading; overhead rail trestle Products: Acetates; acids; alcohols; alkalis; ANTALA
aliphatic and aromatic solvents; amines; bio- 227 2020 SALES: $29.4 (€24M)
BARRETTINE GROUP fuel chemicals; CBD extraction chemicals;
218 2020 SALES: $34.7M (£25.4M) chelating agents; glycerine; glycols and glycol Barcelona, Spain
ethers; heat transfer fluids; hydrogen perox- www.antala.es
Warmley, Bristol, UK ide; ketones; metal finishing chemicals; phos- CEO: Victor Argudo
www.barrettine.co.uk phates; silicates; surfactants Products: Adhesives and sealants (epoxy,
Group managing director: Steve Bailey Services: Customisation; proprietary; toll methacrylate, polyurethane, silicone, SMP, an-

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aerobic and cyanoacrylate); lubricants (greas- hypochlorite; personal care additives; food in- LAKE CHEMICALS AND
es, oils, AFC, compounds, pastes); electronic gredients and flavours; rheology modifiers; 231 MINERALS
protection materials; coatings oxygenated solvents; chlorinated solvents; bi- 2020 SALES: $28.0M (£20.5M)
ocides; sulfates (Al; Na; Cu; NH3); silicones Redditch, Worcestershire, UK
GB-CHEMIE Services: Packaging/repackaging; storage; di- www.lakecm.co.uk
228 2020 SALES: $29.4M (€24M) lutions; imports (under contract); transportation Managing director: Steven Cartlidge
Assets: 2 warehouses (Bahia and Pernambu- Products: Corrosion control solutions; adhe-
Messel, Germany co); trucks; bulk storage facilities; laboratories sives and sealants; lubricants and metal work-
www.gb-chemie.com (quality control and food application); packag- ing fluids; paints; surface coatings; excipients
Managing director: Dirk Forler ing/repackaging facility (with white room) for tablet; capsule and suspensions; drug de-
Products: Amines; oxo-alcohols; inorganic & Trading sales: 1% livery modified lipids and phospholipids; ad-
organic compounds; bromine derivatives; vanced intermediates; European licensed
solvents; complexing agents; phosphorus INTERATLAS CHEMICAL APIs; substantiated actives; functional and
compounds; starch/starch derivates 230 2020 SALES: $28M tactile additives; rheology modifiers; oils and
Services: Technical service; sourcing; stor- fats; extracts; emulsifiers and solubilisers; fla-
age; downsizing; refilling; packaging; logistics St Catharines, Ontario, Canada vours; food ingredients; nutritional supple-
Assets: Several local warehouses; branch www.interatlaschemical.com ments; process aids
office CEO: Alex Van Zijl Services: Chemical synthesis; distillation;
Trading sales: 25% Products: Paraformaldehyde; hexamethylene; purification; repackaging; sieving; blending;
phthalic anhydride; pentaerythritol; nonylphe- new product development; contract re-
MORAIS DE CASTRO nol; para-tertiary butyl phenol; ethylbenzyl search and manufacturing; quality control;
229 2020 SALES: $28.3M (R147.1M) chloride; chloromethyl naphthalene; 2-ethyl- storage & distribution
hexanol; maleic anhydride; bisphenol-A; iso- Assets: 1 head office; 1 warehouse; 4 labs
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil propyl alcohol; melamine; benzoic acid; tar oil
www.moraisdecastro.com.br Services: Sales and marketing; logistics; AISAKOS
CEO: Andre Guimaraes de Castro warehousing; security of supply; partnerships; 232 2020 SALES: $27.9M (€22.9M)
Products: Surfactants; glycols (EO/PO); min- risk management
eral oils; caustic soda; sulfonic acid (LAB-S); Assets: 14 trucks; 50 chassis Athens, Greece
inorganic acids (H2SO4; HCl; HNO3); sodium Trading sales: 40% www.aisakos.gr

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CEO and managing director: Themistoklis ic arts, construction, floor care, composites, Warminster, Pennsylvania, US
Zygourakis adhesives, plastics and rubbers and related www.gehring-montgomery.com
Products: Chemicals; petrochemicals; industries across Canada President and managing director: Mark S
plastics; rubber; specialties; food industry Assets: 6 warehouse facilities across Cana- Bitting
raw materials; wine ingredients; fertilizer da including inventory management and lo- Products: Additives; waxes; coatings; inor-
raw materials; pulp and paper chemicals gistics delivery infrastructure ganics; surfactants; defoamers; hydrocar-
Services: Paper industry mechanical bon resins; metal working additives; food
equipment CJ CHEMICALS ingredients
Assets: Headquarters 234 2020 SALES: $26M Services: Warehousing; inventory manage-
Trading sales: 5% ment; repackaging; private fleet; technical
Howell, Michigan, US support; food room; white room
NORTHSPEC CHEMICALS www.cjchemicals.net Assets: Warehouse facility – 60,000 square
233 2020 SALES: $26.7M (C$34M) President: Catherine Lee feet; private fleet of trucks
Products: Solvents; acrylates; glycols; mon-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada omers; alcohol; naphthenic oils; ketones; ATTILIO CARMAGNANI
www.northspec.com phosphates; acetates 236 2020 SALES: $25.9M (€21.2M)
President: Noel Shanazarian Assets: Tank trucks; warehouse; rail siding
Products: Epoxy resins and hardeners; ali- Genoa, Italy
phatic and aromatic urethanes and polyols; GEHRING MONTGOMERY www.carmagnani.com
acrylic resins; pigments; additives 235 2020 SALES: $26M General manager: Emilio Carmagnani
Services: Services for the coatings, graph- Products: Aromatic hydrocarbons (solvent

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naphtha 100; 150; 150 ND; 200; 200ND; AKTOPA Barcelona, Spain
aliphatic hydrocarbons (hexane, heptane); 238 2020 SALES: $25.8M www.lumarquimica.com
methanol; MEK; glycols (MEG, DEG); CEO: Lluis Ribera
acetates (etac, butac) Houston, Texas, US Products: Synthetic lube bases (PAO, PIB,
Services: Tank storaging to third parties www.aktopa.com PAG, esters, silicone); lubricant additives &
Assets: Coastal terminal in Genoa, north- President: Jose S Rodriguez packages (AW-EP, antioxidants, corrosion
west Italy Products: Glycol ethers; aliphatic solvents; inhibitors, metal deactivators, friction
base oils; water treatment chemicals; modifiers, anti-foams, tackifiers); fatty
R.E. CARROLL inorganics; polymers; vitamins acids; fatty alcohols; surfactants; viscosity
237 2020 SALES: $25.8M index improvers, pour point depressants;
RADCHEM PRODUCTS amines; solid lubricants; wetting agents;
Ewing, New Jersey, US 239 2020 SALES: $25.7M food ingredients, bio-additives and bases;
www:recarroll.com antifreezes packages
President: Robert E Carroll III Orland Park, Illinois, US Services: R&D; storage; logistics; repack-
Products: Calcium carbonate; clays; blow- www.radcheminc.com aging; analysis; technical training
ing agents; alumina trihydrate; zinc oxides; President: William M Radostits Trading sales: 5%
plasticizers; foaming agents; sulfate; petro- Products: Chemicals and solvents; alco-
leum products (aromatic oils, naphthenic hols; aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons; MONARCH CHEMICALS
oils); magnesium oxide; stearates; soybean glycol ethers; process and base oils; reuse 241 2020 SALES: $25.3M (£18.5M)
oils; lubricants; ASTM reference oils solvents; resins and ketones
Services: Repackaging; storage; capacity Services: Transport via railcar, tanker, Sittingbourne, Kent, UK
to efficiently repackage 6,000-12,000 drums, totes; blending www.monarchchemicals.co.uk
gal per week at several locations for Assets: Dedicated owned compartment trail- Managing director: Jon Hill
aromatic, naphthenic, paraffinic base and ers; dedicated equipment for specific products Products: Acetic acid; antifoams; caustic
process oils soda; citric acid; formic acid; feed additives;
Assets: Corporate offices; 3 warehouse LUMAR QUIMICA formates; glycerine; glycols; grain preserva-
facilities; distribution equipment; company 240 2020 SALES: $25.7M (€21M) tion chemicals; hydrochloric acid; nitric
cars acid; propionic acid; sodium hypochlorite;

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sodium sulphide Trading sales: 10% mx / www.tauchemicals.com


Services: Warehousing; liquid and powder President and chairman of the board: Fer-
blending; toll manufacturing; packed and KEMAT nando J Zavala
bulk UK distribution; inventory manage- 245 2020 SALES: $24.3M (€19.9M) Products: Acetic acid; caustic soda liquid
ment; supplier reduction; JIT delivery; glob- and flakes; soda ash; sodium bicarbonate;
al sourcing Brussels, Belgium calcium chloride; sodium hypochlorite; HCL;
Assets: 2 UK distribution locations with bulk www.kematbelgium.com glycerine; LESS; nonylphenol; sulphuric acid;
and packed storage, warehousing, dilutions, Managing director: Simon Mason hydrogen peroxide; sodium sulphate; sodi-
powder blending, liquid blending, offices; 4 Products: polybutenes; poly alpha olefins um metabisulfite
purpose built trucks (PAO); lubricant auxiliaries; natural oils; rub- Services: Storage; drumming; blending;
Trading sales: 18% ber auxiliaries; natural & synthetic rubber; transportation of hazardous products
titanium dioxide; carbon black; fuel addi- Assets: Warehouse and tank stations in Mexi-
MY-CHEM tives; keropur co City, Puebla, Merida and Cancun; 40 trucks
242 2020 SALES: $25.1M (€20.5M) Services: Blending; bulk storage; drumming; fleet for deliveries
outsourcing; packing; repacking; sourcing; Trading sales: 13%
Buchholz, Germany transport fleet; warehousing
www.my-chem.de Assets: 100x ISO containers; warehouses SEACOLE
CEO: Ralf Meinecke with drumming; blending and repacking ca- 249 2020 SALES: $23M
Products: Phthalic anhydride; maleic pability; 5 offices globally; internal laboratory
anhydride; trimelitic anhydride; styrene; Trading sales: 11% Plymouth, Minnesota, US
terephthalic acid; isophthalic acid; mono- www.seacole.com
pentaerythritol; di-pentaerythritol; para- ASSUNCAO DISTRIBUIDORA President and CEO: Gregg Elliott
formaldehyde; tall oil products; heat trans- 246 2020 SALES: $24.0M Products: Electronic processing chemicals
fer fluids; sanitizers (printed and integrated circuit); surface finish-
Services: Trading Alhandra, Brazil ing/plating chemicals; industrial cleaning de-
Trading sales: 60% www.assuncaodistribuidora.com.br tergents; odor control chemicals; transporta-
General manager: Mauricio Assuncao tion cleaning and maintenance chemicals;
RISHICHEM DISTRIBUTORS Products: TD; polyether polyol; hydrogen per- laboratory reagents; fine chemical ingredients
243 2020 SALES: $24.7M (RS1.8BN) oxide; caustic soda flakes; sodium metabisul- Services: Custom and contract blending
phite; titanium dioxide; soda ash light; methyl- and packaging (dry and liquid); private label
Mumbai, India ene chloride; potassium permanganate; blending and packaging; logistics
www.rishichem.com sulphonic acid (LABSA 90%); calcium hy- Assets: 100,000 square foot warehouse;
Director: Arvind Kapoor pochlorite 70% granulated; phosphoric acid; manufacturing/headquarters in Plymouth,
Products: Acrylic-based flow modifiers, sodium nitrite; potassium hydroxide; sodium Minnesota; trucks
matting agents & degassing agents; actives lauryl ether sulphate
for personal care; anionic, nonionic and am- WHITCHEM
photeric surfactants; aromatic polyisocy- S. KUSHALCHAND 250 2020 SALES: $21.3M (£15.6M)
anates; alkali water soluble resins; hydrocar- 247 INTERNATIONAL
bon resins; natural oils & extracts; fluoro 2020 SALES: $23.8M Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, UK
surfactants; high boiling alcohols; MDI & Mumbai, India www.whitchem.co.uk
polyols; microcrystalline waxes, bees wax & www.skushalchand.com Managing director: Charles Hawley
specialty blends; n-butyl chloride; specialty Managing director: Sunil Hirani Products: High quality resins/polymers; in-
polyester resins; poly mercaptan fast cure Products: Ingredients for F&F industry; per- organic pigments; additives; mineral fillers/
epoxy hardeners; rheological modifiers; ros- sonal care; home care; functional ingredients filter aids; textile processing/finishing/coat-
ins & rosin esters; silanes; silicone based ad- – skin & hair care; pharma intermediates; fra- ing products; raw materials for use in adhe-
ditives, resins & intermediates; siliconates; grances; solvents; paints & coatings; polyam- sives, sealants, construction building materi-
silicone pressure sensitive adhesives, release ide intermediates; essential oils als, coatings, inks, plastics, rubbers; liquid/
agents & surfactants Services: Import, distribution and export of solid separation, agricultural formulations,
Services: Technical applications laboratory; a wide range of flavours and fragrance ingre- feeds, horticulture, metallurgy, engineering
blending; packaging; labelling; warehousing dient; research and development; sales & materials and refractories
and inventory management marketing Services: Local storage and supply of chem-
Assets: Company premises Assets: 75,000 square feet manufacturing icals and minerals for customers across the
and warehousing facilities in Tarapur & Bhi- UK and Ireland; industrially trained person-
STERA CHEMICALS wandi in India and Grasse in France; corpo- nel; specialist technical support; project de-
244 2020 SALES: $24.5M (€20M) rate office in Mumbai; R&D facilities and ap- velopment; formulation advice; reliable sup-
plication laboratory; formulation laboratory ply base – 96% of deliveries in 2020 received
Jilava, Bucharest, Romania backed by a sales and marketing team in on time in full
www.sterachemicals.ro France Assets: Sales office and warehouse located
CEO: Alecsandru Rasidescu in the heart of the UK
Products: Solvents; glycols; resins; sur- TZ GROUP (TZ, TAU, TREZA)
factants; pigments; additives; masterbatch- 248 2020 SALES: $23.4M MAS ALBION
es; inorganics 251 2020 SALES: $20.9M (RB1.55BN)
Services: Blending; drumming; consulting Mexico City, Mexico
Assets: Warehouses; trucks; offices www.tzgroupusa.com / www.treza.com. Moscow/Irkutsk, Russia

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www.albionchem.ru
Director: Irina Buldygina
Products: Melamine; xanthan gum; silanes;
manganese metal; magnesium sulphate; pol-
yanionic cellulose; sodium dichloroisocyanu-
rate; titanium dioxide; fatty acids; HEDP/
ATMP; thiourea; hexamethylenediamine; tri-
acetin; propylene carbonate; ammonium
polyphosphate
Services: Trading; storage & logistics
Assets: Owned sales office in Moscow; two
rented sales offices and six rented warehouses
in Russia

PROQUIP
252 2020 SALES: $20.8M (€17M)

Vilanova del Cami, Spain


www.proquipsa.com
Manager: Marta Pijuan
Products: Caustic soda; sulphuric acid;
leather specialities; industrial water treat-
ment; acetic acid; phosphoric acid; inorgan-

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Services: Custom made products; research,
innovation in new products; support in pro-
cess performance increase; support to reduce ins; functional fillers; matting agents; molec- PRIME SURFACTANTS
environmental impact; specialists in import ular sieves; nanotechnology additives; pig- 257 2020 SALES: $19.1M (£14M)
and exports ments; polyols; probiotics; PU dispersions;
Assets: 44 well-trained staff; 22,000 square reactive diluents Leeds, UK
metres of warehouse space; 12 trucks; ho- Services: Technical assessment; technical www.primesurfactants.com
mologations to deal with 1,000 chemical visits with our principals; free customer train- Director: Nichole Hay
products ing; free samples shipment Products: Alcohol ethoxylates; anionics;
Trading sales: 8% Assets: Local warehouse; headquarters amine ethoxylates; biocides and preserva-
tives; blends and mixtures; cationics; chelat-
KADION ESPECIALIDADES THE WHITE SEA & BALTIC CO ing agents; fatty acids and alcohols; palm free;
253 QUIMICAS 255 2020 SALES: $19.6M (£14.4M) RSPO; silicones
2020 SALES: $20.4M (€16.7M)
Barcelona, Spain Horsforth, UK BIACHEM
www.kadion.com www.whitesea.co.uk 258 2020 SALES: $19M
CEO: Joaquim Guilera Sarda Managing director: Alan Carradice
Products: Specialty chemicals; additives; hy- Products: Surfactants – nonionics, anionics, London, UK
perdispersants; surface and rheology modifi- cationics, hydrotopes and green surfactants; www.biachem.com
ers; organic and inorganic pigments; alumini- fatty acids; oleochemicals; UV absorbers; Managing director: Bob Beaumont
um and bronze metallic pigments; pearl pine tar; biocides and preservatives; person- Products: Caustic soda; surfactants; sodium
pigments; solvent soluble dyes; defoamers al care ingredients; lactates; phenol blends percarbonate; sodium chloride; magnesium
and air release agents; UV stabilizers; HALS; and crystals chloride; chlorine powder; chelates; sulpham-
antioxidants; photoinitiators; nitrocellulose Services: Storage; blending; sourcing ic acid; sodium sulphate; phosphates
resin; epoxy resin; vinyls; aldehydes; acrylics Assets: Head office Services: Storage; blending; repackaging; di-
and polyurethane resins Trading sales: 20% lution
Services: Technical sales and marketing; sup- Assets: All warehousing and transport sub-
ply chain management; import and export; SULATLANTICA IMPORTADORA contracted; offices in London and Ireland
warehousing; customer and regulatory services 256 E EXPORTADORA Trading sales: 5%
Assets: Sales office and warehouses 2020 SALES: $19.5M
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil SCHIBLEY SOLVENTS AND
COMINDEX www.sulatlantica.com.br 259 CHEMICALS
254 2020 SALES: $19.6M (€16M) Director: Leonardo Roisman 2020 SALES: $19M
Products: Ammonium chloride; BHT; borax; Elyria, Ohio, US
Barcelona, Spain caustic potash; caustic soda; DEA; DEG; EDTA; www.schibley.com
www.comindex.es MEA; MEG; potassium carbonate; sodium ni- President: Reed Schibley
General Manager: Ana-Cristina Arp trate; sodium nitrite; sulphites; TEG Products: Organic peroxides; surfactants;
Products: Additives; acrylic dispersions; Services: Import; export; packaging; trans- chelates; fatty acids; fiberglass reinforcements;
alkyd emulsions; castor and linseed oil and portation; logistics; blending unsaturated polyester resins; stearates; release
derivatives; corrosion inhibitors; epoxy res- Assets: 4 warehouses; 20 tanks; 1 office building agents; polyester processing equipment and

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accessories; solvents and fillers Products: Glycols; methanol; ethanolamines; San Juan, Puerto Rico
Services: Trucking; warehousing; technical coolants; lubricants; antifreeze; heat transfer www.unichemtech.com
services fluids; production chemicals; wireline lubes; President: Carlos M. Acevedo
Assets: 4 warehouses; trucking fleet; multi- specialty frac and completion fluids Products: Chemical & plastic resin - raw
ple distribution partners Services: Blending; storage; laboratory ser- materials
vices; chemical treatment programmes Trading sales: 9%
CFI WORLD Assets: 6 company operated facilities; metha-
260 2020 SALES: $17.8M nol terminal; 120,000 sq ft of warehouse space; KLAUS F. MEYER
550,000 gallons of bulk storage; laboratory fa- 264 2020 SALES: $17.6M (€14.4M)
Robakowo, Poland cility; 22 delivery trucks; 4 service trucks
www.cfiworld.pl Fussgoenheim, Germany
CEO: Klaudiusz Dominiak STORT CHEMICALS www.klausfmeyer.de
Products: Cellulose ethers; tartaric acid; 262 2020 SALES: $17.8M (£13M) Managing Director: Martina Magnie/Frank
SBS and NBR; RDP; EPDM; chloroprene; tita- Meyer
nium dioxide; self-leveling additives; hydro- Bishops Stortford, UK Products: Hydroxylamine sulfate; hydroxy-
phobic impregnates; www.stortchemicals.co.uk lamine hydrochloride; triflic acid; MEKO; ni-
Services: R&D; formulations; logistics; blend- Executive chairman: Kendrick Gilkes tromethane; isocyanuric acid; BHT; p-tolue-
ing; trading; sourcing of specialties; storage Products: Resins; pigments and additives for nesulfonic acid; n-isopropylhydroylamine;
Assets: R&D center and headquarters (office coatings (paints, inks and adhesives); colour- anthranilic acid; agrochemicals; pharma-
and warehouse) ants for paints and thermosets; fluoro-sur- chemicals; specialty chemicals; catalysts
Trading sales: 5% factants; synthetic & natural raw materials for Services: Door-to-door-service; refilling of
flavours and fragrances triflic acid; handling of dangerous goods;
GULF COAST CHEMICAL Services: Technical sales; sampling; storage stockholding; isotanks
261 2020 SALES: $17.8M and distribution
ROYALE GROUP
Abbeville, Louisiana, US UNIQUE CHEMICAL 265 2020 SALES: $17M
www.gulfcoastchemical.com 263 TECHNOLOGIES
Managing member: Jim Fusilier 2020 SALES: $17.7M Bear, Delaware, US

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www.royalepigments-chem.com
www.awsmsolutions.com
CEO: John Logue
Products: Alkali; fluoroborates; fluorides;
metal fluoroborates; nitrates/nitrites; bo-
rates; ACS grades; speciality organics and
inorganics
Services: Manufacturing; supply chain
management; consulting; contract manu-
facturing & formulating; liquids; blending;
break bulk; wet & dry
Assets: Owned manufacturing facility; 5
warehouse locations

SAIPER CHEMICALS
266 2020 SALES: $16.0M

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India


www.saiper.com
Director: IBV Raghavan
Products: Additives (amine neutralizer,
adipates, propionates, saturated block
polyethers); amines (ethanolamines, ethyl-
eneamines, isopropanolamines); C4 deriva-
tives (BDO, NMP, THF, MPDiol, TBAC);
coalescing aids (texanol, OE 300, TXIB,
Coasol; Coasol 290 Plus); glycol ethers (e-
series & p-series); propylene glycols; pine
based derivatives: tall oil rosin; tofa; DTO;
rosin esters and rosin ester emulsions;
surfactants: Dowfax series; Tergitol series;
Triton series; specialties: 1-2 diaminocy-
clohexane, 2-ethylhexyl acetate, 2-ethylhex-
ylglycerin, caprylyl glycol, dimethyl succi-
nate, di-n-butyl ether, isoamyl alcohol,
vinyl-2-ethylhexanoat
Services: Amongst the few indian chemical
distributors registered with the FSSAI (for
supply of chemicals to the F&B industries)
and FDA (for supply of chemicals & interme-
diates to the pharmaceutical industry); cus-
tom blending & repackaging; formulation
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blending/formulation unit
Trading sales: 2%
RUSPLAST Cincinnati, Ohio, US
BLOOMCHEMAG 268 2020 SALES: $15.9M (RB1.17BN) smacollaboratives.com
267 2020 SALES: $15.9M (€13M) President and CEO: Saad Ashoor
Moscow, Russia Products: Anti-ageing actives; vitamins; bio-
Mol, Belgium www.rusplast.com technologies; fermented actives; preserva-
www.bloomchemag.com Director: Syukrin Aleksey tives; aroma chemicals; arrowroot powder;
CEO: Rajesh Sethi Products: Plastics; polymers; rubbers; pentylene glycol; natural ingredients; formu-
Products: Ethyl acetate; PMA; butyl acrylate; resins; thermoplastic elastomers (TPE, lations support
MEK; benzyl alcohol; IPA; methylene chlo- TPV); bioplastics; masterbatches & addi- Services: Supply of active ingredients; formu-
ride; ferric chloride; hydrochloric acid; acetic tives; silicones; recycled polymers; purg- lation support; blending
anhydride; methylene chloride; TDI; calcium ing compounds Assets: 2 warehouses; 3 facilities in 3 states;
hypochlorite; methoxy propanol; caustic Services: Technical support (before, after application lab; national sales team
soda; sorbitol 70% sale); choice of polymers; processing; Trading sales: 50%
Services: Global trading; imports into Ant- troubleshooting
werp; distribution in Europe POLYHIMKOMPLEKT-M
Assets: 3,000 square feet office space in SMA COLLABORATIVES 270 2020 SALES: $15M
Noida, India 269 2020 SALES: $15.5M
Trading sales: 35% Moscow, Russia

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http://phkomp-m.ru CUSTOM CHEMICAL SERVICES Services: Agencies; trading
Owner and managing director: Stanislav 272 2020 SALES: $13.4M Assets: 1 office; 2 warehouses; 2 trucks
Zhilich Trading sales: 65%
Products: Binders; latexes; dispersions; res- Hitchcock, Texas, US
ins; fillers; pigments; coalescents; rheological www.cchemicals.com CHEMCEED
additives; biocides; antifoams; dispersants; President: Margaret Roff 274 2020 SALES: $12.3M
thickeners; PVC; functional additives for plas- Products: Aliphatic and aromatic solvents;
tics; textile additives; unsaturated PE resins amines; hydrocarbons; alcohols; glycols; gly- Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, US
Services: Warehousing; logistics; transpor- col ethers; acetates; ketones; acids; sur- www.chemceed.com
tation; customs clearance; marketing; factants; solvent blends President: Marimel Enderes
advertising Services: Toll blending and packaging; con- Products: Plasticizers; corrosion inhibitors;
Assets: 7 outsourced warehouses; 2 trucks; tainerization; warehouse storage; import/ex- additives; solvents; fatty acids; alcohols;
microbiological lab port services; transloading; dilutions specialty chemicals; industrial chemicals;
Assets: Warehouses; bulk storage food additives
CB CHEMIE tanks; blending and packaging equipment; Services: Blending; packaging; labelling; stor-
271 2020 SALES: $14.2M (€11.6M) laboratory age; consignment; JIT delivery
Assets: 4 warehouses
Baumgarten, Austria AUDICHE TRADING COMPANY Trading sales: 10%
www.cbchemie.at 273 2020 SALES: $12.8M
CEO: Dr Christian Braunshier CLASSIC DISTRIBUTING
Products: Thickeners; binders; pigments and Alexandria, Egypt 275 COMPANY
preparations; metal soaps; multifunctional ad- www.facebook.com/Audiche- 2020 SALES: $12M
ditives; speciality phosphates; SBS copoly- Trading-Co-411445818957021 Pacoima, California, US
mers; cellulose ethers President: Alain Audiche www.classicdistrib.com
Services: Development of solutions; techni- Products: Titanium dioxide; polyvinyl alcohol; President: Larry Helscher
cal support; product research; vendor man- micaceous iron oxide; glass flakes; hydrocar- Products: Personal care; industrial cleaners;
agement; storage; repackaging bon resin; methyl ethyl ketoxime; compound preservatives; esters; surfactants; specialty
Assets: Warehouse; quality lab and R&D cen- ferro titanium; zinc phosphates; iron oxides; chemicals
tre; refilling station Denka CSA (calcium sulpho aluminate) Services: Liquid blending; warehousing;

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product development; technical sales monobutyltin oxide (MBTO); monopropylene Services: Blending and packaging
Assets: Owned facility, truck fleet glycol (MPG); polyethylene wax (PE wax); p- Assets: Warehouse, 1 truck and 1 pick-up
Trading sales: 5% tert butyl phenol (PTBP); tartaric acid; tri-
methylolpropane (TMP); zinc oxide (gold, CHEMCOM
AMERICAN CHEMIE green and active) 283 2020 SALES: $7.8M (€6.4M)
276 2020 SALES: $11.6M Services: Trading; sourcing of specialties;
storage; blending and repackaging; full ser- Zapresic, Croatia
Austin, Texas, US vice from sourcing to DDP delivery; handling www.chemcom.hr
www.americanchemie.com of emergencies. CEO: Filip Rosandic
President and CEO: Paula Kamdar Trading sales: 70% Products: Lubricant additives; food com-
Products: Chemicals; ingredients and addi- modities; food additives; pharmaceutical ad-
tives for sunscreens; personal care; HI&I QUIMICA MER ditives; coating and construction additives;
chemicals; food ingredients; health and nu- 280 2020 SALES: $9.1M (€7.4M) general industry raw materials
trition ingredients; animal nutrition ingredi- Services: Sales and technical support
ents; paints; inks; catalysts; lube oil; greases; Toledo, Spain Trading sales: 50%
metal working; PVC lubricants; flame retard- www.quimicamer.es
ants; synthesis CEO: Javier Huerta Gonzalez RISHICHEM MIDEAST
Services: Logistics; importation; hazmat Products: Solvents & thinners & green sol- 284 2020 SALES: $7.6M
chemicals in iso-tanks; just-in-time delivery; vents; paints & coatings raw materials; adhe-
hazmat certified; outsourcing; tolling; private sives & sealants raw materials; aroma/per- Dubai, UAE
labelling fumes & cosmetic raw materials; softeners & www.rishichem.ae
Assets: Large inventory of chemicals in 6 detergents; emulsions and copolymers; anti- Director: Arvind Kapoor
warehouses across the US freeze formulated products; epoxy resins; Products: Silicone polymer; synthetic rub-
pharmaceutical ingredients; cosmetics & ber; styrene block co-polymer; glycerine;
A-GAS ELECTRONIC agro chemicals raw materials; organic & inor- silicone fluid; carbon black; epoxy resin; ce-
277 MATERIALS ganic chemicals; aeronautic & automotive tramonium chloride; sodium benzoate; cal-
2020 SALES: $10.1M (£7.4M) raw materials; water treatment chemicals; ink cium stearate
Rugby, Warwickshire, UK & printing chemicals; food ingredients Services: Storage; warehousing; technical
www.agasem.com Services: Bulk storage; blending & formula- support
Managing director: Jonathan Sellars tions; packaging & bulk deliveries; logistics & Assets: 1 rented office and 1 owned office in
Products: Semiconductor and microelec- outsourcing; lab analytical services to third Dubai; 2 third party rented warehouses in
tronics materials; PCB; general metal finish- parties; e-invoicing Dubai
ing chemicals; photovoltaics; flexible elec- Assets: 1 warehouse (bulk & packaged stor-
tronics; sensors; microfluidics; lab on chip; age); bulk tank cars, packed trucks NIMAC
ancillaries, MEMS 285 2020 SALES: $6.5M
Services: Warehousing; cold and frozen stor- ABBEY CHEMICALS
age; laboratory analysis; R&D projects; techni- 281 2020 SALES: $8.2M (£6M) Birmingham, UK
cal support; logistics; export www.nimacltd.co.uk
Assets: 20,000 square foot warehouse Great Yarmouth, UK Manager director and CEO: Nigel McDonald
Trading sales: 100% www.abbeychemicals.co.uk Products: Lubricant additives; rust protec-
Director: Tyson Bonham tives; antioxidants; specialty oleochemicals;
AN LOC PHAT INTERNATIONAL Products: Monoethylene glycol; monopro- specialty petrochemicals and packages
278 2020 SALES: $10M pylene glycol; butyl diglycol; monoethanola- Services: Industry specific personnel; spe-
mine; acetic acid; ferric chloride; caustic cialist technical support
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam soda liquor and pearl; copper sulphate; mag- Assets: Warehouses in the UK and Germany
www.anlocphat.com.vn nesium sulphate; potassium nitrate; calcium
CEO: Harry Nguyen nitrate; boric acid; zinc sulphate; manganese PETRICO
Products: Synthetic rubber; plastics; sulphate; phosphates 286 2020 SALES: $5.9M (£4.3M)
chemicals Services: Storage
Services: Imports; reselling Assets: 3 warehouses; 6 trucks; 7 trailers; 5 Sandbach, UK
Assets: Warehouse and office ADR drivers; offshore marine base facility; 12 www.petrico.com
Trading sales: 25% offshore tanks Managing director: Andrew Lamb
Trading sales: 20% Products: Lubricant additives, components
TECNOSINTESI and packages
279 2020 SALES: $9.8M (€8M) CLARIQUIMICA Services: Procurement; consolidation
282 2020 SALES: $7.9M
Bergamo, Italy DAKRAM MATERIALS
www.tecnosintesi.com Sao Paulo, Brazil 287 2020 SALES: $3.1M (£2.3M)
Sales & marketing manager: Michele Angius www.clariquimica.com
Products: Adipic acid (AA); ammonium CEO: Valne Lucas Vieira Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, UK
polyphosphate (APP); acetyl tributyl citrate Products: Pigments and additives; pigment www.dakram.com
(ATBC); butanediol (BDO); cyclohexane- dispersions; paper and textile chemicals; iron Managing director: Kate Mingay
dimethanol (CHDM); diallyl phthalate (DAP); oxide; dyes for paper and textiles; caustic Products: Potassium bicarbonate; manga-
hexanediol (HDO); isophthalic acid (PIA); soda; carbon black nese sulphate; sodium molybdate; trace el-

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ements; vitamins; chelates; cobalt prod- Founder, managing director: Marcelo Vadodara, India
ucts; animal feed products; sulphur; copper Montoro www.coreflowchemi.com
products Products: Specialty chemicals for mortars; Director Burhan Bazi
coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers Products: CASE segment - ethyl acetate, tita-
CHEMEX (CASE); resins; cellulose ethers; additives; nium dioxide, ligno sulfonates, RDPP, MHEC,
288 2020 SALES: $3M minerals; pigments PVA; CARE segment - SLES, SLS needles, AOS
Services: Storage; custom blending and Services: warehousing, solid mixing, repack-
San Juan, Puerto Rico repackaging; formulation; drumming; train- aging, distribution
CEO: Eduardo Perez ing; project development Assets: 2 warehouses; 1 office
Products: Solvents Assets: Headquarters; 2 warehouses
UAB RIM LOGISTIKA
ENVIROTECH EUROPE KETSIN DE COSTA RICA 293 2020 SALES: $1.1M (€0.9M)
289 2020 SALES: $1.6M (£1.2M) 291 2020 SALES: $1.6M
Vilnius, Lithuania
London, UK Costa Rica www.rimlogistika.lt
www.envirotech-europe.com www.ketsincr.com CEO: Redzinaldas Mickus
Owner: Larry Clark CEO: Cesar Marin Products: Brake fluids; superabsorbent poly-
Products: Ensolv CC-A; Prosolv; Prosolv Products: Polymers; masterbaches; adhesives; mers; acrylates; carbamide; potassium prod-
5408e; SuperCorr A; Aquus CL-One; solvents. food additives; titanium dioxide; emul- ucts; sodium bicarbonate; PEG400; PEG4000
vapour degreasing chemicals; solvent sions; acrylic resins; sanitizers; specialties; per- Services: Storage and warehousing; blending;
cleaning chemicals; corrosion protection sonal care & house hold new product formulation; just-in-time logistics;
chemicals Services: Storage & packaging fiscal agency; representation; sampling
Services: Manufacturing Assets: Two warehouses (Costa Rica & Guate- Trading sales: 85%
mala); transportation fleet
CRISMACHEM Trading Sales: 1%
290 2020 SALES: $1.6M (€1.3M) Note: Local currency sales converted
COREFLOW CHEMI to US dollars based on 31 December
Madrid, Spain 292 2020 SALES: $1.2M (INR 90.07M) 2020 exchange rates
www.crismachem.com

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