CHEManager International 2/2021
Mergers & Acquisitions Are an Integral Strategic Component. How to Build or Maintain Critical Mass in the Chemical Distribution Industry
In the drive to reach growth objectives, or to maintain and enhance “critical mass”, mergers & acquisitions (M&A) has been a theme for the chemical distribution industry for years. The industry leaders (by size and geographic reach) were all built through a series of such transactions. The practice is further trickling down to the smaller and ...
CHEManager International 2/2020 | 17 June - 14 July
Circular Economy. Exciting Opportunities for the Chemical Industry
The chemical industry is on the threshold of a new era — the age of circularity, where products are based on closed-loop value chains and made from renewable or recycled raw materials. The technical, political and social conditions for progressing on this path are encouraging. However, this development is not a sure-fire success. Whether it will be successful depends on the attitude with which the key players along the value ...
ICIS Chemical Business | 22 - 28 May 2020
Harke grows despite crisis. Company sees full-year 2020 expansion driven by home and personal care, pharmaceuticals and food
German distributor Harke expects to grow its business this year, despite the impact of the coronavirus on its markets. The company’s home and personal care business, which includes products in high demand such as isopropanol (IPA), helped drive a 25% hike in first half gross profit compared with last year, according to the company’s president ...
SOFW Journal, 7+8/19 | Volume 145 | August 06, 2019
Skin and Environmentally Safe and Universally Useable Disinfectant for all Surfaces with Green Technology
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has defined under the Biocides Regulation (BPR) in Annex I a category of not hazardous biocides to health and environment for a simplified approval procedure consisting of a list of 18 substances, among others, organic acids and essential oils. These for the UniBlue® Universal Disinfection used organic acids are safe to the skin and environment and do not require any warning signs. For the ..
CHEManager International | Distribution & Logistics, 2/2019
E-Commerce Platforms in the Chemical Industry – How to Deal with a Possible Disruption Caused by Digital Innovation
Digitalization is a very important topic not only in the chemical industry as a whole, but also in chemical distribution. As Wolfgang Falter states in his article on page 4: Customers increasingly search online and initiate digital contacts via websites, social networks, search engines and commercial platforms. Those distributors that they do not find online ...
CHEManager International | Distribution & Logistics, Volume 1, April 2018
Successful Partnerships – Chemical Distributors Provide Insight into their Relationship-building Strategies
The European Association of Chemical Distributors (FECC) picked the tagline “Shaping successful partnerships for the new market demands” as the theme for this year’s annual congress in Nice, France, June 4 – 6, 2018. Delegates will approach and discuss this theme from different angles of view. CHEManager asked corporate executives and industry experts to share their views and strategies with our readers including ...
Pharmind, Ind. 79, Nr. 11, 1556–1559 (2017)
Modifying Mini-Tablet Dissolution with Cellulose Ethers
Mini-tablets provide a cost efficient solution for heterogenous patient groups, such as geriatric and pediatric patients, and patients with swallowing impairment. They benefit from the dose flexibility and the high patient compliance mini-tablets provide. Tailor-made fixed-dose combination products become available by dosing mini-tablets of different functionalities into a capsule. Cellulose ethers, being well-established in ...
CHEManager International | Distribution & Logistics, Volume 1, April 2017
Chemical Distribution 4.0 – Digitalization of the Chemical Supply Chain is both a Challenge and a Possibility
The digitalization of the chemical distribution industry seems to be a big step for a sector which is both mature and conservative. But, as Neville Prior, president of the European Association of Chemical Distributors (FECC) writes in his feature on page 14: “the chemical distribution market is ready for this digital age and [the sector] is increasingly looking to digital technologies as a way to better access customers.” ...
CHEManager International | Distribution & Logistics, Volume 1, June 2016
Innovation Matters – Distributors Define their Role as Innovator in the Global Chemical Value Chain
Globalization and digitalization and the increasing requirements of their customers and their principals pose a variety of challenges on chemical distributors. Constant innovation seems to be the only means to face these challenges. The European Association of Chemical Distributors, FECC, has chosen the theme “Inspiring Innovation in a Global Economy” for their Annual Congress 2016, to be held in Istanbul in early June. ...
EC European Coatings Show Daily 3 - 23 April 2015
Rallying for success - Harke and Kaneka show racing cars built by university students
Feel like a Formula One racer at the Harke Chemicals stand in hall 4. stand 4-353. Here, you can take a seat in the litis 14 racing car build by students from the HTWG Kontanz. It is part of an international competition in which over soo teams from universities from all over the world run against each other in cars they have contructed and assembled on their own.
FECC Newsletter - March/April 2015
Omni-Chem136, LLC Announces HARKE GROUP as New European Member
Omni-Chem136, LLC the world’s largest alliance of regional independent chemical distributors with 18 member companies, more than 145 facilities and $3.0 B of combined sales announces that HARKE GROUP of Germany, a leading chemical distributor and a wholly owned private company, has joined the alliance effective February 1, 2015.
FECC Newsletter - June/July 2014
Revolutionary new active ingredients – HARKE Chemicals and EGgroup enter into cooperation
The German HARKE Chemicals GmbH and the Spanish EGgroup will start a close cooperation in May 2014. The focus of the cooperation is on the distribution in Germany of new, revolutionary active ingredients that are obtained from the Spanish Olive. The completely new substances are characterized by a high content of actives; its effectiveness has been scientifically proven. The active substances of the series oliveactive, which ...
FECC Newsletter - June/July 2014
Fecc elects new members and officials to the Board of Directors
At the General Assembly Meeting of the European Association of Chemical Distributors (Fecc), THE voice of the European chemical distribution industry on 26 May, 2014 in Rome, Fecc members unanimously elected Chairman of the Cornelius Group Neville Prior, as its new president Dr. Prior succeeds Mr. Edgar E. Nordmann, Managing Partner of Nordmann Rassmann. At the same time Mr. François-Xavier Du Passage representing the French ...
CHEManager Distribution & Logistics - 1, Volume 2, May 2014
Growth Opportunities in Distribution
Growth is the dominant topic in this edition of “CHEManager Distribution & Logistics”. On the previous pages, our authors discussed the market situation, challenges and opportunities for the chemical distribution industry. Now it is time to ask the distributors themselves. Our expert Dr. Birgit Megges, editor Distribution, asked industry specialists and company spokespersons about their opinion.
FECC Newsletter - June 2013
HARKE Group took over Sepulchre Chemical Distribution
HARKE Group GmbH took over 100 % of the shares of Sepulchre Chemical Distribution S. A. As a distributor of chemical products in Belgium and the Benelux since 1932, Sepulchre is one of the oldest partners of the Central European Chemical Industry. It has been operating in Hungary, Poland, Romania and other countries in Eastern Europe since 1964. The company’s head office is located in Genval, Belgium.
FECC Newsletter - June 2013
Fecc Annual Congress Special Report - Distribution: driving innovation in the supply chain
Chemical distributors provide a variety of services to a wide range of industries. The very popular session on marketing and communications, showed how companies can use the new tools to reach their diverse clients. Using different communications channels will help distributors deliver new customer value. The key message from the panellist was for businesses to focus on their customers, if they don’t someone else will.
CHEManager: Insert Distribution & Logistics, May 2013
Statement on the subject: Legislations - Effects of REACH, CLP and GDP on the Chemical Distribution Business
Thorsten Harke, President HARKE Group: Whereas we do neither see a great positive nor negative effect of GDP for our business, the effects of CLP will already be more on the negative side. Besides for the additional efforts for relabeling of products and revising safety data sheets, this is also due to the partial upgrading of products ...
CHEManager Europe online: April 24th, 2013
Statement on the subject: Legislations - Effects of REACH, CLP and GDP on the Chemical Distribution Business
Thorsten Harke, President HARKE Group: Whereas we do neither see a great positive nor negative effect of GDP for our business, the effects of CLP will already be more on the negative side. Besides for the additional efforts for relabeling of products and revising safety data sheets, this is also due to the partial upgrading of products ...
FECC Newsletter - December 2012
HARKE Group presents its annual Christmas donation 5,000 euros for the Sahel
HARKE Group presents its annual Christmas donation to the people suffering from the drought in the Sahel. HARKE Group donates 5,000 euros to the Deutsche Welthungerhilfe for several projects in Sahel zone in Africa. By donating the Deutsche Welthungerhilfe provides the victims of this natural disaster with food and seed ..
FECC Newsletter - May 2012
Fecc welcomes two new company representatives to the Board
At the Company Members Meeting celebrated in the frame of the Fecc Annual Congress, two new company representatives to the Fecc Board where elected.
FECC Newsletter - March 2012
H3i 2012 in Birmingham: HARKE Chemicals reports positive results
Thorsten Pohl from HARKE Chemicals GmbH, Germany, takes stock of the participation of his business unit Clean & Personal Care at the H3i in Birmingham: "We are very content both with our presentation during the trade fair as also with the discussions and meetings we had at our booth", the senior product manager said. The fair H3i (Household, lndustrial and lnstitutional lngredients), which took place for the first time in ...
FECC Newsletter - September 2010
Harke Chemicals expands its sales activity for Rhodia and is going to be the new distribution partner for McIntyre surfactants
In addition to the existing product portfolio of Rhodia Novecare, Harke Chemicals GmbH is going to take over the distribution of McIntyre surfactants for the sales area Germany and Austria.
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Racer and DTM tickets at Harke Chemicals booth
In addition to a lottery, which is going to reward a lucky participant with tickets for stand and paddock at the DTM race at the Hockenheimring race course, Harke Chemicals will be exhibiting a genuine racer as headturner on their booth this.
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Harke Chemicals sponsors Bodensee Racing Team
The Bodensee Racing Team, or in short BRT, is sponsored amongst others by Harke Chemicals this year. It is one of the teams that takes part in this year’s Formula Student, a competition where students from all over the world compete against each other in self-constructed racing cars.
Newsletter FECC Jul 2009
Thorsten Harke elected into VCH Board of Directors
Thorsten Harke, owner of Harke Group, Vice President of the FECC Board and member of the FECC Executive Committee, has been elected into the Board of Directors of the German National Association Verband Chemiehandel (VCH).
Newsletter FECC Jul 2009
ICCTA
The International Council of Chemical Trade Associations met in the morning of the 22nd of June. Delegates came from the USA, China, Brazil, Mexico and all over Europe.