Connect Chemicals
| Connect Chemicals Group | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1998 |
| Seat | Ratingen , Germany |
| management | Dirk Otmar, Başar Karaca, Qiping Hou (managing partner) |
| Number of employees | 310 |
| sales | 120 million USD (Connect Chemicals Group 2014) |
| Branch | chemistry |
| Website | www.connectchemicals.com |
Connect Chemicals GmbH is a global manufacturer and distributor of specialty chemicals based in Ratingen , Germany. In addition to in-house production, procurement and sales of specialty chemicals, custom manufacturing is a core competence.
history
Connect Chemicals GmbH was founded in 1998 by Dirk Otmar, Başar Karaca and Qiping Hou in Ratingen. In addition to the traditional business of a trading company, the company has developed into a full-service provider in the field of specialty chemicals. Under the umbrella of Connect Chemicals Holding, joint ventures and own offices at different locations ensure local service in the areas of production, sales and procurement of specialty chemicals.
With the strategy of constant expansion and growth, Connect Chemicals Tianjin Co Ltd. founded in Tianjin, China in 1999, followed by Connect Chemicals UK Ltd., in Cheshire, UK.
In January 2000, in addition to the Tianjin location, another location was added in China - Connect Chemicals Wuxi Co. Ltd in Jiangsu, China. Both locations coordinate the activities within the Chinese market.
With the expansion of sales and branding activities, Connect Chemicals Italy was founded in 2000 and Connect Chemicals France in 2003.
The American market was opened up with the establishment of Connect Chemicals LLC in Atlanta, Georgia.
In 2001 further Chinese productions followed: Jianyin Connect Chemicals Co. Ltd, Jingjiang Connect Chemical Co. Ltd and Connect Rugao Chemicals Co. Ltd.
As a result of developments in the thermal paper industry, Connect Wilson (Penglai) Chemicals, Shandong, China, became part of the corporate structure in 2004.
In 2008 Connect Chemicals took over an earlier Agfa plant in Vaihingen an der Enz. This location was to be expanded as a production facility. As a result of an incident, the Vaihingen plant, which operates independently as Connect Chemicals Production & Services GmbH , filed for bankruptcy in 2015 and the site was closed in the same year. According to the Central Reporting and Evaluation Office for Incidents and Disruptions, the cause of the incident was still unclear even six months after the incident.
Another location development in India with the establishment of the Connect Chemicals India Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, in 2009, made it possible to further expand international business.
Connect Chemicals Benelux BV was founded at the Dordrecht site in Holland in 2014 to expand the European sales network .
There are also partners from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Brazil, South Africa and logistics platforms in Rotterdam (NL), Ellesmere Port UK, Bareggio (IT), Marseille (F), Chicago / IL (USA) and Pasadena / TX (USA) to the company.
Locations
Connect Chemicals will operate three production sites in China in 2020 . The company also has branches in Germany, the Netherlands , France , Italy , England , India , China and the USA .
Products
Connect Chemicals sells around 300 products, some of which are manufactured in-house, which are used in the following areas:
- Water chemistry
- Flame retardant
- Preservation
- Additives
- Paper coating
- Dispersants
Business areas
- Cosmetics & body care
- Washing & cleaning industry
- Metal industry
- Paints & varnishes
- paper
- Plastics
- Water treatment
Individual evidence
- ↑ Connect Chemicals restructures subsidiary in the USA Chemanager
- ↑ Connect Chemicals GmbH: Welcome to Connect Chemicals - Connect Chemicals GmbH. In: www.connectchemicals.com. Retrieved October 28, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Connect Chemicals restructures subsidiary in the USA. Interview with the managing partners Dirk Otmar and Basar Karaca. CHEManager, June 17, 2014, accessed November 25, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Agfa factory sold again. Vaihinger Kreiszeitung, February 7, 2008, accessed November 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Michaela Glemser: New construction of the Waldorf Association still possible. Bietigheimer Zeitung, November 25, 2015, accessed on November 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Markus Klohr: Insolvency clears the way for a new Waldorf building. Stuttgarter Nachrichten, November 6, 2015, accessed on November 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Wolfgang Ernhofer, Tobias Hüser: chemical accidents - desirable More education. PROCESS , May 22, 2015, accessed November 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Production. In: connectchemicals.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Global Organization. In: connectchemicals.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020 .