2024 cONFERENCE SPONSORS
Title Sponsor
Brenntag is the global market leader in chemicals and ingredients distribution. The company holds a central role in connecting customers and suppliers of the chemical industry. Headquartered in Essen, Germany, Brenntag has more than 17,500 employees worldwide and operates a network of about 600 sites in 72 countries. In 2022, Brenntag generated sales of around 19.4 billion EUR. The two global divisions, Brenntag Essentials and Brenntag Specialties, provide a full-line portfolio of industrial and specialty chemicals and ingredients as well as tailor-made application, marketing and supply chain solutions, technical and formulation support, comprehensive regulatory know-how, and digital solutions for a wide range of industries. In the field of sustainability, Brenntag pursues specific goals and is committed to sustainable solutions in its own sector and the industries served.
tier 2 Sponsors
Bakelite Synthetics is a leading global integrated producer of thermoset specialty resins, systems and engineered thermoset molding compounds serving a variety of segments and end markets around the world. Our products, which are primarily based on phenolic chemistry, are used to bind, bond and shape materials. Building on our 100-year legacy, we’re creating a better tomorrow with sustainable and innovative chemistry today.
Vinmar is a global marketing and distribution company that brings value to the world’s leading producers and users of plastics and chemicals through the supply of best in class products and tailored business solutions. With over 40 years of experience and success, Vinmar has grown into one of the world’s largest plastics and chemicals marketing and distribution companies. The company has over 50 offices in more than 35 countries with sales in excess of 110 countries.
As an employee-owned specialty chemical manufacturer and distributor, Harcros is driven by the following principle: working together, we can create a positive impact on and enrich the lives of our customers, and the community around us. From our regional offices across the country, to our state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities around the globe, our experienced technical staff is here to help you source the right solution or specialty chemical that will take your business to the next level.
Solugen is a groundbreaking technology company on a bold mission to decarbonize the physical world. At the heart of our innovation is the world’s first carbon-negative molecule factory—the Bioforge™. This unique manufacturing platform uses a chemienzematic process to convert plant-derived substances into essential materials that have historically been made from fossil fuels—all without emissions or waste. A highly scalable and localized alternative to conventional approaches, the Bioforge™ enables us to produce a range of high-performance, cost-competitive, and sustainable solutions to meet the diverse needs of our customers.
Jungbunzlauer is a world-leading producer of biodegradable ingredients of natural origin. We help our customers manufacture healthier, safer, tastier and more sustainable products. With continuous investments, state-of-the-art manufacturing processes and comprehensive quality management, we are able to assure outstanding product quality. Our vision "From nature to ingredients®" commits us to the protection of people and their environment.
tier 3 Sponsors
Bramhall & Co is a specialist executive search firm focused solely on the chemical & ingredients value chain. We’re proud to work in partnership with industry heavyweights, start-ups, family-owned businesses, and private equity houses across the globe.
ChemDesign provides custom chemical manufacturing services for companies in the specialty, agricultural, and fine chemical markets. The company is a part of SOCMA’s ChemStewards® Program and is ISO 9001:2015 certified. We fulfill our customers project outsourcing needs from pilot to full-scale chemical production.
Mission Chemical, a specialty chemical distributor, brings an enjoyable to work with and consultative approach to the chemical industry and our customers. We have tremendous value with our wholly-owned manufacturing assets and internal R&D team, along with our network of 150 manufacturing and trading partners around the world.
Valudor is a premier provider of top-tier chemical solutions, catering to a wide array of industries. Valudor's deep insight into global market conditions, compliance, and logistics coupled with our vast network of ocean freight, warehouses, and carriers at 15 key ports throughout North America gives our clients a distinct competitive advantage. We don't just deliver; we're bringing value to your door.
At Koppers, we are transforming global infrastructure the right way, together. Koppers is a vertically integrated provider of essential treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals, and carbon compounds, our products and services are primarily used for railroad crossties, utility poles and outdoor wooden structures.
Since 1887, H.B. Fuller has been a leading global adhesives provider focusing on perfecting adhesives and sealants to improve products and lives. H.B. Fuller’s commitment to innovation and sustainable adhesive solutions brings together people, products and processes that answer and solve some of the world's biggest challenges.
Established in 1925 as Palmer-Schuster Company, Palmer Holland is a North American specialty chemical and ingredient distributor of raw materials headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, with 50+ account managers and ingredient consultants stationed across the United States and Canada. This flexibility enables us to provide our customers and principals with the most effective and efficient solutions.
Barentz serves customers across multiple industries including Human & Animal Nutrition, Personal Care, CASE & Plastics, Household Care, Industrial & Institutional Cleaning, Pharmaceuticals, and Specialty Intermediates. Barentz’ commercial teams are segmented by and dedicated to end markets, providing specialization and pinpoint focus.
Spectrum Chemical has been woman-owned since our inception in 1971. We provide chemical solutions to our customers in the pharma, biopharma, food technology and personal care industries. Spectrum offers over 45,000 chemicals and thousands of laboratory supplies and equipment items in over 70 countries.
A global consultancy with over 18,500 experts across multiple markets and geographies, Ramboll helps businesses understand, manage, and communicate the impacts of their chemical-related products. Our experts anticipate and develop comprehensive and effective strategies to help clients obtain approvals and address complex compliance and technical challenges.
Built on talent, technology, and trust, Grace, a Standard Industries company, is a global leader in specialty chemicals. The company’s two industry-leading business segments—Catalyst Technologies and Materials Technologies—provide innovative products, technologies and services that enhance the products and processes of its customers around the world.
ICIS is a global source of Independent Commodity Intelligence Services. We connect data, markets, and customers to create a comprehensive, trusted view of global commodity markets, seamlessly delivering data and analytics and enabling smarter business decisions that help optimise the world’s resources.
Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions offers value-added treatment products and services to address the chemical processing industry’s most challenging reliability and sustainability issues, from protecting production assets from fouling and corrosion, to ensuring effluent discharge compliance with advanced chemistry, monitoring tools and emergency services.
ChemCeed is a full-service woman-owned and minority-owned chemical supplier headquartered in Chippewa Falls, WI. ChemCeed aims to be a partner in your supply chain, and we offer full support from the R&D phases of your formulation to the production of the final product. ChemCeed’s approach to customer service means that your problems will be solved promptly by a representative who knows your account and knows you by name.
Knowde is a global software company helping Chemical Industry suppliers and distributors unleash the hidden power of their product information and get it into the hands of the people who drive value — sales, regulatory, supply chain and, of course, their customers. Knowde provides touchless product master data and a suite of purpose-built, integrated tools to accelerate digital transformation.
Established in 1929, Hydrite is a family-owned company offering expertise in chemical manufacturing and distribution, food and dairy sanitation, organic processing, liquid sulfites, foam control and water treatment chemistries. Hydrite has a network of manufacturing facilities, warehouses, and laboratories located throughout the United States.
Solvay, a pioneering chemical company with a legacy rooted in founder Ernest Solvay's pivotal innovations in the soda ash process, is dedicated to delivering essential solutions globally through its workforce of over 9,000 employees. As a world-leading company with €5.6 billion in net sales in 2022 and listings on Euronext Brussels and Paris (SOLB), its unwavering commitment drives the transition to a carbon-neutral future by 2050, underscoring its dedication to sustainability and a fair and just transition.
