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Evonik partners with Safic-Alcan to boost offering of advanced food ingredients

Monday, May 1st, 2023

Essen, Germany, May 1st– Safic-Alcan a global specialty distributor, is pleased to announce the expansion of its distribution agreement with Evonik, to provide...

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Safic-Alcan Expands Partnership with Lubrizol to East Africa

Thursday, June 1st, 2023

Paris-La Defense, June 1st– Safic-Alcan is pleased to announce the expansion of its distribution agreement with Lubrizol, now encompassing Eastern Africa. The agreement...

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Safic-Alcan announces extended partnership with Orion Engineered Carbons in East Africa.

Paris-La Defense, May 1st, 2023 – Safic-Alcan is pleased to announce that it has entered into an extended distribution agreement with Orion Engineered Carbons in Eastern Africa, effective May...

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Our People : Krista Taylor

Senior Customer Service Representative, Krista Taylor shares her fun experiences at Chemspec.

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Safic-Alcan Expands presence in Africa by opening new office in Kenya.

Paris-La Défense, April 18 , 2023– Safic-Alcan, a leading global distributor of specialty chemicals,is delighted to announce the expansion of its presence in Africa with the establishment of a new...

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Pan-North America ISO Certification for ChemSpec

ChemSpec North America, a member of the Safic-Alcan family of companies, is proud to announce its recent Pan-North America ISO 9001:2015 certification.

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SAFIC-ALCAN and SCHÜTZEN reach a PAN-EU agreement for biobased rheological modifiers suitable for Coatings and Construction chemicals

Paris-La Défense, March 06, 2023

Safic-Alcan, a global specialty chemicals distributor, is pleased to announce its exclusive distribution agreement with Schützen Chemical Group. This agreement...

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Safic-Alcan consolidates its presence in the food market and acquires PNP S.R.L

Paris-La Défense, March 3rd, 2023

Safic-Alcan, a leading distributor of specialty chemicals, has announced the acquisition of 100% of PNP, an Italian food ingredients distributor.

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Safic-Alcan further strengthens its presence in the United Kingdom and acquires 4PLAS LTD.

Paris-La Défense, February 28, 2023

Safic-Alcan, a leading distributor of specialty chemicals, has announced the acquisition of 4PLAS LTD., a distributor of engineered plastics in the UK.

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Meet Safic-Alcan at Vitafoods 2022!

Come and visit us booth D24 at Vitafoods Europe in Geneva – Palexpo from May 10th to 12th !

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Biotics : an opportunity to differentiate in the immunity market

This is an article created by our partner, Lesaffre and written by Clarisse Geraci (Wellness & Immune health product manager) and Antoine Vanhove (Product Manager).

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Our People : Philippe Combette

Meet Philippe Combette,  former Chairman and now member of supervisory board of the Safic-Alcan Group

Prior to his current appointment, Philippe was Board Member of Safic-Alcan since 2006 and...

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Our People : Yann Lissillour

Meet Yann LissillourCEO of Safic-Alcan Group

Prior to his new appointment, Yann Lissillour was Director M&A and Group Business Development Director CASE (2016-2020), in charge of all business...

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REACH regulations : the SVHC product list

Safic-Alcan is a global specialty chemicals distributor that offers a direct access to a large and diverse portfolio of innovative products. Our regulatory support accompanies our partners not...

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Our People : Mustafa ARSLAN

When Mustafa is not reading one of the 60 books he reads every year, he is the director of the Plastics industry in Turkey. Meet him!

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Our People : Diem Demirci

Meet Diem Demirci, a super fun and talented Technical Sales from our DACH Rubber Team!

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Hutchinson and Safic-Alcan: transforming the rubber industry together

Looking through Safic-Alcan’s records, we can see it first sold rubber to Hutchinson way back in 1861.

That means it is over 160 years since their business relationship began. And they...

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