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Biesterfeld and Celanese: global expansion and enhanced joint portfolio as of 2024
Hamburg, 19th December 2023 - International distributor Biesterfeld and leading technical plastics manufacturer Celanese are further expanding their collaboration in the new year. The partners have agreed to enhance their joint portfolio and to cooperate to develop new markets. Extended distribution rights in the EMEA region Biesterfeld will continue to hold exclusive distribution rights in most of the EMEA region for the…
Biesterfeld and AVEBE: Geographical expansion of partnership in the CASE segment
Hamburg, 7th December 2023 - Biesterfeld Spezialchemie, one of the leading international distributorsof specialty chemical products, pharma and food ingredients, and AVEBE, a manufacturer of sustainable potato starch products, have further expanded their long-standing partnership. With immediate effect, Biesterfeld Spezialchemie, a business division of the Biesterfeld Group, now distributes the product range not only in the…
Biesterfeld plans joint venture in India
Hamburg, 29 November 2023 – Biesterfeld Spezialchemie, a business division of the Biesterfeld Group, is in the process to establish a joint venture in India together with its long-standing partner Kersi Tangri, owner of Hildose Pharmaspecialties. As a first step the new company Biesterfeld Hildose Speciality Chemicals Pvt. Ltd has now been founded in Mumbai. As part of a capital raise, Biesterfeld will acquire 51% of the…
Biesterfeld Spezialchemie is strategically expanding its “Technology & Innovation” activities and creating a new global management position
Hamburg, 9 November 2023 – Biesterfeld Spezialchemie, a business division of the Biesterfeld Group, has been investing in technology and innovation for years now to further develop the services in technical application consulting and expand the innovative portfolio for customers and partners. In a newly created global role, Dr Martin Liebenau, as Global Business Director Technology & Innovation, will now bundle these…
Sonopress and SK Chemicals agree on cooperation in the field of 100% recycled PET distributed by Biesterfeld Plastic for the EcoRecord Long-Playing Record
Leading storage media manufacturer Sonopress has developed a revolutionary new form of long-playing record that dramatically reduces the environmental impact of the manufacturing process. Neither natural gas nor steam are needed to press the discs, and in test operations the energy savings were up to 85% compared to the conventional process. For the production of the novel "EcoRecord" LP, recyclable polyethylene terephthalate…
Philip Chew appointed to the Executive Board of the Biesterfeld Group
Hamburg, 9 October 2023 - Philip Chew has been appointed to the Executive Board by the Supervisory Board of Biesterfeld AG with effect from 1 October 2023. Philip Chew will continue to assume his responsibilities as Managing Director of GME Chemicals PTE Ltd. based in Singapore, which was acquired by the Biesterfeld Group in 2021. "Southeast Asia is one of the fastest growing regions in the world. Philip Chew has very…
Biesterfeld Spezialchemie: new cluster structure to further accelerate global growth
Hamburg, 29 September 2023 - Biesterfeld Spezialchemie, a business division of the Biesterfeld Group, is concentrating its business into the three overarching clusters of Industrial, Consumer and Healthcare with immediate effect. Through this new structure and a newly created management level of Global Business Directors, the Biesterfeld Group, as one of the leading international distributors, will strategically drive forward…
Lindberg & Lund Group changes name to Biesterfeld
Hamburg, 16 August 2023 – Lindberg & Lund AS will change its name to Biesterfeld Norge AS with effect of 1 September. In the course of this, the names of the subsidiaries ABIC Kemi AB and Lindberg & Lund Oy will also be changed to Biesterfeld Sweden AB and Biesterfeld Finland Oy. The distributor of technical chemicals has already been a wholly owned subsidiary of Biesterfeld Spezialchemie since 2019 and will now highlight the…
Bjørn-Erik Dahlmann is new Managing Director of Lindberg & Lund in Norway
Hamburg, 3. August 2023 – Bjørn-Erik Dahlmann is the new Managing Director of Lindberg & Lund AS in Norway. He succeeds Morten Haugberg, who is retiring after 35 years in Lindberg & Lund and has been Managing Director since 2001. Lindberg & Lund AS is a subsidiary of Biesterfeld Spezialchemie and part of the Biesterfeld Group, one of the leading international distributors of plastics, rubbers and specialty chemicals. Bjørn-Er…
Biesterfeld Spezialchemie obtains distribution rights for innovative pigment concentrate from KRONOS for digital printing
Hamburg, August 1, 2023 – Biesterfeld Spezialchemie, one of the world's leading distributors of specialty chemical products, pharma and food ingredients, will take over the distribution of the product KRONOS 9900 from the titanium dioxide producer KRONOS with immediate effect for a total of 24 European countries: the DACH region, the Benelux countries, France, Spain, Portugal, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic,…
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