2012 Congress Sponsors

	Azelis Azelis is the leading Pan-European specialty chemicals distributor providing a diverse range of products and innovative services to more than 25,000 customers in the chemicals, coatings, plastics, MPA and polymers, composites, rubber, food & health, animal nutrition, pharma and personal care industries. Through sourcing and distribution channels in every major market around the world, Azelis with its corporate service centre in Antwerp, Belgium, offers chemical producers market penetration, in-depth local knowledge, value-added services and tailored multi-territory solutions. Azelis, backed by private equity investor 3i, has a turnover of €1,100 million and employs 1,100 knowledgeable people located in 37 facilities in 27 countries across Europe, India and China. For more information, please visit: www.azelis.com
	Biesterfeld Group The Biesterfeld Group with its headquarter in Hamburg is an international trading and service company with a long tradition going back 100 years. The core business fields are Biesterfeld Plastic - Europe's leading distributor for plastics with centralized European product management. Biesterfeld Spezialchemie - Leading distribution for specialty chemicals in Central Europe. Specialist in products that require explanation. Biesterfeld International - Worldwide trade in commodities and specialities. Worldwide presence with own local facilities. Website: www.biesterfeld.com
	HEDINGER Website: www.hedinger.de
	LEL Alliance The LEL Alliance is a European strategic alliance of distribution companies for chemicals, minerals, ingredients, natural and “green chemistry” products manufactured by a Principal. The privately owned LEL companies have a strong track record of successful technical sales development in every European country. Sales managers have a technical, industrial and commercial education to enable identification of the technical fit between product and application whilst fulfilling the buyer’s needs. The LEL Group European strategic alliance was founded in 1999 and has proved to be a resounding success for Principals manufacturing speciality products and needing distribution in any number of European countries. The LEL sales team of 100 technical experts provides a European technically driven, problem solving route to market for 8,000 speciality materials into many applications at 9,000 customers. LEL has access to key decision makers in companies of strategic importance to our Principals as well as generating sales from SME customers. LEL Group distributor sales across Europe are €300 million per annum. The LEL logistics operation ships 100,000 tonnes of cargo in containers and iso-tanks from Principals around the world into Istanbul, Barcelona, Genoa, Le Havre, Rotterdam, Antwerp and Felixstowe. Website: www.lel-group.com
	NORDMANN, RASSMANN GmbH Nordmann, Rassmann is a specialized distributor of natural and chemical raw materials, additives and chemical specialities from all over the world. As a global link between the chemical industry and its raw material processing customers, competence and reliability is what NRC stands for. Since the company’s foundation in Germany 100 years ago, NRC has been active in the field of chemical distribution as one of the leading Sales and Marketing organizations. With its 11 subsidiaries, NRC is held in high esteem by international raw material suppliers and customers alike for its innovative product portfolio, competent advice on application technology, high quality standards and individual services. Among others, NRC supplies the cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, food, construction, paper, lacquer, cleaning, environment, adhesives, plastics and rubber industries. Website: www.nrc.de
	QuimiTecnica QUIMITECNICA history begins more than a century ago with the industrialization of the pyrite ore, in Barreiro. Currently known as Quimitécnica.com, the present company is the result of a bold turnaround started in 2001. Since then, the company invested in three new modern logistical units; expanded the business from Portugal to Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Angola and Mozambique; broadened the scope of its activities to Industrial Chemicals, Water Treatment, Specialty Chemicals, Feed, Food, Detergents, Warehousing and Third Party Logistics, Blending, Engineering and Repacking. That was possible thanks to a young, enthusiastic and educated team that also guarantees the future of the company. www.quimitecnica.com