Regions
Brenntag’s business is organized and managed in five geographic segments: Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific and Rest of the World (our remaining operations that do not belong to any of the other four geographic segments).
Brenntag manages the business regionally and holds leading market positions across Europe (#1), North America (#3), Latin America (#1) and continuously expands its presence in the Asia Pacific region. In all these markets Brenntag aims to be the preferred full-line chemical distributor and partner of choice for all customers and suppliers.
Within each of these geographic segments, our operations span multiple countries, and there are often significant differences in business culture from country to country within a particular region. Brenntag’s decentralized structure enables the business to best adapt to and succeed in a wide variety of local markets and business cultures around the world.
Europe
Brenntag is the market leader in both western and eastern Europe. Brenntag has a strong network of about 200 locations throughout Europe. From these locations, our workforce of over 6,000 supply more than 115,000 customers with the chemicals and services they need.
Brenntag Europe is headquartered at Mülheim/Ruhr which at the same time is the headquarter of Brenntag AG.
North America
Brenntag is the number three chemical distributor in North America. With some 120 locations, we operate in all important industrial centres. Nearly 3,600 employees ensure that over 35,000 customers have the products and services they need.
Brenntag North America is headquartered in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA.
Latin America
In Latin America, Brenntag is the only large chemical distributor which is transregional and can provide its customers with products and services from throughout Latin America. Our over 18,000 customers are suppliedby our over 1,200 colleagues from 53 locations in 19 Latin American countries.
Brenntag Latin America is headquartered in Houston, Texas, USA.
Asia Pacific
Brenntag entered the Asia Pacific markets in 2008 with the acquisition of Rhodia’s sales and marketing resources in the region. In 2010, we saw a significant expansion of our Asia Pacific activities with the acquisition of EAC.
Industrial Ingredients Ltd. A/S. Brenntag now has a network of 48 locations in 12 Asia Pacific countries. Over 1,000 employees now handle the demand for chemical products and services from some 9,000 customers. By acquiring Zhong Yung (International) Chemical Ltd. Brenntag achieves the strategic market entry in China. The acquisition will take place in two steps and will be completed by 2016 presumably.
Brenntag Asia Pacific is headquartered in Singapore.
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