TRADESHOWS

January 13, 2022

Barentz Acquires Chemcel and Launches Barentz Mexico

Barentz International, a leading global life science ingredients distributor, announced today that it has acquired certain assets of Chemcel, S.A. de C.V. (the “Business”), a value-add distributor of specialty ingredients into the Mexican pharmaceutical and nutrition markets. Through its technical sales team, in-house formulary capabilities, and a product portfolio focused on specialty excipients, the Business provides the natural platform to further expand into the Mexican market as Barentz Mexico. The team will continue to be led by Julio Rendon and the headquarters will remain in Mexico City.

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November 29, 2021

Giving back - Barentz shows support to global communities by partnering with Fill It Forward to donate to clean water projects.

Barentz, a leading distributor of life science ingredients and specialty chemical solutions throughout North America, is excited to support clean water initiatives through Fill-it-Forward.

October 22, 2021

Barentz Promotes Kippy Patridge to VP, Principal Management – Personal Care (Canada)

Barentz, a leading distributor of life science ingredients and specialty chemical solutions throughout North America, is excited to announce that Kippy Patridge is advancing to the role of Vice President, Principal Management – Personal Care, covering Canada within Barentz’ NA Personal Care vertical. The role of VP, Principal Management, reflects a fantastic alignment with our North American vertical’s Principal-led strategy approach, in addition to acknowledging Kippy’s tenure and reputation as a leader in this industry.

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October 15, 2021

Cirebelle appoints Barentz Personal Care as its North American Distributor

Effective October 15th 2021, Cirebelle has appointed Barentz as its key North American channel to market and distribute Cirebelle’s sustainable ingredients in Personal Care. Barentz Personal Care, one of leading global specialty distributors, brings some of the best customer service and solutions offerings in the industry and is ready to serve as an authorized channel for Cirebelle’s sustainable ingredients across the U.S. and Canada.

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August 9, 2021

Barentz to Distribute BASF Enzymes in North American HI&I Market

Barentz, a world-class distributor of life science ingredients and specialty chemical solutions throughout North America, is excited to announce our relationship with BASF which covers the Lavergy® product line, a new high-performance line of enzymes for use in detergents.

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July 16, 2021

Barentz Expands U.S. Personal Care Team

Barentz, a leading distributor of life science ingredients and specialty chemical solutions throughout North America, is excited to welcome Danielle Bolger to our expanding Personal Care team as Account Manager covering the Midwest. Danielle's passion for Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology, and Chemistry, along with her experience in technical marketing, sales, and new product development bring to Barentz a proven track record of success. Danielle's professional experience has allowed her to work closely alongside advanced R&D engineers, while exponentially strengthening her problem-solving skillset. Her extensive experience in refining major environmental compositions, along with her ability to troubleshoot plant operation issues will help drive significant growth to the Personal Care market throughout the Midwestern region.

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June 30, 2021

Barentz Acquires Pestell Nutrition in North America

Hoofddorp, the Netherlands, June 30, 2021 - Barentz International, a leading global life science ingredients distributor, will be expanding its activities in North America. The company proudly announces it has entered into an agreement to acquire Pestell Nutrition, a prominent distributor of feed additives, nutritional ingredients, macro and trace minerals, and pet specialty ingredients for the animal health, animal nutrition and pet food sectors across Canada and the USA.

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April 9, 2021

Barentz Announces Expansion of Distribution Agreement with Colonial Chemical to Cover Illinois and South Wisconsin

Barentz is pleased to announce the expansion of its existing partnership with Colonial Chemical to distribute exclusively Colonial Chemical’s Ingredients for the Personal Care in the states of Illinois and South Wisconsin, effective May 1, 2021.

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April 1, 2021

Maroon Group Rebranded to Barentz

Maroon Group (“Maroon Group”), a leading North American distributor of life science ingredients and specialty chemicals, announced today that the company will be rebranded as Barentz, effective immediately. The name change follows the acquisition of Maroon Group by Barentz International (“Barentz”) in December 2020.

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March 23, 2021

Honeywell Names Maroon Group, A Barentz Company, as North American Distributor for Earth-Friendly Solstice® Ingredients in Personal Care and Pharmaceuticals

Honeywell has named Maroon Group, a Barentz Company, as a key North American channel to market and distribute Honeywell’s Earth-friendly Solstice® ingredients in Personal Care and Pharmaceuticals. Maroon Group, recently acquired by Barentz International BV to become a leading global life science ingredient and specialty chemical distributors, brings some of the best customer service and solutions offerings in the industry and is ready to serve as an authorized channel for Honeywell’s Earth-friendly Solstice® ingredients across the U.S. and Canada.

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October 14, 2020

Barentz To Acquire Maroon Group

Hoofddorp, The Netherlands, October 14th, 2020. Barentz International ("Barentz"), a leading global distributor of life science ingredients, has entered into a definitive, written agreement to acquire Maroon Group ("Maroon"), one of North America's leading specialty distributors. Maroon operates at a broad national level in the US market as well as across Canada. The acquisition of this leading North American platform, which is expected to close this quarter, will expand Barentz' activities and is aligned with Barentz' strategy to become a global leader in the life science and broader specialty chemical industries.

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September 28, 2020

Maroon Group Hires Alex Reichert, Operations Manager for CARE Vertical

Maroon Group is proud to announce Alex Reichert as our new Operations Manager for our Lincoln, RI facility supporting our rapidly growing CARE Vertical. Alex brings nine years of experience within the logistics and transportation industry to the organization, holding multiple leadership roles in the past with UPS.

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