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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.
Read MoreJune 18, 2021
Consistent, Custom Cinnamon Blends Now Available to North American Bakeries
Barentz announces that the North American bakery industry can now benefit from the expertise of knowledge-driven cinnamon specialists, Royal Polak Spices. Backed by over 150 years’ experience, Royal Polak, a wholly owned subsidiary of Barentz International B.V., is considered the number one cinnamon specialist in the world. Their state-of-the-art Cinnamon Lab located in Steenwijk, Netherlands, offers bakeries the ability to differentiate and innovate their products, while maintaining batch to batch flavor consistency.
Read MoreJune 8, 2021
Barentz hires Alvaro Santiago as Junior Product Development Chemist in Canada
Barentz, a leading distributor of life science ingredients and specialty chemical solutions throughout North America, is excited to welcome Alvaro Santiago to our laboratory team as Junior Product Development Chemist. He will support sales efforts in the petroleum and paper industries through laboratory-based investigations in the Barentz Client Solutions Laboratory.
Read MoreApril 9, 2021
Barentz Expands Canada CASE Team
Barentz, a leading distributor of life science ingredients and specialty chemical solutions throughout North America, is excited to welcome Patrick Tuck to our expanding CASE & Plastics technical sales team as an Account Manager covering the Ontario and Western Canada Region.
Read MoreApril 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.
Read MoreApril 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.
Read MoreMarch 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.
Read MoreMarch 3, 2021
Maroon Group acquired the Raw Materials and Specialty Chemicals distribution business of The Cary Company
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.
Read MoreOctober 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.
Read MoreNovember 15, 2019
Maroon Group’s Cambrian Solutions Hires Technical Development Manager for CASE materials in Canada
Cambrian Solutions, a Maroon Group Company, an international distributor of specialty chemicals and ingredients, is proud to announce the addition of Tony Csaba as an Industrial Technical Development Manager covering the CASE industry. With over 18 years of experience Tony brings knowledge of urethane and epoxy resin formulations and applications, product development, project management, technical service and customer support. Additionally, he is highly familiarized with Technical Writing and understanding Process Control. Tony graduated from McMaster University with a B.Sc. Degree in Chemistry.
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