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March 16, 2022
Barentz Acquires DIVSA in Central America
Barentz International, a global life science ingredients distributor, announced today that it has acquired Distribuciones Industriales Variadas, S.A. ("Divsa" or the "Business"), Central America's leading value-add distributor of life science ingredients and specialty chemicals. With locations across Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Panama, Divsa represents the ideal fit to bridge Barentz' well-established presence in North and South America. The team will continue to be led by Mario Mena, Divsa's President & Founder, and the headquarters will remain in Guatemala City.
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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 Daniela Valles to our expanding Personal Care team as Account Manager covering the Northeast. Daniela’s ambition for chemical engineering, along with her technical and marketing experience in the research lab setting will help Barentz create customer success and drive market leadership. Daniela’s professional and personal entrepreneurial experience has allowed her to support customers, solve difficult problems, work across functions to build strategic plans, and communicate value for technical solutions.
Read MoreFebruary 23, 2022
Barentz North America Receives Gold Level 2022 EcoVadis Sustainability Rating for ESG Program
Barentz North America, a leading distributor of life science ingredients and specialty chemicals across North America, is proud to announce that it has been granted Gold Level recognition from EcoVadis for its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) program. This is the sixth consecutive year in which Barentz North America has received EcoVadis certification for its leading ESG program.
Read MoreJanuary 28, 2022
Barentz Promotes Key Account Manager CARE
Barentz, a leading distributor of life science ingredients and specialty chemical solutions throughout North America, is excited to announce that Kerry Sneed is advancing to the role of Key Account Manager (CARE), North America, covering the US within Barentz’ North American Personal Care vertical.
Read MoreJanuary 14, 2022
Barentz Promotes Erin McCusker to Product Manager – Personal Care (US)
Barentz, a leading distributor of life science ingredients and specialty chemical solutions throughout North America, is excited to announce that Erin McCusker is advancing to the role of Product Manager – Personal Care, covering the US within Barentz’ North American Personal Care vertical.
Read MoreJanuary 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.
Read MoreNovember 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.
Read MoreOctober 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.
Read MoreAugust 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.
Read MoreJuly 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.
Read MoreJune 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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