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CZECH MATE FOR BARENTZ
Barentz International has acquired Praguebased Conneco Chemicals, consolidating its growing position in the Czech market after taking a majority share in pharmaceutical distributor IMCoPharma last year. “Conneco is an extremely well-known specialist in formulating and blending ingredients for the health and nutrition industry,” says Pavel Kratochvil, senior vice-president of Barentz. “They have an outstanding reputation, and their proposition will create valuable synergies for Barentz.” “For us it is a great honour to work with a top entrepreneur like [Conneco founder and owner] Sarka Hronkova, who has built up an excellent reputation in her 26-year career,” adds Hidde van der Wal, CEO of Barentz. “I look forward to learning a lot from Sarka and Conneco and guiding them into the international business league.” Conneco Chemicals was founded in 1994
and has become a specialist in formulating dietary supplements and blending ingredients for the sports nutrition, fitness & wellness, and health food markets in the Czech and Slovak Republics. In these markets, Conneco has built a leading position, with a focus on trendy lifestyle health food markets and the dynamically fast-growing market for sports nutrition, from professional bodybuilding to a variety of other sport activities suitable for a wider public. “With the support of Barentz we have great opportunities to expand and to internationalise Conneco’s activities,” Hronkova says. barentz.com ALGOL HANDS OVER TO TRANSVAL
Algol Chemicals has transferred responsibility for warehousing its chemical production to Transval as from the start of 2022. Transval has been working with Algol at the latter’s warehouse in Espoo, Finland since 2014.
“Outsourcing chemical warehousing is a strategically significant development step, which gives us a new kind of flexibility and focus in our core operations,” says Algol Group CEO Alexander Bargum. “At the same time, we can be certain that the processing of chemicals will be carried out in a safe and competent manner even in the future. We are extremely confident that Transval will be an excellent partner for us in this development.” Transval’s warehouses (below) and procedures are certified according to the ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 standards, which require the active training of personnel, auditing of management and procedures as well as concrete exercises. Transval takes care of the statutory requirements related to chemicals on behalf of its customer companies. “In chemical warehousing, we fulfil the requirements of the most comprehensive safety standards in Finland, our procedures are certified and we regularly organize rescue trainings with our personnel and the rescue department. We train our personnel with external actors and in our own training unit, Transval Academy,” says Ville Lumio, head of dangerous goods warehousing at Transval. www.algolchemicals.com www.transval.fi
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