NRC enters Asia-Pacific and North America with latest Transaction

Family owned speciality chemicals distributor Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH (“NRC”) (Hamburg, Germany), has announced thatit has acquired 100% of the shares of specialty chemicals distributor Melrob Group Holdings Ltd. (“Melrob”) (Crawley, United Kingdom). The acquisition includes all of Melrob’s subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, German, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore Spain and the United States.

The acquired company, which is organised in three business divisions Performance Chemicals, Life Science and Biomaterials, was established in 1995. Since 2013 it has a research & development and manufacturing facilty for Biomaterials in Singapore.

No financial details were disclosed on this transaction, which NRC say gives them “a complete European and global presence … and a markedly higher level of visibility on the international market”.

Source: Nordmann, Rassmann press release, Melrob website

HGE / DCG – 22.09.2017