DKSH Partners With Elementis to Provide Cosmetic Specialty Ingredients in Belgium

Media release

DKSH has entered an exclusive distribution agreement with Elementis, a leading producer of specialty additives for personal care applications, for the personal care and cosmetics industry in Belgium.

Roermond, December 7, 2021 – DKSH's Business Unit Performance Materials, a leading distributor of specialty chemicals and ingredients, and Elementis have extended their partnership to Belgium through a new distribution agreement. Under the agreement, DKSH will provide marketing and sales, distribution, logistics, and customer management for Elementis' entire range of specialty ingredients for personal care products, including antiperspirant actives, in Belgium.

As a recognized expert in rheology and global leader in antiperspirant actives, Elementis offers a broad portfolio of green products, including natural clay rheology modifiers and bio-functional active ingredients.

After a long-standing 40-year relationship with DKSH, and following an expansion into the French market in 2020, Elementis has once again entrusted DKSH to grow its personal care business in another key market. This is thanks to DKSH's extensive distribution network, strong capabilities in marketing and sales, logistics as well as its large customer base of personal care and cosmetics manufacturers in Belgium and proven track record as a strategic partner in many key Asian and European markets.

Giovanni Doran, General Manager Performance Materials, DKSH Benelux, commented: “We are delighted to offer Elementis' portfolio of innovative technical products to our large customer base in Belgium. Our business partners will greatly benefit from Elementis' high-performance specialty ingredients as well as the shared technical expertise and support from our sales teams and innovation center specialists.”

For further information, please contact:

DKSH Performance Materials

Daniel Hollister

Senior Manager, Group Marketing

Phone +44 20 8879 5500

daniel.hollister@dksh.com

Elementis

Jennifer Albert

Director, Communications

Phone +1 609 443 2561

jennifer.albert@elementis.com