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The Group - Group Activities |
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The Arpadis Group acts an intermediary in the distribution of chemical products between producers and processors or users. The latter are undertakings that manufacture semi-finished or finished products used in very diverse sectors: the food sector, the animal feeds sector, the pharmaceuticals sector, the cosmetics sector, household products, water treatment products, surfaces, paint, construction etc.
With producers of chemical products becoming more and more centralised in structure, and simultaneously, users of these products becoming increasingly demanding as regards delivery terms, payment terms, product packaging, etc., the distribution arm became indispensable in order to serve the greatest number of customers. The business of the Arpadis group is not therefore limited exclusively to trade (purchase/sale without processing) in chemical products, but also extends to related services associated with the logistical or financial aspects of the transaction (management of the customer’s solvency risk, exchange risk, granting of payment terms).
These services include, for example:
• The location on behalf of the customer of suppliers able to deliver chemical products complying with given specifications;
• Inspection of goods during loading at the premises of the supplier, for the account of a customer;
• Logistical solutions; storage, transport;
• Repackaging and processing of products (from powder to liquid for example);
• Financing of a transaction, between payment to the supplier and payment from the customer, in order to meet the customary
payment terms and/or financial requirements of each party.
The business is competitive and demanding in terms of quality, safety, packaging, delivery terms etc. Constraints may, moreover, vary depending on country or customer and Arpadis has been obliged to develop an organisational structure based on decentralised entities in each country in which it is commercially active. Arpadis has therefore joined forces with professionals in the chemical industry to create various entities located in countries where significant business potential has been spotted.
Increasingly, customers’ requirements have extended to the field of services,
leading Arpadis to develop Coatings and Polymers.
It may involve repackaging or re-assembly and synthesis of chemical products, on the basis of technology provided by the customer
or our own technologies, and using raw materials provided by the customer or provided by Arpadis.
Consequently, the group’s structure developed around these two main branches of activity:
a) Distribution
b) Coatings and Polymers
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