Arianna Posenato – IMCD Italia
IMCD Group, a multinational company specialized in the formulation, sale and distribution of chemical products and food ingredients, continues its path of growth, innovation and excellence, confirming itself as a leader in one of the most fragmented and competitive distribution contexts in Europe.
Local headquarters and part of IMCD Group, whose 2023 turnover reached € 4,443 million and which today boasts 4,500 employees and over 60,000 customers, IMCD Italia is today the reference point in the chemical specialty sector for Italy. With over 150 professionals (+15% vs 2022) and more than 5,000 customers, the Italian team deploys unique skills to bring to the market a formulation and consultancy offer with high added value, which relies on technical expertise and in-depth knowledge of the constantly evolving customer needs are its main strengths.
Thanks to their innate versatility, chemical specialties find application in crucial and innovative markets, such as cosmetics, energy, agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, food, mobility and construction, significantly contributing to create solutions for increasingly favoring sustainable and environmentally friendly development.
“We are a country at the forefront of the chemical specialty distribution sector. Ours is a very dynamic and focal market not only for our customers, but also for the country system”, states Marco Madeddu, CEO of IMCD Italia. “The solidity of our group and the investments made in recent years have accelerated the digital transformation and strengthened our laboratory offering, allowing us to look to the future with optimism. Italy has always been the perfect country for our business model for various reasons. It is above all due to its creative and innovative nature, which makes it the cradle of excellence in all market sectors, for its geographical conformation, which requires commercial and logistical capillarity, and for the size of the production setting, made up of small and medium-sized businesses that require low volumes and almost personalized services”.
A new headquarters and three new hi-tech laboratories
In line with the growth and development objectives focused on people, between digitalised processes, innovation and sustainability, the company inaugurated the new headquarters in Milan last May, which also includes two new laboratories dedicated to strategic sectors for the country’s economy.
The new building, more than just a workspace, perfectly translates the values of collaboration, integrity and trust that have always characterized the path of the chemical specialty distributor. Designed with sustainability and employee welfare in mind, the facility exceeds traditional office expectations and reflects the mission to achieve and respect the highest standards of corporate responsibility. An inspiring environment in a BREEAM Excellent and EcoVadis Platinum certified high-tech building, promoting creativity and collaboration between different teams.
Inside the renovated headquarters there are the two new flagships: the Food & Nutrition and Beauty & Personal Care laboratories, which join the new Coatings & Construction laboratory, a reference hub for formulations, applications and internal training as well as the first laboratory of the company for the adhesives market, located at the Affori headquarters and inaugurated last May 21st.
Fundamental to further consolidate the company’s leadership in Italy and designed with the values of innovation and freedom to act, these centers of excellence offer the company’s experts the autonomy to explore and capitalize on business opportunities quickly and efficiently. Each laboratory will drive progress in their respective markets and offer partners and customers formulation and application opportunities, as well as ever-new solutions, to improve their products while respecting value assets.
“Our new laboratories will be an accelerator of innovation, the place where the expertise and creativity of our people will join customers and suppliers to build a better future through increasingly ‘green’ formulations, which will be able to respond to global challenges enabling sustainable economic development”, adds Madeddu proudly.
This expansion fits into a broader context of global growth for the company. Active through eight Business Groups – Advanced Materials, Beauty & Personal Care, Coatings & Construction, Food & Nutrition, Home Care and Institutional & Industrial; Industrial Solutions, Lubricants & Energy and Pharmaceuticals. The company offers its customers product portfolios which is the result of intense R&D activities and the most advanced technologies and play a crucial role in numerous sectors, promoting progress and an increasingly sustainable approach to business.
“The passion and expertise of our great team have deeply impressed me”, adds Valerie Diele-Braun, CEO of IMCD Group. “I have been able to see, in these first 100 days of my mandate, the real value that our company brings to the specialty chemical market. In an industry crying out for more sustainable innovation, we play a crucial role. I am therefore very pleased to be in Italy today, one of the first founding countries of our company and among the leading markets, to celebrate the essence of the reality we represent: a company in which innovation, digitalisation and sustainability coexist in full harmony with our experts, customers and partners. As always, we will continue to look to the future with optimism and determination, ready to create a world of opportunities and success together”.
