Water Treatment

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W A T E R T R E A T M E N T

Efficiency

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Developed societies in Europe and across the world often take clean water for granted as a part of daily life nowadays. Although sometimes unrecognized, companies that treat water to ensure a safe and re- liable supply are performing a vital service that im- pacts the entire European continent. As the leading chemical distributor in Europe, Brenntag Water Treat- ment assists companies carrying out this important function by offering products and solutions tailor- made to each customer’s individual needs.

Our technicians and sales experts are adept at using our pan-European network to devise innovative

solutions to any business problem and we work closely with suppliers to procure the highest-quality products on the market. Brenntag’s Key Account Managers, many of whom boast years of industry experience, are experts in their home regions and intimately familiar with their client’s business needs and operating environment. The results are reduced supply-chain costs, improve-ments in efficiency and productivity and customized product offerings, such as application-specific mix-tures and chemical formulas, which grant you and your firm the peace of mind to focus on your core business areas.

Brenntag Water Treatment

At Brenntag, we intensively engage with the needs of our customers and suppliers and their business. And we are listening to what matters to them. We recognize the challenges and opportunities our partners are facing in today’s highly competitive and increasingly complex markets. We understand that our partners require a truly integrated approach to chemical distribution – one that is built upon the power of connecting customers and suppliers in a winning partnership. One that goes beyond the sheer distribution of chemicals.

Based upon a superior knowledge of products and applications, markets, industries, suppliers as well as consumer requirements and trends, we develop and deliver creative, tailor-made, cutting-edge and sustainable solutions that help our customers and suppliers focus on their core business. We offer uni- que channels to market, open up new opportunities,

Brenntag Water Treatment understands the importance of ensuring that companies that are engaged in treating water do so with the most sophisticated and highest-quality prod-ucts on the market. Brenntag Water Treatment, part of Brenntag’s Environmental division, has emerged to become the distribution partner of choice, and a global market leader, for companies in the industry. We offer a huge range of products and services, and a degree of technical expertise, which are absolutely essential for all areas and stages of water treatment. Whatever your request or business challenge, Brenntag Water Treatment will respond quickly and professionally to deliver customized solutions, from equipping you with the most state-of-the-art technology available on the market to providing technical advice to ensure your company complies with the industry’s highest safety and quality standards. Choosing Brenntag as your partner will make your daily business easier, as you can benefit from a vast number of advantages in terms of efficiency, service, management and expertise.

provide competitive advantages and foster additional growth. Our comprehensive team of industry-dedica- ted experts combines unmatched global reach with local excellence. With safety as our top priority, we offer a full-line product portfolio, together with best-in-class service globally.

The distribution of chemicals and ingredients is not just a business to us. It’s an attitude. And the am- bition to create true value for our customers and suppliers.

Brenntag – Connecting Chemistry.

Water has a substantial impact on virtually all parts of our daily lives. Therefore, our

modern society depends on having access to a safe, reliable and clean supply of water

to meet all of its various needs.

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Service

The technicians and experts of Brenntag Water Treatment have built their reputation on supplying you with more than just state-of-the-art technology and high-quality products.

Customers who choose Brenntag Water Treatment as their chemical distributor gain access to our team’s extensive technical and market expertise as well. Our technicians, product experts and sales agents are committed to sharing their knowledge of Brenntag’s products and applications with our partners.

Our staff is trained to hold technical workshops and bespoke in-house seminars with you that are tailored

to your individual needs, while our market-sector experts are adept at keeping customers and suppli-ers ahead of the curve by informing them on new product innovations and upcoming market trends.

Our laboratory technicians will work closely with you to devise customized formulas, while the team at Brenntag Water Treatment can make on-site visits to our partners to equip them with the know-how to ensure our customers get the most out of Brenntag’s products and services which have various applica-tions in all areas of water treatment, from waste and potable water to swimming pools and processing water.

Management

Customers recognize that high-quality products, as well as an unparalleled degree of professional and technical service, stand behind the Brenntag name. The team at Brenntag Water Treatment consists of market experts who know their way through the industry’s ins and outs and possess an in-depth famil-iarity with both our customer’s needs and the entire Brenntag product line-up. By serving as the gateway to the wider Brenntag organization, our technicians and sales agents are able to reduce complexity for our customers and suppliers and respond quickly to concerns while still delivering the benefits that come from working with a company that is strongly present in every European market. To ensure you get the most out of your relationship with Brenntag, our technicians and sales agents remain in close contact with you to monitor improvements in technical per-formance and customer satisfaction.

Brenntag Water Treatment offers its customers a product range that encompasses chemicals used in all areas and stages of water treatment, including:

nActivated Carbon

nCoagulants

nCorrosion Inhibitors

nCustomized Water Treatment

nDefoamers

nDisinfectants & Biocides

nFiltration Media

nFlocculants

nFormulations/Blends

nHeavy Metal Removal

nIon Exchange Resins

nMembranes

nNutrient Blends

nOdor Control

nPermanganates

nScale Inhibitors

We are the global market-leader in full-line chemical distribution, linking chemical manufacturers and chemical users. Brenntag provides business-to-business distribution solutions for indus-trial and specialty chemicals globally. With over 10,000 products and a world-class supplier base, Brenntag is a full-line distributor to more than 170,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, Brenntag operates a global network of more than 480 locations in over 70 countries world-wide and with about 210 distribution centers in over 30 countries across Europe. We believe we are your strongest possible partner.

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BRENNTAg EMEA –FACTs & FiguREs

nMore than 20 industry-specific application, formulation and technical service centers

nMore than 6,100 employees

n2,300 specific experts

nOver 110,000 customers in the region

Brenntag – present everywhere you need usWherever you are – thanks to our pan-European network and our local presence,

the evolved Brenntag organization is always close to you.

Expertise

Legislation plays an increasingly prominent role each year in the treatment of drinking water, sewage water and wastewater. Because industry standards are becoming ever more complex and influential, it should come as no surprise that our team possesses a sophisticated understanding of the standards and legal requirements for safely treating water.

Our experts will work closely with you to share this environmental and legislative expertise and advise you on how to implement the industry’s most strin-gent environmental and safety requirements, rang-ing from all aspects of the EU’s REACH and biocide regulation to relevant regional and local legislation.

We endeavor to regularly keep our partners in- formed about on-going developments in legislation and EU and national regulation which could affect their business operations. Combined with our other product and service offerings, Brenntag Water Treatment is poised to offer you a unique combi-nation of high-quality products and state-of-the-art technical expertise. The results for our customers and suppliers are a flexible approach to chemical distribution that delivers innovative solutions, best-in-class service and the widest product line in the industry. If you choose Brenntag Water Treatment, you are aligned with the industry’s top-ranking stra-tegic partner, one who enables you to focus on your core business.

Hubertus spethmannHead of Corporate CommunicationsPhone: +49 (208) 7828-0E-mail: hubertus.spethmann@brenntag.de

Contact

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