IMCD UK Ltd (ex Honeywill & Stein) in Sutton, Surrey, GB, is a long established speciality chemical marketing and distribution business which originated in two separate companies in the middle of 19th century. Amalgamations and changes in ownership brought the company into the IMCD group of companies.

As a specialist chemical distributor we provide marketing expertise and field based technical sales representation for many of the leading international producers of speciality chemicals.

Being part of IMCD and applying its standards to all transactions, our suppliers and customers can be confident that they are dealing with a business partner of considerable international repute and financial strength.

We offer a wide portfolio of products to the pharmaceutical, food, surface coating, cosmetics and general chemical industries and represent the largest world-wide company as BASF, Eastman, Pfizer, Aventis, Syngenta... The European Business is the European sales, marketing and distribution arm of major international chemical producers and manages the business outside the United Kingdom.

Annual turnover has grown from £10million to £70million over the last ten years.

IMCD with headoffice in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, (http://www.imcdgroup.com) has a turnover of 900 million€ and has 800 staff. As of June 2001 the group became independent from Internatio-Müller through a management-buy-out with financial assistance from NIB Capital. The group offers chemical distribution services to a wide range of market sectors through its offices and warehoused located over Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Its concentration on people with a high level of technical and commercial skills combined with the knowledge of both local and transnational needs places it in a unique position to be the link between producers and consumers of speciality chemicals and food ingredients