Sigma-Aldrich launches new identity
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation has unveiled a new identity for its fine chemicals business that ties together all the progress it has made over the past five years.
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation has unveiled a new identity for its fine chemicals business that ties together all the progress it has made over the past five years.
The new brand, SAFC (Sigma-Aldrich Fine Chemicals), will also embrace recent acquisitions Ultrafine and Tetrionics. The SAFC brand will have annual sales exceeding $250m and will encompass more than 650 of Sigma-Aldrich's 6,000 employees.
SAFC's global headquarters will be in St. Louis and its European HQ in Munich. Its largest manufacturing sites are located in facilities in the UK (Manchester, Gillingham and Irvine, Scotland); in Buchs, Switzerland; and in the US (St Louis, MO, and Sheboygan and Madison, WI). All these facilities contain cGMP manufacturing capabilities.
SAFC will consist of three customer solutions-focused business segments: SAFC Pharma, SAFC Specialties and SAFC Hitech.
SAFC Pharma will focus on cGMP manufacturing, process development and contract services for both small organic APIs and advanced intermediates and the development of large molecule biopharmaceuticals. It will provide custom support from preclinical stage through clinical development to commercialisation.
SAFC Specialties will provide a diverse range of raw materials. Its specific market sectors include: flavours and fragrances; diagnostic OEM and raw materials; and raw materials for pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals and other high technology Industries.
Targeted at the performance materials market, SAFC Hitech supports its customers' needs from development through commercialisation. It will leverage its chemical technology to optimise a specific application's performance, resulting in fast, innovative chemical solutions.
'As part of Sigma-Aldrich, we want to take advantage of all of the strengths our parent, said SAFC president Frank Wicks. 'But we are distinct and different from the catalogue end of the business; SAFC is a producer in its own right.
'Our new identity reflects our commitment to become the global leader in custom services and builds upon the momentum of our recent acquisitions. SAFC will draw upon the experience of the former fine chemicals business and be backed by the full financial strength of our parent, Sigma-Aldrich, as we seek to build further upon our position as a major player in custom synthesis.'