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QUADRIMEX CHEMICAL
HISTORY

PRESENTATION

The Quadrimex Chemical company was established in 1986. The headquarters are located in Cavaillon, France (84). We are producers and distributors of chemical specialties in 4 main areas of activity: sulphur derivatives, drying & sweetening, chemical specialties, and services & valorization.

SOME NUMBERS

1986

Year of creation of Quadrimex

2

R&D and Quality Control Laboratories

2

Production units: 1 in Cavaillon (France) 1 in Leuna (Germany)

70

Employees
(approximately)

1986

Year of creation of Quadrimex

2

R&D and Quality Control Laboratories

2

Production units: 1 in Cavaillon (France) 1 in Leuna (Germany)

70

Collaborators
(approximately)

35M€

Turnover, 65% of which comes from our production

80%

Export, 500 customers in 50 countries

75000T/an

Of marketed products

75%

Shareholding held by employees & partners

35M€

Turnover, 65% of which comes from our own production

80%

Export, 500 customers in 50 countries

75000T/year

Of marketed products

75%

Shareholding held by employees & partners

HISTORY

In 1986, Quadrimex SA was founded in the Paris region (94) with a focus on “Chemical Specialties”. It began representing suppliers of basic and niche chemical products to industrial clients, with 30% of export activity.

In 1989, the company secured its first decontamination product contracts with the French army.

The company then expanded in 1994 with the creation of a service for winter road deicing salts.

Between 1998 and 2004, Quadrimex SA diversified into industrial manufacturing for the retail sector.

In 2004, the company underwent a strategic repositioning with the creation of Quadrimex SAS and a financial partnership, including the integration of some of the production of distributed products.

In 2005, the company developed export markets for dehydrating products in soda, potash, calcium chloride, and lithium chloride cushions through a partnership with producer Newton’s.

In 2009, Quadrimex Group was formed through the acquisition of two partners, Viquem and Newton’s, and a competitor in the winter road salt market in the Rhône Valley. A capital investment operation was also deployed with two financial partners in July 2009 (2nd LMBO).

In 2010, Quadrimex Sulfur Chemical (QSC) was created after the acquisition of German supplier and producer CHEMCOMM GMBH on the Leuna site, Europe’s first petrochemical site. The Group built its own headquarters in Cavaillon (84) and acquired Europhtal, a company specializing in pigment and catalyst activities.

In 2012, the Group took a 49% stake in the capital of Les Salins de l’Aude, which distributes all industrial salts of the two Mediterranean salterns located in Gruissan and La Palme for its de-icing salt activities.

In 2014, the Group underwent a capital investment operation with two financial partners and employees, creating a calcium chloride dissolution unit at its Viquem production site in Cavaillon.

In 2015, the production capacity of the QSC factory in Germany was doubled.

In 2016, the Group sold its de-icing salt activity to former supplier Minersa to refocus on chemical specialties.

In 2017, after two years of LMBO with FIA Partners and Turenne Capital, the leaders, along with 80% of the group’s employees, became independent and relaunched their development projects.

In 2018, the Group underwent a change in leadership following the retirement of the previous managers. A new team took over the management of the Group in the context of a fourth LMBO.