Barentz Acquires Specialty Ingredients Distributor Unipex in France

Barentz International, a leading global life science ingredients distributor, has announced that it will acquire Unipex, a leading French distributor of life science ingredients and specialty chemicals. 

The Paris-based company is one of the leading distributors in France, Benelux and Africa and is well known in the French and Benelux markets for innovation and leading trend development, efficiently using their own formulations labs. The acquisition of this French platform is aligned with Barentz’ growth strategy to become the leading global life science distributor. The transaction is subject to the completion of legal and specified closing conditions, including the receipt of European merger control clearances.

Highlights:

• The acquisition strengthens Barentz’ presence in France and immediately complements Barentz’ strong European network
• Unipex provides a gateway to strengthen Barentz’ Southern-European presence and provides a steppingstone for Barentz in North-Africa
• The acquisition further extends Barentz European network of logistic centers and application laboratories
• Unipex is regarded as the ESG and sustainability benchmark in the French market which actively fits into Barentz’ global ESG program
• The current management team will remain in charge and further growth in France is expected.