Whyte Chemicals

Whyte Chemicals Ltd is a former British chemical distribution and production company, headquartered in Finchley, in north London, and with a distribution centre in Denaby, South Yorkshire. Founded in 1976, it was acquired in 2018 by OQEMA.

Whyte Chemicals was a privately owned company and a division of Whyte Group. It was established in 1976 and had a turnover in the region of £70 million.[1] As of March 2016 it was one of the largest private distributors of chemicals and polymers in the United Kingdom,[2] and was also a manufacturer of pharmaceuticals.[3]

After encountering credit problems, Whyte Chemicals entered administration in the first half of 2018 and in June that year was acquired by German company OQEMA; it is now part of OQEMA Ltd, the company's UK division which was formed with the acquisition of Lansdowne Chemical plc.[1][4][5]

References
  1. Farrell, Stephen (28 June 2018). "Jobs saved in chemical distributor rescue deal". Insider Media. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. "Whyte Chemicals". Whyte Chemicals Ltd. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016.
  3. "Whyte Chemicals Ltd". Bloomberg. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  4. "OQEMA announces the Acquisition of Whyte Chemicals out of Administration". DistriConsult. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  5. Farrell, Stephen (29 August 2018). "Administrators 'optimistic' of chemical manufacturer rescue". Insider Media. Retrieved 22 December 2020.


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