Bodo Möller Chemie Integrates Part of Planatol’s Indian Activities: The German Bodo Möller Chemie Group announced that it has taken over the wood adhesive division of the adhesive manufacturer Planatol GmbH in India, extending the portfolio of its newly founded Indian affiliate, Bodo Möller Chemie India. It will assume responsibility for the distribution of wood adhesives for Pune-based Planatol Adhesive India Ltd.
According to Bodo Möller Chemie, the move comprises all local customers, the distribution rights for wood adhesives in India and the warehouse in Nagpur. Bodo Möller Chemie will distribute the full range of Planatol’s wood adhesives, which comprise all the relevant technologies required for the market, namely dispersion glues, hot melts, urea resins and reactive polyurethane hot melts.
The German group entered the Indian market with its own affiliate for sales and technical consulting a few months ago. The Indian headquarters are located in Mumbai and the group has local sales offices in Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai. In addition to the new range of Planatol products, Bodo Möller Chemie distributes products made by Huntsman Advanced Materials in the markets for adhesives, composites and electronic components.
“Our strength lies in making our specialist expertise accessible on a global scale. As more than just a supplier, Bodo Möller Chemie uses its knowledge to provide advice on exactly which chemical is best suited for a particular application,” explained Frank Haug, Chairman and Managing Director of Bodo Möller Chemie GmbH. The company coaches and supports customers during the entire life cycle, from prototypes to standard products. The group has sales offices and production sites throughout the world.
About Bodo Möller Chemie
History
1974
The start of the success story of Bodo Möller Chemie in Offenbach am Main. Since then we have grown in many regards: from a packer to a customer consultant, from a sales service provider to an extensive service provider and from a local to a global enterprise.
1971
Bodo Möller founded the Transbest GmbH & Co. KG international forwarding company in Offenbach am Main.
1974
Bodo Möller Chemie is founded by Bodo Möller himself. The business field was packaging of additives of Ciba-Geigy AG for small and medium-sized customers.
1992
Bodo Möller Chemie buys the business with the products of Ciba Performance Polymers, the now Huntsman Advanced Materials, from AGS-Chemie, Obertshausen.
2001
Bodo Möller Chemie concludes a contract with Dow Automotive and from now sells their adhesive products for various European countries and thus rounds off its portfolio in the adhesives and sealants area.
2002
The company portrayal, corporate identity and corporate design are standardised, Bodo Möller Chemie and Transbest Offenbach are certified according to DIN ISO 9001:2000.
2004
Subsidiaries are founded in Austria and France.
2005
Foundation of a subsidiary in Poland.
2006
Move to the new office building at Senefelderstraße 176 in Offenbach am Main.
2007
Bodo Möller Chemie becomes a member of the German Chemical Trade Association, actively participates in the Responsible Care Programme and fulfils all the requirements of the ESAD assessment. In the same year, certification according to DIN EN ISO 14001:2007 is acquired for the first time.
2008
Foundation of the subsidiaries in Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Benelux and Switzerland.
2010
Bodo Möller Chemie is certified according to OHSAS 18001 and is given re-certification for the ESAD assessment.
2011
Foundation of further subsidiaries in South Africa and the Slovak Republic.
2012
Subsidiaries in Poland and France are certified according to ISO 9001:9008
2013
Bodo Möller Chemie wins Industry Award and Innovation Award for Online Marketing of the Initiative Mittelstand
2014
Opening of testing and laboratory facilities in the Science and Technology Park Poznań in Poland
Bodo Möller Chemie is certified according to EN 9120:2010 (repacking and distribution for aerospace industry)
Foundation of subsidiaries in the Czech Republic and Russia.
2015
Founding of affiliates in Hungary, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and China.
Entry into the product formulation with a production plant in Egypt.
2016
Opening of branches in Croatia and India.
