Distributors’ insights on performance across different market verticals
Home and personal care, mining and power, and agriculture among best-performing
“Essential markets have shown resilience during different economic cycles, among which beauty and personal care, food ingredients, pharmaceutical ingredients, and energy stand out, just to name a few. In Latam, we had recent supplier agreements with Leprino Foods in Brazil and Mexico, with SI Group for active pharmaceutcal ingredients in Brazil, and with Croda for sun care filter ingredients for the Brazilian personal care market. Many other partnerships are in the pipeline.”
Jorge Buckup, President Latin America, Univar Solutions
“The energy sector in Latin America, including both mining and oil and gas, presents a great opportunity for our services moving forward. Also, consolidations in the agrobusiness, where Brenntag has a sizeable participation, continue to drive demand. The personal care market has been very dynamic in recent years, having gone through various consumer trend adaptations during the pandemic.”
Germán Torres, President, Brenntag Essentials Latin America
“The personal care and home care (including fabric care) markets proved incredibly resilient during the pandemic. Today, as consumer purchasing power decreased due to higher interest rates, demand has softened and, in some cases, dropped. Yet, growth opportunities always exist – for example in the lithium industry in Argentina and Chile. In the short to medium term, we are looking at a mixed bag.”
Stefan Van Loock, Region Manager Chemicals South America, Manuchar
“We will continue to focus largely on the power sector, helping feed the growing demand for power infrastructure. Secondly, we have new eco-friendly products within our personal care line that we are preparing to commercialize.”
Mark Phillips, Chief Operating Officer, Tulstar
“In recent months, Brazil´s industrial growth has slowed down a bit, but thanks to Pochteca´s diversified product and segment portfolio, we continue to grow healthily. The segments that continue to perform well in today´s market are home and personal care, food, agriculture and specialties.”
Carlos Henrique Lemos Dantas, Director Presidente, Pochteca Coremal Brazil