

The directors of TAN International Ltd recently attended the FECC Congress in Barcelona. This Congress covered many hot topics in the chemicals industry including the main theme “Creating Value through Differentiation”. Other topics covered included the global impact of REACH, new rules for EU Competition Agreements, emerging markets such as Africa and the Middle East. The even was of great use in informing the directors of the latest trends and shift in the chemical distribution business allowing a focused strategy for the future of the company.
A commercial team from Tan attended the Chemspec Berlin exhibition with very positive feed back on its mission to raise the profile of the company in Europe. This is the first time the company has taken a stand at Chemspec and the team are delighted with the results. TAN International Ltd was part of the Scottish Pavilion along with several other Scottish companies participating. The new brochures and logo was displayed and distributed during this event with positive feed back on the new look and feel to the company image. A number of new European contacts have been made along with valuable meetings and new business with more established contacts including those in Europe and the Middle and Far East. In particular many meetings involved potential new producers for whom Tan can represent or distribute on behalf of within our markets.
The annual customer golf day was held at Murryshall Hotel and Golf courses on the 25th of June 2010. This year’s event was a tremendous success with the sun shining throughout the day. The golf standard again was very high with the winner taking the title with a one point lead over second place.