TAN International Ltd has significant depth of knowledge and experience in supplying general chemicals, related products and services to a wide variety of industries and applications. For over 25 years we have served these users of liquid and dry chemicals with a range of over 300 products, largely delivered from our UK-based storage and handling facilities. Our strength is in providing our customers with small-packed products to full bulk tanker solutions.

Delivering the solution

We have an unrivalled depth of product knowledge and experience of the chemical industry in its general terms, allowing us to offer our customers a range of chemical products and services that is tailored to their specific requirements. With in-house quality testing combined with our accredited management systems, we are ideally uited partners for managing your basket of general chemical purchases. Whether it be an ongoing product supply chain, total management solution or an infrequent purchase requirement, we are well placed to manage the solution for you. Our cost- effective global purchasing profilecombined with a local speedy and efficient distribution network, allows us to deliver real value for money. We have a network of suppliers and producers spanning the world and we will find alternative or strategic second- source options for all of your general chemicals, be they strategic or commodity items. Our high quality products and services combined with our commitment to safety and the environment has allowed our customers to rely on our services for over 25 years. A large range of materials ranging from A for acetic acid to Z for zinc sulphate can be delivered, often on a next-day basis giving our customers assurance of our commitment to their often difficult manufacturing schedules. By supplying a superior and more innovative service to our customers than that of our competitors, we have built a large loyal base of companies with whom we have worked for many years. These partner companies have benefited from our consistent approach to innovation and improvement in the areas of cost reduction and compliance in the areas of safe manual handling and re-cycling.

We are ideally placed to service the needs of our agriculture and horticulture customers. TAN International Ltd has an extensive list of products and services designed to suit the needs of a vital industry involved in providing the world with high quality food and related products. With products for agricultural merchants and feed producers, including fertiliser products and feed materials, Tan stocks in locally situated warehouses for the convenience of our valued customers.

The natural choice

TAN International Ltd is pleased to have been offering agriculture, horticulture and feed products for over 20 years. We have extensive warehousing facilities which comply with FEMAS standards and can offer our customers products loaded on their own transport allowing full utilisation of agricultural logistics. Cost-effective products and services are vital to this industry and we are playing our role in ensuring all materials are of a high standard whilst ensuring they are delivered at a low cost. Our main agricultural distribution facility is located in Perth, central Scotland with access to excellent road networks allowing fast and cost-effective distribution. Liquid and solid fertiliser and feed products are offered from full bulk tankers to small-packed drummed solutions for our customers’ specific requirements. We can offer storage of third-party materials along with any additional distribution requirements. TAN International Ltd services are targeted at farm and horticultural merchant businesses and animal feed producers, and not directly to individual farms. Materials for horticulture include mineral salts and acids along with packaging support services. Products for the animal feed industry include standard and specialised salts, bicarbonates, sulphates, phosphates and feed grade urea.

TAN International Ltd is enthusiastic about participating in a fresh exciting industry committed to ensuring the long term sustainable future for the world’s energy supply requirements. Whether it be in the now mature oil and gas chemical extraction technology or in some of the emerging sea wind and ground heat transfer, we are able to assist our customers involved in these industries with a range of specifically produced products and services.

We have the energy

The energy business is constantly changing and TAN International Ltd is proud of its continuing support of the more mature or traditional industries in oil and gas extraction, having a long history of supply of oil field chemicals to the North Sea sectors including continental delivery points and further destinations in Europe, the US and the Middle East. Our customer specified oil field chemical blends are produced, packed and tested in our UK-based facilities. These facilities are ideally placed for the Aberdeen oil field chemicals sector. Our production offers total customer confidentiality in the form of non- disclosure, assuring our customers their formulations are protected. TAN International Ltd has the ability to fill and deliver offshore tank containers, as well as packing containers with drums or IBC containers for onward shipping to customer specified destination. Tan is the total solution to your chemical requirements for delivery anywhere in the world. In the areas of emerging energy technology TAN International Ltd is keenly finding new ways to develop its business with these exciting companies and government organisations. For instance transfer fluids for heating or cooling, associated with earth heat transfer, is one area of supply. Bio Gas production is supported by our products and isa further developing area. Another currently under consideration is the supply of resins used in the production of wind turbine blades. Whatever your energy and renewables requirements be, let TAN International Ltd be your chemical and related products supplier.

TAN International Ltd is well placed to offer a wide range of industrial chemicals from its bulk storage facilities based in the UK, with over ten thousand tonnes of liquid storage and four thousand tonnes of dry or palletised storage available. Significant production, quality testing and logistical capabilities over multiple sites allows scale up to hundreds of tonnes per day. Products such as bulk caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid and acetic acid are offered in concentrated or dilute formats.

Providing safe solutions

We offer our customers a large selection of industrial chemicals ranging from acids and alkalis’ to speciality performance products and solvents. Cost effective products and logistical solutions are a crucial part of our service. Materials are offered in concentrated forms or diluted to customer specification using di-water or town’s water. These include: • Acetic Acid • Hydrochloric Acid • Sulphuric Acid • Formic Acid • Caustic Soda • Potassium Hydroxide • Methanol With over 40 bulk liquid storage tanks holding up to ten thousand tonnes and our dry storage facilities capacity of four thousand tonnes, we are able to store and deliver chemicals to a truly industrial scale. In addition to large scale supply we are able to offer our customers smaller pack deliveries on a closed loop, involving re-use of packaging and many innovative environmentally sound practices which set us apart from other distributors. Our business is based on safe and responsible distribution of industrial chemicals and we take our membership of the CBA’s Responsible Care programme very seriously with an in house compliance team continually monitoring our environmental and safety performance. We are committed to providing a high level of service and will remotely monitor our customers stock tanks and silos ensuring that they are continually filled to requirements allowing our customers confidence in material supply along with ensuring efficiencies in delivery logistics. Using partner freight providers Tan keep a tight control of our logistical operations allowing exceptionally high standards of service for our bulk deliveries thoughtout the UK and Europe. Our team with over 100 years combined experience look forward to assisting you.

TAN International Ltd has been a key supplier to the UK food and drinks industry for over 20 years with a tradition of innovation, reliability and safe supply of quality ingredients. We are proud suppliers to the world famous Scotch whisky industry as well as other globally recognised brands. We offer dedicated warehouse facilities specifically for food and related products and ISO audited management systems including recognised accredited audit schemes.

Solutions with extra bite

We have some extremely prestigious customers demonstrating our quality service levels and high standards of food grade materials. Our food and drink industry coverage includes bakery sectors, sea food production and processing, alcoholic drinks, including the Scotch Whisky Industry, and the non-alcoholic drinks sector. With our dedicated food warehouse facilities and specialised clean area preparation facility, we are able to offer our customers a safe and reliable partner for food and related products. Our storage and distribution facilities are checked for the ever growing range of allergens and we endeavour to ensure this is consistently adhered to, with nuts in particular not stored in any of our facilities. Our materials are sourced from quality proven and checked suppliers and producers from all over the world. Particular attention is paid to quality production facilities and the traceability of the materials being supplied, along with the ever important cost effective supply solution. Our internal labelling and computer systems are fully batch compliant and the traceability of every material and batch is recorded for external and internal audit trails. Specific attention is paid to the training of our staff involved in the handling of products intended for food production. Products range from basic salts and sugars, citric acids, vinegars, pepper corns to food grade chemicals such as tartaric acid, sodium bicarbonate and sodium benzoate. TAN International Ltd is in the process of compiling a dossier of food and drinks related questionnaire’s completed over time and will be happy to supply this on request by mail or electronically.

We are pleased to point out our many years of co-operation with the Utilities Industry, supplying a range of chemicals and services ideally suited to its needs. The key to our relationships is well located distribution sites with effective low cost logistics to suit our customer base in this sector.

Responsible solutions

TAN International Ltd is proud of a long standing relationship with UK utility companies, having worked with this sector on long term supply agreements as well as project managing planned and unplanned outages. TAN International Ltd’s aim is to supply superior chemical products to the various utility sectors at the right price and at the right time, every time. TAN International Ltd is experienced in offering chemicals and services to companies in the following utility sectors: • Water purification • Effluent Treatment • Power Station Chemicals • Re-Cycling • Waste Reclamation Products such as caustic soda, phosphoric acid, hydrogen peroxide, sodium carbonate and hydrated lime are a few of the materials supplied to the Utilities Industry. Using ideally placed distribution facilities in Perth, UK TAN International Ltd can offer bulk or packed products on a fast and reliable basis, with this facility having the capability of storing up to 10,000 tonnes of liquid products and 4,000 tonnes of palletised dry products. We are committed to high standards of environmental compliance and are continually striving for minimisation of waste and to continually develop innovative recycling activities and new initiatives. We are committed to avoiding spills and /or pollution incidents and hold the environment and communities we serve amongst our highest priorities. TAN International Ltd is a member of the Chemical Business Association and has been committed to the principals of responsible care for over 15 years and is currently in the process of attaining further environmental accreditations having already been granted ISO status.

TAN International Ltd is a focused UK based independent chemicals distributor offering a range of pharmaceutical grade products including GMP products and intermediate materials. From a position of strength and experience in dealing with the pharmaceutical industry we deliver products and services ideally designed for the needs and aspirations of the modern, fast moving, cost sensitive pharmaceutical market.

Where quality matters

TAN International Ltd has a long history of supplying and supporting the pharmaceutical industry. For over 20 years we have been offering unrivalled experience and expertise in the areas of sourcing products and delivering customised solutions for this industry sector. Our specific strength has been our ability to tailor our products and services to the specific needs of our pharma customers. Examples of this are pre-batch selection, alternative packaging preparation and specific timed delivery slots in line with process planning. Project single sourcing and management of strategic and non-strategic materials can be handled by us giving you a secure and reliable partner for chemical supply. Strict quality and product safety procedures are followed to give our customers quality products and services. All of our materials are subject to strict batch control and integration with our labelling and computerised systems ensuring we can control every batch of each material delivered to each customer. Our materials are supplied under ISO assurance and have been sourced from Global locations using partners and agents. We can offer first hand factory visits and reports on products and producer markets including India, China the US and the Middle East. By using partners and agents we can record first class market information without incurring heavy financial costs avoiding the overhead of branch offices in these locations. Over the years we have worked with many of the worlds largest and most prestigious pharmaceutical companies enjoying excellent relations, with them relying on our unique abilities and services.

TAN International Ltd is pleased to offer a wide range of packaging materials for use in any industry or application. From our distribution points in the UK we can offer a range including plastic and metal packaging for single use or for multiple uses. In addition we are continually striving to offer materials that can be re-cycled for further use or processed for production into alternative products.

The right package

Our range of packaging is one of the largest in the UK ,offering customers a wide selection of packaging from plastic drums, metal drums, Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBC’s) and small 25kg metal and plastic containers. Our sources of packaging range mainly from UK and European sources with specific requirements available on request. Customers are able to contact us at short notice to secure supplies of drums and IBC’s in case of urgent need or in the event of any tank failure. We are experienced in handling total packaging requirements, offering customers our management of their packaging requirements by monitoring and redelivering a range of pre-agreed packaging products on an as-needed basis. This has been proven to be a useful and innovative tool for customers looking for a solution to packaging outages and cost control of waste. Please contact us with your packaging requirements

All companies require assistance at some stage with storage, filling and logistics services; whether it is on a temporary basis or an ongoing service arrangement TAN International Ltd has the capability to assist customers in providing these services. Liquid and dry palletised storage facilities along with the ability to fill drums or IBC’s and deliver these to any location are key services.

Delivering the full package

At some stage all manufacturing organisations are faced with challenging situations, be it due to an accident, expansion or a desire to contract out certain activities to third party organisations for cost reduction or strategic logistic positional purposes. It is when this situation arises TAN International Ltd can assist customers in dealing with these problems whether it be short term or on a longer term contract basis. Our facilities include forty five thousand square feet of dry palletised chemical and dedicated food ingredient storage, aligned with thousands of tonnes of liquid product storage available. We have the personnel and equipment to allow solid or liquid offloading, filling and re-delivery of chemicals and related products to any part of the UK, Europe or the rest of the world. In addition to the services above TAN International Ltd are able to supply a “total package” for companies looking for distribution partners for their related products such as fuel additives and oils, agricultural and horticultural chemicals, feed products and chemical or food related items. We have the capability to take product from production plant to consumer’s door using our comprehensive and experienced Supply Chain Team. Alternatively we can offer any separate part of the logistics solution customers require. TAN International Ltd is a member of the UK chemicals association the CBA and adheres to the requirements of the Responsible Care initiative. In addition we subscribe to the Carechem 24 Initiative, giving customers assurance of our commitment to the principles of safety and environmental compliance.

We would like to introduce you to our fine chemicals sourcing and contract manufacturing capabilities. We have extensive contacts and partner companies amongst UK, European and Middle Eastern fine chemical producers along with tried and trusted partners in China, Korea, India and Japan. We can offer a comprehensive discrete service in the area of bespoke or fine chemicals sourcing supply.

The source of the solution

Bespoke sourcing reports and market analysis is offered to companies looking for best sourcing practice of individual or a collection of products for a specific production process. Project single sourcing and management of strategic and non strategic materials can be handled by us, giving you a secure and reliable partner for chemical supply. Tan employs the services of a network of quality partners in Eastern Europe and Asia to ensure fast high quality up to date and accurate market information. We can appraise the world supply base for existing products purchased, offering potentially a first, second or third source and giving a strategically sound procurement strategy. Our services are offered with the assurance of confidentiality and security of information given to us by our customers and received by our sources. Non disclosure agreements are offered to customers who have concerns in this area. Our services are ISO Quality Assured by the BSI and we welcome your enquiries for Fine Chemicals sourcing or specific manufacturing. Our storage and distribution facilities are fully equipped to handle a wide rage of fine chemicals and specific re-packing or customised delivery requests can be ccommodated. We will stock and deliver the product as and when required, easing your capital in addition to taking title to the goods so ensuring guaranteed uality every time. With UK based partner manufacturing capabilities, Tan International Ltd can offer complex chemical manufacturing processes with ultra modern facilities and manufacturing techniques, giving high quality cost effective roduction of fine chemicals. We have over 25 years experience of this particular sector and have gained unrivalled knowledge along with friends and contacts throughout the world. We can offer the complete service from sourcing, audit checking, logistics and repackaging to delivery to your door.

Tan International Ltd is a crucial contributor to global sustainable seafood with production expected to increase by up to 50% over the next few years. We offer a wide range of chemicals, packaging and products tailored for the aquaculture and fish farm industries. Products and services include biocides, preserving aids, feed additives and quick and effective distribution services to multiple sites in the UK and Europe.

A refreshing change

The aquaculture industry is an exciting and fast developing global business. Its position in relation to providing sustainable seafood makes this industry a crucial element of the world’s ability to feed itself in a sustainable way. The expected demand for seafood produced by the aquaculture industry world wide will increase by 50% by 2030. TAN International Ltd is committed to supporting this industry and has a comprehensive list of products and packaging items tailored to the aquaculture and related industries. With stock items held in the UK, delivery can be made to often remote locations throughout the UK and Ireland using efficient cost effective local distribution providers. The UK is the largest aquaculture producer in the EU, accounting for 30% of total EU aquaculture production, and our facilities are situated ideally to service this area. Materials and services offered by TAN International Ltd include the products listed below; • Specialist aquaculture disinfectants • Cleaning Chemicals and products • Ensiling agents • Feed preservatives • IBC containers and packaging • On site bunded storage tanks These are just a few examples of some of the materials and services we offer which are applicable to the aquaculture industry. All of our products have been designed to have a minimum and often zero impact on the environment and in addition to these products packaging, anti-spill control products are available along with extensive advice and support in minimising detrimental environmental impact as well as costly waste. Recycling of packaging along with on site bunded storage tanks are examples of our commitment to sustainable supply and are offered as an example of waste minimisation and environmentally sound practice.