Other businesses

The group's other businesses provide products for various usages, such as: thermoplastic compounds: thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) and PVC compounds, powder compounds for slush molding of automotive instrument panel skins; benzyl chloride, benzaldehyde, chlorotoluenes; pharmaceutical intermediates, active pharmaceutical ingredients; ferric chloride, sodium hypochlorite (bleach), hydrochloric acid for the automotive, construction, consumer goods, pharmaceutical and water treatment end markets.

Tessenderlo Group is the number 3 supplier of inorganic coagulants to European water treatment plants. The customers are drinking water, municipal and industrial waste water treatment plants.

The group supplies iron-based salts which not only help to remove suspended solids, but also reduce odors and are highly effective in removing phosphorus. Bleach, a disinfectant, and hydrochloric acid are also part of the supply offering to customers.

With plants in the north of France and the east of Belgium, the group enjoys a strong footprint to serve France, the Benelux, Switzerland, Germany and the UK. Cities like Paris, Brussels and Geneva rely on the group's products to treat their waste water streams.

Tessenderlo Group is a preferred supplier of intermediates and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API's) for major international pharmaceutical companies for both the branded and the generic markets.

With three production sites, a pilot unit and a research and development department, the group is able to cover the range of needs of its clients.  From the development stages of a product to the commercial scale, Tessenderlo Group develops the synthetic route, process optimization and scale-up and/or technology transfer to enable manufacture on an industrial scale.

The group's activities cover mainly the European and North American markets, for both new molecules and on the generic product market.

The Organic Chlorine Derivatives business supplies chemical intermediates to growing markets including agrochemicals, coatings and pharmaceuticals.
These products are mainly based on the chlorination of toluene, for which chlorine is partially sourced from within the group. The business has built its reputation as a reliable supply partner, and can deliver to its global customer base from two sites located in China and Italy.

The Compounds business produces various blends based on ready-made PVC and thermoplastic elastomers (TPE). These blends are mainly intended for the automotive industry (for airbag covers, dashboard skins, interior finishing and sealing systems), for consumer products (for handles of household appliances, pens and toothbrushes), and for construction (for shutters, cladding, and window seals). Tessenderlo Group has developed compounds that meet the needs of the most important vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers. In particular, these customers value the reliable development and supply of high-performance compounds that allow a great deal of design freedom, while at the same time having a lower weight.

The business is organized under the name CTS (Compound Technology Services), which comprises Thermoplastiques Cousin-Tessier (France), the Marvyflo activity (France, Belgium), TCT Polska (Poland) and CTS Automotive Compounds Changshu (China).  CTS is developing products in collaboration with industry that are sold under the brand names Tefabloc®, Tefaprene®, Marvyflo®, Marvylex® and Tefanyl®.

www.cts-compounds.com