The Bodo Moller Chemie Group takes over the Portuguese distributor Anmapi, LDA and in doing so, the Offenbach-based supplier of specialty chemicals expands its own branch network on the Iberian Peninsula and acquires with Anmapi an established and experienced Henkel partner.

With the acquisition, Bodo Moller Chemie further expands its partnership with Henkel in the area of Bonderite cleaners and corrosion protection products for the metal industry in Southern Europe.

Anmapi has customer relationships that have grown for decades as well as outstanding expertise in surface technology, and is considered an absolute Bonderite specialist.

“By taking over Anmapi, we significantly expand the European business of our group and moreover acquire a partner that can be regarded as a true asset for us in Bonderite application know-how. While we have built up the loyalty to Henkel and other manufacturers in Central and Eastern Europe, Anmapi has taken over this task since it was founded in Portugal in 1999,” says Frank Haug, Chairman of the Board of the Bodo Moller Chemie Group.

“The Bodo Moller Chemie Group has an outstanding reputation and, like our company, is a link between manufacturers and users, it offers its own laboratories and helps the industry in a decisive way to make the right selection and optimally process the products. Thus, we are proud to be a strong community now and to represent the name Bodo Moller Chemie here in Portugal in the future,” explains Antonio Freitas, founder, Anmapi.

From Porto, the new Portuguese subsidiary will also distribute – apart from the Bonderite and Loctite product lines from Henkel – industrial adhesives made by Huntsman and 3M, technical textile and thermoplastic solutions from Porcher Industries, mixing and application solutions from Medmix as well as pigments from Merck in the future.

The Bodo Moller Chemie Group already established a subsidiary in Spain in 2020. With the recent takeover of the Spanish distributor General Adhesivos and the merger with Anmapi, the Group is now represented on the Iberian Peninsula with offices in Madrid, Alforja (Tarragona) and Porto as well as with three local warehouses in Alforja (Tarragona), Barcelona and Porto with 14 employees.

“The expansion by our new colleagues in Portugal is a strategic addition after expanding the business in Spain – thanks to Anmapi now also with its own laboratory for surface technologies,” explains Alex Matosas, Managing Director, Bodo Moller Chemie Spain.