VWR, the leading global independent provider of products and service solutions to laboratory and production customers, has entered into an agreement with Avantor Performance Materials, LLC. This agreement will allow VWR to distribute Avantor’s beaker-to-bulk portfolio of J.T.Baker and Macron Fine Chemicals brand laboratory and pharmaceutical products to all European countries except Poland. European customers in the biopharmaceutical, production, quality labs, research and education industries will all benefit from this offering.
“The J.T.Baker and Macron Fine Chemicals brand portfolio is backed by Avantor’s robust global quality systems, cGMP manufacturing footprint and distinctive innovation model designed to provide customized solutions to address complex challenges at any scale. This agreement provides our customers access to a broader choice of quality products,” stated Dr Nils Clausnitzer, SVP and president, EMEA-APAC Lab and Distribution Services for VWR. “VWR and Avantor’s longstanding history of collaboration will help us continue to drive positive results for our customers.”
“Avantor’s broad product portfolio and VWR’s extensive distribution capabilities and infrastructure allows both companies to better serve the growing needs of customers across Europe,” said Bjorn Hofman, executive vice president, Biopharma, Research & Diagnostics, for Avantor. “We are excited to work with VWR to provide a broader customer base access to our extensive offerings through VWR’s comprehensive distribution network.”
Avantor is a global supplier of ultra-high-purity materials for the life sciences and advanced technology industries. The company provides performance materials and solutions for the production and research needs of approximately 7,900 customers across the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostics, aerospace & defense, and semiconductor industries. The agreement makes VWR the exclusive distributor for J.T.Baker and Macron Fine Chemicals brand pharmaceutical production chemistries in the majority of European countries. Avantor’s product portfolio includes more than 30,000 products that meet increasingly stringent standards across technology driven and highly regulated industries.