In fact, we were part of this group last year, too. But as we all know, once is not never enough. And that's why we're even more pleased to be among the Growth Champions once again in 2024!

In the Germany-wide overall ranking, we are in a solid 138th place. In terms of specific sectors, things literally went like a well-oiled clock for us: 7th place in the "Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals" category. We are once again proud of this award! Such a great confirmation of our work. A great end to the year. And, together with our sixth company anniversary, a great reason to celebrate.

We have repeatedly proven to ourselves and everyone else that growth is possible even in difficult and crisis-ridden times. Our figures speak for themselves: six years after the company was founded in 2017, we have generated an impressive 23 million euros in revenue with 14 employees and are proud to have 300 loyal and new customers worldwide. At this point, we would like to repeat ourselves and say thank you – to our customers, to our supply partners and to our outstanding HOC team.

Kristina Kuss started in her position as Business Manager Oleochemicals on March 01, 2023. In this role, Kristina will take care of the entire oleochemical business. Fatty acids, soap noodles and glycerine from Evyap Oleochemicals as well as ethoxylated specialties from SABO S.p.A. for feed applications form the core of her responsibility alongside other products. Kristina brings with her many years of experience in the marketing and sales of oleochemicals, combined with excellent knowledge of raw materials and applications. Most importantly, Kristina is a wonderful character, and the HOC team is excited to working together every day!

Do you want to meet her in person?
We look forward to POC2023, 6.–8. March 2023, Shangri-La, Kuala Lumpur
https://www.pocmalaysia.com/

Ranked 47th in Germany and even 4th in the 2023 Growth Champions in the „Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals“ industry. We’re very proud of this award! Right on time for our fifth company birthday. Focus editor-in-chief Robert Schneider wrote in the special issue 02/2022: „Writing about growth in times like these feels strange. Given the past Corona pandemic and Putin‘s war, energy crisis, inflation shock and disrupted supply chains.“ But our figures five years after the company was founded in 2017 prove that growth is possible even in times of crisis: more than 22 million euros in sales with 12 employees and 300 satisfied customers worldwide.

We say thank you – to our customers and supply partners and especially to the entire outstanding HOC team!

The successful cooperation between the two partners began in 2018 for applications other than cosmetics. With today's step, Hammonia Oleo® is expanding its product portfolio for cosmetic raw materials sustainably. IQL offers its customers a large portfolio of emmolients, emulsifiers and thickeners that have been specially developed for personal care applications. Manufacturers of products for skin care, hair care, decorative cosmetics, sun care, creams & lotions, but also for styling&hair sprays can find the proper raw materials at IQL. In addition to MCT based on coconut, monohydricalcohol esters, polyhydricalcohol esters and monohydricalcohol esters forming the product base.

Marc Schlüter, Managing Partner of Hammonia Oleochemicals, explains: “We are very pleased to be able to further expand the existing successful strategic partnership with IQL. For our customers in Germany, the high-performance products create additional synergies with our natural waxes and thickeners in their formulations, combined with our extensive application know-how and daily support.”

“Hammonia Oleochemicals is an established and reliable partner for our customers. Together we strive to further expand our existing market presence in Germany for the benefit of our customers” said Noboru Hishikawa, CEO of IQL. “Our customers' demand for natural raw materials is increasing in many markets, especially in German-speaking countries. As an innovative company, we can react quickly to new trends, such as the strong demand for natural and renewable ingredients, and changes in the global market. With HOC we have a distribution partner who thanks to his know-how can represent us excellently on the market.”, commented Dr. Angel Martinez, CCO of IQL.

About Industrial Química Lasem, S.A.U.:
Industrial Química Lasem (IQL), founded in 1947, is a leading European oleochemicals manufacturer based near Barcelona in Spain. IQL belongs to The Nisshin OilliO Group, Japan, a group listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange with more than 2,700 employees. Today IQL is one of the largest manufacturers of fatty acid esters and offers an extensive portfolio covering many areas of application.

About Hammonia Oleochemicals GmbH:
Hammonia Oleochemicals GmbH is the competent and reliable specialist for the marketing and distribution of oleochemical products, waxes as well as natural rawmaterials and their derivatives. True to the motto, going beyond distribution, HOC ensures the best possible service for customers and delivery partners. As a family business, decades of experience in natural wax and the oleochemical industry are combined with the traditional values of Hamburg merchants. The name HOC stands for responsibility and reliability, for professionalism and passion.
 

“We are very impressed with Nisshin OilliO's range of specialty ingredients for the beauty and personal care market and are honored to have these innovative products as part of the Hammonia Oleo® portfolio,” said Marc Schlüter, Managing Director at Hammonia Oleo®. “It's exciting to see Nisshin OilliO benefit from Hammonia Oleo’s existing professional market set-up as well as our deep industry expertise with a team of technical and selling experts, all focused on the beauty and personal care market here in Germany.”

Nisshin OilliO is a leading producer of specialty ingredients for the cosmetic industry. Their broad portfolio of high performing products includes low and high polar esters as well emulsifying and gelling agents, better known under their trade names in Japan COSMOL, SALACOS, NOMCORT and BASIS. An important addition to the existing Hammonia Oleo® beauty and personal care portfolio, Nisshin OilliO’s product range represents a variety of outstanding ingredients to meet the growing demand from brand and private labels owners located in Germany.

“Our products are used to manufacture high quality cosmetic products and are being known and used already for many years in a large number of international brands”, said Mr.Keiichi Oyama, Ass. General Manager Fine Chemicals Dept. of Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd., Japan. “Working with Hammonia Oleo will enable us to access a larger marketplace in Germany than we currently cater to and we are confident that Hammonia Oleo’s reach and know-how will be an important asset for us in this regard.”

About The Nisshin OilliO Group Ltd, Japan: The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd. is listed on the Tokyo stock exchange. More than 2,700 employees are engaged in the manufacture, processing, and distribution of edible oils. The group operates through the following segments: Oils and fats, modified fats, fine chemicals, healthy foods and others. The Fine Chemicals segment manufactures and supplies cosmetic raw materials and chemical ingredients. The Nisshin OilliO Group Ltd. was founded by Kihachiro Okura and Kyujiro Matsushita on February 22, 1907 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. For more information please visit: www.nisshin-oillio.com

About Hammonia Oleochemicals GmbH: Hammonia Oleochemicals GmbH is the competent and reliable specialist for marketing and distribution of oleochemicals, waxes and natural products and their derivatives. True to our maxim going beyond distribution, we ensure the very best possible service for our customers and our supply partners. As an aspiring family business, we combine our decades of experience in the oleochemical and wax industry with the traditional values of Hamburg merchants. Our name stands for responsibility and reliability, for professionalism and passion.

Already in August 2018 the co-operation of both partners started for the market in the Netherlands. The QUOLIO product line for application food/feed is supplied by Hammonia Oleo® since March 2018 in Germany. With this step Hammonia Oleo® is significantly enhancing its existing product portfolio for lubricant applications. IQL provides customers with performance products that are designed for diverse applications whether in automotive or other industrial sectors. The product portfolio is ranging from mono-esters, glycerol esters, polyol esters to polycarboxylic esters as well as complex esters. IQL products being used in automotive (two and four stroke engines as well as in gear/ transmission solutions) and industrial applications like hydraulic fluids, chain oils, metalworking, rolling or air compressor oils.

“We are pleased to see this extension and positive development in our collaboration”, said Patrick Knüppel, Managing Director Hammonia Oleochemicals. “It enables us now to offer customer-orientated high-quality esters in the German lubricant market and meet our customers' requirements even more effectively by expanding our portfolio in our homemarket Germany, the most important and largest market in Europe.”, added Andreas Martin, Business Director Lubricants Hammonia Oleochemicals.

“Hammonia Oleochemicals is an established, reliable partner which is working with us to create the best possible framework to enlarge our existing market presence in Germany”, said Mr. Noboru Hishikawa, CEO of IQL. “We are glad that it has been possible to extend our commercial and technical relationship. We are convinced that Hammonia Oleo® will serve and support our customers in Germany in the best manner”, commented Marc Alumà, Business Unit Manager of IQL.

About Industrial Química Lasem, sau: Industrial Química Lasem (IQL) is a leading European oleochemical producer, located near Barcelona in Spain and part of The Nisshin OilliO Group, Japan, a group quoted on the Tokyo stock exchange with more than 2,700 employees. The company IQL was founded in 1947 and from the beginning have been providing solutions for different industry sectors. Today IQL is one of the largest fatty esters producer offering an extensive portfolio of different esters, including both commodities and specialties. For more information please visit: www.iqlasem.com

About Hammonia Oleochemicals GmbH: Hammonia Oleochemicals GmbH is the competent and reliable specialist for marketing and distribution of oleochemicals, waxes and natural products and their derivatives. True to our maxim going beyond distribution, we ensure the very best possible service for our customers and our supply partners. As an aspiring family business, we combine our decades of experience in the oleochemical and wax industry with the traditional values of Hamburg merchants. Our name stands for responsibility and reliability, for professionalism and passion.

“With Mr. Martin, we have succeeded in gaining an expert in the lubricant industry, who will decisively advance the strategic development of our still young company in the field of lubricants,” says Patrick Knüppel, Managing Partner of Hammonia Oleochemicals.

Mr. Martin brings with him a wealth of experience gained as Head of Global Product Management for Lubricants Additives at Rhein Chemie / Lanxess and as Business Manager Lubricants at Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH in the distribution business. “For me, it is a great challenge to be able to position a young company within the lubricant market as an ambitious player, both in direct customer contact and in the strategic area,” says Andreas Martin, referring to his reasons for switching to Hammonia Oleochemicals.

About Hammonia Oleochemicals GmbH: Hammonia Oleochemicals GmbH is the competent and reliable specialist for marketing and distribution of oleochemicals, waxes and natural products and their derivatives. True to our maxim going beyond distribution, we ensure the very best possible service for our customers and our supply partners. As an aspiring family business, we combine our decades of experience in the oleochemical and wax industry with the traditional values of Hamburg merchants. Our name stands for responsibility and reliability, for professionalism and passion.

Koster Keunen is one of the world’s leading processors, refiners and marketers of natural waxes. The new factory in Bladel, Holland is producing a wide range of quality waxes for application in the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, candle and food industry. From beeswax, the foundation of the business Koster Keunen has developed a variety of new products to meet new and constantly evolving client requirements. Vegetable waxes include carnauba wax, candelilla wax and several composites. Organic-bees wax, organic carnauba wax as well orange wax, sunflower wax, rice wax and different ester waxes have been added to the wax portfolio.

"Koster Keunen’s strength is its extensive knowledge of waxes and scientific experience in developing new products. By working closely together with our customers’ R&D departments as well as formulators we enable our clients to create unique formulas with strong added value in its end product properties. We are convinced to have chosen with Hammonia Oleo® the right partner to serve and support our customers in Germany", explains Gerben-Jan Boersma, Managing Director of Koster Keunen Holland BV.

"We're delighted about the new partnership with KOSTER KEUNEN," adds Marc Schlüter, Managing Partner, Hammonia Oleochemicals. "The range of natural waxes from the new state-ofthe art production plant in the Netherlands ideally complement our product portfolio, rounding off our range for cosmetic and technical applications."

About Koster Keunen Holland BV
Koster Keunen is one of the world’s leading processors, refiners and marketers of natural waxes. Since 1852, Koster Keunen Holland and Koster Keunen U.S.A. have specialized in processing, formulating and marketing quality waxes to the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, candle and food industry. For more information please visit: www.kosterkeunen.eu

About Hammonia Oleochemicals GmbH
Hammonia Oleochemicals GmbH is the competent and reliable specialist for marketing and distribution of oleochemicals, waxes and natural products and their derivatives. True to our maxim going beyond distribution, we ensure the very best possible service for our customers and our supply partners. As an aspiring family business, we combine our decades of experience in the oleochemical and wax industry with the traditional values of Hamburg merchants. Our name stands for responsibility and reliability, for professionalism and passion.