Fine Chemicals & Catalysts Division is a global supplier of fine chemicals, catalysts and other speciality chemical products and services to a wide range of chemical and pharmaceutical industry customers and research institutes.

Catalysts and Chemicals
The Catalysts and Chemicals business manufactures precious and base metal catalysts, fine chemicals and electrochemical products. The business sells its products to customers in the speciality chemical, pharmaceutical, fine chemical and other markets. Manufacturing takes place in the UK, USA, Germany, India and China.

Macfarlan Smith
Macfarlan Smith manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and intermediate products for the pharmaceutical industry. The business specialises in APIs for controlled drugs, particularly opiate products. Most of Macfarlan Smith’s customers are generic pharmaceutical companies. The business is headquartered in Edinburgh, UK.

Pharmaceutical Materials and Services
The Pharmaceutical Materials and Services business manufactures APIs and provides services to the pharmaceutical industry. The business specialises in the manufacture of platinum based anticancer APIs and controlled drugs and provides a full range of commercial scale manufacturing services for APIs to both generic and branded pharmaceutical companies. The business has operations in the USA and Ireland.

Research Chemicals
The Research Chemicals business is a globally integrated catalogue based supplier of speciality inorganic and organic chemicals. It operates under the Alfa Aesar brand name and is based in the UK, USA, Germany, China and India.

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