Brenntag SE is the holding company of Brenntag Group. The company was founded in 1874 in Berlin and specializes in the distribution of chemicals and ingredients. The company is headquartered in Essen, Germany and has operations in more than 600 locations in 72 countries.[2]
History
Founding
Brenntag was founded on October 9, 1874, in Berlin by the Jewish merchant Philipp Mühsam (November 14, 1848 – May 17, 1914) under his own name.[3] At first, the company Philipp Mühsam was an agricultural wholesale business, whose most successful product was eggs.[3] In 1879, Philipp Mühsam entered the trade of pharmaceutical raw materials, the so-called ‘drugs.’ By 1881, according to the sources, the company was distributing chemicals, dyes, drugs and also agricultural products, though the latter only in small quantities.[3]