ChemConnect Signs New Global Partners
Agreements in South Korea, Mexico, and South Africa further extend B2B chemicals and plastics buying and selling opportunities
San Francisco, CA (November 13, 2001) – ChemConnect Inc., today announced it has added three new companies, on three continents, to its channel partner program. Agreements with Mirae International Corporation in South Korea, QuimiNet.com headquartered in Mexico, and Professional Access in South Africa further extend global B2B opportunities for ChemConnect’s 7,000 Member companies and facilitate access to ChemConnect’s negotiation tools and connectivity services.
The channel partner program increases competitive advantages for ChemConnect Members, who use the company’s negotiation tools and services to complete transactions, with both new and long-term trading partners. The agreements provide ChemConnect Members with access to the services, localized product, supplier, and company knowledge, and industry expertise of these three companies. By the same token, buyers and sellers of chemicals and plastics in their respective regions gain new opportunities through ChemConnect to trade online in the global marketplace.
“Our newest channel partners represent the best-in-class companies in their regions and in their special areas of focus,” said John Robinson, ChemConnect CEO. “With these agreements we are able to offer our Members the best view of local conditions and unparalleled access to new buying and selling opportunities, facilitated by professionals with extensive knowledge of local customs and contacts.”
About Mirae
Mirae will support ChemConnect’s trading platforms by acting as brokers and facilitators for business development in Asia, with a focus on the South Korean marketplace. Mirae brokers will be active on ChemConnect’s commodities trading area, facilitating the trading of commodity chemicals, plastics, and gasoline blendstocks such as benzene, toluene, xylene, methanol, MTBE, styrene, para-xylene, PVC, propylene, naphtha, and ethylene. This relationship provides ChemConnect with access to the existing customer base of Mirae, a multi-national petrochemical trading company. The Mirae brokers will be able to make contact with buyers and sellers on a regular basis to close transactions. They will also provide pricing information to the marketplace via the ChemConnect daily commodity report.
About Professional Access
Professional Access specializes in sourcing chemicals and polymers in South Africa for markets in West Africa and Asia. South Africa is the continent’s most developed industrial nation, with strong chemicals and plastics manufacturing infrastructures. As ChemConnect’s sales and marketing representative in South Africa, Professional Access will open new e-commerce buying and selling opportunities to and from the country’s invigorated markets.
About QuimiNet
QuimiNet is the virtual community of the Latin American chemicals and plastics industries. Launched in Mexico in October 2000, QuimiNet’s Web-based portfolio includes supplier directories, industry-related news, e-commerce consulting services, telecommunications services, commercial and technical information, free online plastics technical service, and job listings. Under the agreement, QuimiNet will act as ChemConnect’s sales and marketing arm, selling ChemConnect’s negotiation tools and connectivity services in Latin America. This will give QuimiNet members new access to e-commerce opportunities and further open the Latin American market, particularly in Mexico and Columbia, to ChemConnect Members.
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