For many people and also for us at Brenntag, 2020 was quite an extraordinary year. The global COVID-19 pandemic had a severe adverse effect on all our lives, both personal and professional, and presented us with unprecedented challenges. For Brenntag, 2020 was also a year of change. We associate last year with a number of new developments, but also with the major opportunity to pave the way for an even more successful future. Our aim is to systematically expand Brenntag’s position as global market leader, and this aim is embodied in our transformation programme, “Project Brenntag”.
But why does the global market leader need to change? Why does the largest chemical distributor need to evolve? Our sector and our business partners are continuously changing. Our customers and suppliers have individual and ever more demanding needs and requirements, which we wish to address in the best way possible. The segments of industry in which we operate are impacted by a wide range of trends, some of them global and fast-moving, and we need to follow those trends and respond to them with flexibility and agility.
“Project Brenntag” addresses numerous aspects of our business model with the aim of sharpening our profile, reducing complexity and making us much more efficient. And our partners, too, will benefit from the company’s repositioning: we want to expand the long-standing relationships of trust with our suppliers and deepen our customer relationships. As global market leader, we want to move forward and play a part in shaping the change in our industry. Only in this way can we create added value for our stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
For Brenntag, both 2020 and 2021 are years dominated by transformation and our further development: with a view to future growth and sustained success.