CREMER ERZKONTOR solidifies its leadership in the field of processed industrial minerals by entering into a new partnership based on a long term exclusive contract with The Alumina Industrial Company LLC (TAC) in the United Arab Emirates. Through this partnership, CREMER ERZKONTOR is taking its business ‘Beyond Trading’ while ensuring the availability and high quality of critical products to key regions with a unique new source.

“This partnership is an important step in our strategy to diversify and strengthen our supply chains,” says Michael Fanger, head of division minerals at CREMER ERZKONTOR. “In TAC, we have found a reliable partner whose high quality alumina products will support our customers in key industries worldwide with a long term price visibility.” 

For TAC, this partnership validates its business plan and project viability in a global context. More importantly, it provides TAC with a reliable partner with an extensive global network to market current and future products.

“With CREMER ERZKONTOR, we are partnering with a globally recognised leader in advanced industrial materials,” says Aditya Agarwalla, director at TAC. “Their expertise, network, and deep understanding of the market will help us establish our position as a key supplier of specialised alumina intermediates worldwide.”

Originally founded in 1915 as the Possehl Erzkontor Group, CREMER ERZKONTOR – as it is known today – has been part of the Peter Cremer holding company since 2014. With offices on five continents, CREMER ERZKONTOR co-ordinates international trade, processing, recycling and logistics in the field of raw materials and chemicals, with a sales focus on all European countries, North and South America, Africa and Asia. The company is headquartered in Lübeck, Germany.

TAC is a greenfield project currently under construction in the United Arab Emirates aiming to produce approximately 300,000 tons per year of specialised alumina intermediates for the global refractory, technical ceramics and abrasives industries. The company is promoted by the Maithan Group based in India, which has more than six decades of experience in industrial manufacturing. Find out more at www.erzkontor.com.

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