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Recent News from Minafin
Minafin launches Minagro, new business unit targeting green and safer ingredients for agribusiness industry
Newly appointed team will propose portfolio of green products and solutions to help crop care industry preserve environment
Minasolve Earns USDA Certified Biobased Product Label
Produced from renewable materials, Minasolve’s new fragrance agent and skin moisturizer are innovative alternatives for preserving the quality of cosmetic products Louvain-la-Neuve (BE), 13 February, 2019 — Minasolve, an affiliate of the MINAFIN Group announced today...
Minasolve releases A-LEEN Aroma-3 and E-LEEN Green A
PRESS RELEASE – Beuvry-La-Forêt, France, October 10, 2018 – Minasolve®, the affiliate of the Minafin Group producing bio-based ingredients for the cosmetics industry, today announces the release of A-LEEN® Aroma-3 and E-LEEN® Green A, two new universal personal care solutions offering natural antimicrobial protection over a large pH range
Welcome to Minafin, a new approach to the world of chemistry – Company Profile video
"Welcome to Minafin, a new approach to the world of chemistry, industrial research and advanced manufacturing, haute couture or rather the fine lace of chemistry, that is rare at this level of excellence. An audacious management, with ambitious growth, in 10 years...
Dedication to Fine Chemistry – Fine Services for Life
In the latest EME Outlook (issue 24, p63), discover the article about Minafin and Minakem: "Dedication to Fine Chemistry" with the interviews of Mr Gauchet, Minafin's President and Thierry van Nieuwenhove, Minakem CEO.
The Spectacular Resurgence of Electrochemical Redox Reactions in Organic Synthesis
“In recent years, the application of electrochemistry to the synthesis of fine chemicals has had a resurgence. Many elegant solutions based on electrochemistry have been devised to address synthetic challenges with easy-to-use experimental setups.” Take a look at what...
Minafin invests €14.5M ($18M) to extend Minakem’s production capacity in France
With a 25 per cent volume increase, Dunkirk site will boast a 54m3 capacity extension, allowing the contract manufacturing division to undertake more projects for clients. Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, March 13, 2018 - Minakem, the contract...
Sylvie Boone apppointed Marketing Communications Manager of Minafin End Market Division
On 1st February 2018, Sylvie has taken the position of Marketing Communications Manager at Minafin. In 1995 she graduated in Business Administration & International Management from ICHEC. She started her career in sales & marketing of GSK, and at the...
Kim Vandevoorde as new Executive Assistant to Minafin Group
Announcement Executive Assistant Minafin Group - Kim Vandevoorde 18012018 We are pleased to announce the arrival of Mrs Kim Vandevoorde who took the position as Executive Assistant to the Minafin Group on 15th January. Kim will provide overall support to...
Appointment of Minafin’s Chief Information Officer
Minh Hua was appointed Chief Information Officer of Minafin Group on January 8th 2018. Minh’s responsibility consists in defining and developing across all business units the information system (IS) strategy required to achieve the growth objectives of the Group...
Minakem Beuvry : une synthèse énantiosélective de cyclopropanes chiraux
Le groupe Minakem est un fabricant de produits chimiques de spécialité, d'intermédiaires et de principes actifs pharmaceutiques. Aujourd'hui, les plus grandes compagnies pharmaceutiques et biopharmaceutiques se reposent sur la force des plateformes technologiques du...
MINAFIN : la bonne formule à l’international
Récompensé par le prix de l'Entreprise globale de l'année (Région Nord) par EY, MINAFIN est spécialisé dans le développement de procédés de synthèses chimiques et la fabrication industrielle de produits ou d'intermédiaires chimiques à forte valeur ajoutée. Son PDG,...
Minafin at CPhI
Minafin's brands will be present at CPhI in Frankfurt, Germany, from 24 to 26 October 2017. Innovation is a key feature of the way we work together – our sites, capacities and teams are complementary, we are always looking for new ways to adapt to our customer’s needs...
HP API containment upgrade
Minakem has initiated an ambitious investment plan for setting up equipments with the highest level of containment required to develop and produce highly potent molecules such as Antibody-drug conjugates toxins. The investments will enable Minakem to handle High...
Minafin receives the Global Enterprise prize
In 2017, as the awards celebrate their 25th edition, EY & partners celebrate the exceptional stories of entrepreneurs who are instrumental in France’s economic growth and competitiveness. In his acceptance speech, Frédéric Gauchet, President of Minafin Group, drew...
Minakem invests in Chromatography
Minakem, Minafin Group’s arm dedicated to the chemical development and manufacturing for the pharmaceutical industry, and the supply of associated services for the drug products, today announces that it has finalized the first phase of the commissioning of preparative...
The core of the Minafin group’s financial investors is being renewed
Mont-Saint-Guibert, 31 May 2017 The Minafin group now has a new pool of minority financial investors incorporating Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, Siparex, CM-CIC Investissement and Croissance Nord-Pas de Calais. Founded in 2004 by Frédéric Gauchet, Minafin...
A new era dawns at Louvain
One of the pioneering sites in HPAIs changed hands last year. Andrew Warmington visited Minakem High Potent in Belgium It was one of the earliest sites to make high potency APIs (HPAIs) and Minakem was already seeking to expand into the field. It was also quite close...
Minafin, grand prix de la société industrielle du nord
Minafin, grand prix de la société industrielle du nord
Minafin complète son portefeuille
Le Français a multiplié les opérations stratégiques en début d'année 2015. L'acquisition d'une usine à Louvain-la-Neuve en Belgique lui permet d'élargir son offre dans les principes actifs hautement actifs, tandis que la création d'une coentreprise en Tunisie lui...
MINAFIN enters the business segment for highly effective APIs
The Minafin Group has acquired the location from Ajinomoto OmniChem in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) together with the business segment for highly effective APIs (active pharmaceutical ingredients) and controlled substances. These activities will be integrated in...
Le site d’OmniChem à Louvain-la-Neuve cédé à Minafin
L’entreprise chimique Ajinomoto OmniChem et le groupe français Minafin ont conclu un accord au sujet de la reprise du site de production OmniChem à Louvain-la-Neuve. Aucun emploi ne devrait être supprimé, a affirmé OmniChem.
Chimie : Minafin investit outre-Atlantique dans un substitut vert du paraben
Le groupe français de chimie développe le procédé dans son usine américaine. Le groupe indépendant de chimie Minafin lance un investissement stratégique aux Etats-Unis dans son usine de Memphis. L'entreprise va investir au total 8 millions d'euros dans une unité de...
Minafin construit une unité de 1,2-pentanediol aux États-Unis
Le groupe français de chimie fine Minafin veut accroître ses capacités de production de 1,2-pentanediol biosourcé. Pour cela, il vient d’annoncer la construction d’une unité de production à l’échelle industrielle sur le site de Pennakem, filiale du groupe installée à...
Chimie fine / Lacq Minafin lance Minathiol
La holding Minafin ouvre une nouvelle filiale en France : Minathiol, spécialisée dans le développement d’une gamme de dérivés soufrés pour la chimie fine. Cette filiale spécialisée dans le développement d’une gamme de dérivés soufrés sera donc implantée à Lacq (64),...
Chimie fine : Minafin dope sa croissance grâces à ses propres molécules
Spécialiste de la chimie fine destinée aux industries pharmaceutiques et cosmétiques, ce sous-traitant s’est diversifié avec succès dans la conception de ses propres molécules. Basé à Beuvry-La-Forêt (Nord), le centre de recherche de sa filiale Minakem abrite un des...
Minakem : « L'usine de Dunkerque, c'est notre A380, qui a vocation à durer »
Le février, l'enquête publique dédiée à l'extension d'activités de l'usine de chimie pharmaceutique Minakem sera close. À une semaine de cette échéance, la direction du groupe Minafin a souhaité nous recevoir pour expliquer plus en détail sa stratégie, qui vise...
Minafin Group acquires Pressure Chemical
France-based industrial group Minafin has announced the acquisition of a majority holding in Pennsylvania-based fine chemicals player Pressure Chemical Company.
Minafin met le cap sur la Chine
Le groupe de chimie fine, prévoyant 120 M€ de chiffre d'affaires cette année, s'appuie sur un nouvel actionnaire...
Minafin, futur grand de la chimie fine
Créé en 2005, le groupe Minafin implanté à Beuvry-la-Forêt, près de Valenciennes, connaît une croissance météorique dans la chimie fine. A coup de rachats d'entreprises aux quatre coins du monde, le spécialiste de la chimie pharmaceutique et de la chimie verte est en...
Minafin Consolidates In Fine Chemicals
Minafin, a Luxembourg-based fine chemicals firm, has launched a reorganization in which its pharmaceutical chemical subsidiaries in France, the U.S., and Germany will be grouped into a single business unit called Minakem. Four units that had been operating separately...