Our Division

Fine Chemicals Division is a global supplier of active pharmaceutical ingredients, fine chemicals and other specialty chemical products and services to a wide range of chemical and pharmaceutical industry customers and industrial and academic research organizations.

Pharmaceutical Materials and Services

The Pharmaceutical Materials and Services business manufactures APIs and provides services to the pharmaceutical industry. The business specializes in the manufacture of platinum based anticancer APIs and controlled drugs and provides a full range of commercial scale manufacturing services for APIs to both generic and branded pharmaceutical companies. We have operations in the USA.

Alfa Aesar Research Chemicals

The Research Chemicals business is a globally integrated catalogue based supplier of specialty inorganic and organic chemicals. It operates under the Alfa Aesar brand name and is based in the UK, USA, Germany, China and India.

Macfarlan Smith

Macfarlan Smith manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and intermediate products for the pharmaceutical industry. The business specializes in APIs for controlled drugs, particularly opiate products. Most of Macfarlan Smith’s customers are generic pharmaceutical companies. This business is headquartered in Edinburgh, UK.