Alfa Aesar

Alfa Aesar
Industry Basic materials
Headquarters Ward Hill, Massachusetts, U.S.
Products Specialty chemicals
Owner Thermo Fisher Scientific[1]
Website www.alfa.com

Coordinates: 42°45′54″N 71°06′58″W / 42.765°N 71.116°W / 42.765; -71.116 Alfa Aesar, headquartered in Ward Hill, Massachusetts, United States, is a supplier of reagents and materials for use in research and development, and analysis. They have facilities in many countries and manufacture many of the chemicals they sell.

History

The current Alfa Aesar setup - part of the Johnson Matthey Fine Chemicals & Catalysts Division[2] - comes from a series of company mergers:

Both Lancaster Synthesis and Avocado had close trading links to Alfa at various times prior to the takeover: the organic products sold in Germany through the Alfa-Ventron catalogue were sourced from Lancaster, while Avocado products were distributed both in the USA and Germany by the combined Alfa-Aesar. During the late 1970s / early 1980s, Lancaster Synthesis was the primary UK distribution agent for the USA Alfa range, taking this business over after it was relinquished by Aldrich UK. However this relationship was undermined when Alfa-Ventron independently opened its own short-lived sales unit in the Thiokol-Morton offices in Coventry.

On June 25, 2015, Johnson Matthey agreed to sell Alfa Aesar for an amount of £256 million to ThermoFisher Scientific. Johnson Mattey cited that "This is a further step in delivering our strategy to focus on areas where we can apply our expertise in complex chemistry". ThermoFisher Scientific cited that "The acquisition of Alfa Aesar enhances our existing portfolio of chemicals, solvents and reagents to support virtually every laboratory application – from research, to drug discovery and development, to production, In addition, customers will benefit from greater access to these products through our extensive global commercial reach.". The acquirement is to be fully completed in the end of 2015. Johnson Matthey[9] and ThermoFisher Scientific[10] both made statements, as well as Alfa Aesar.[11]

Current Manufacturing

Their main manufacturing organic chemical facility is located at Heysham, Lancashire, UK. 54°02′18″N 2°54′26″W / 54.0383°N 2.9071°W / 54.0383; -2.9071. This has been supplemented by a bulk manufacturing site at Yantai, China[12]

Product lines

Alfa Aesar supplies a large variety of chemicals for various disciplines:

Alfa Aesar is a major supplier in the research and fine chemicals market offering over 30,000 products - many of which are rare compounds, which are unique to a major catalogue supplier. Alfa Aesar provides materials for drug discovery, materials science and all the essential building blocks for organic synthesis.

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