Brazil- based Vetec is a supplier of high quality specialty chemicals for the academic and industrial markets and provides products that support research, development and manufacturing.
Vetec brings to Sigma-Aldrich more than 3,000 products and more than 30 years of expertise in the technical qualification, purification and packaging of high quality chemicals for laboratory and manufacturing applications.
Vetec employs more than 200 employees at its Xerem location, near Rio de Janiero.
Sigma-Aldrich International vice president and MD Eric Green said localizing their supply chain, the combination of Vetec and Sigma-Aldrich allows them to broaden their distribution channel in Brazil and to enhance their ability to tailor products to match the special requirements of the market.