Supply and logistics
Packaging formats, delivery terms, and how material actually moves from the producing plant to your goods-in.
Packaging formats
| Format | Typical contents | Handling note |
|---|---|---|
| 20 and 25 kg bags | Powders, resins, salts, fillers | Palletised and shrink-wrapped; check pallet height against your intake |
| Big bags, 500–1250 kg | Bulk powders and granules | Requires lifting equipment and a discharge station |
| 25 kg pails | Additives, actives, small-volume liquids | Manual handling, suited to low-volume lines |
| 200 and 220 kg drums | Liquids, additives, solvents | Standard for most liquid chemistry; drum pump or tipping needed |
| 1000 L IBC | Mid-volume liquids | Reusable; return or disposal arrangement should be agreed |
| Flexitank, 20–24 MT | Non-hazardous bulk liquids | Single-use liner in a standard container; not for regulated liquids |
| ISO tank | Bulk chemicals and solvents | Requires tank discharge facilities and scheduling |
| Full container load, 20' or 40' | All packed goods | One consignment, one document set |
Delivery terms
Offers are made on Incoterms® 2020 terms, with the rule and the named place written in full — for example CIF Rotterdam Incoterms® 2020 or FCA Singapore Incoterms® 2020. The rule allocates cost and risk between seller and buyer and determines who arranges carriage and insurance.
Incoterms® rules do not by themselves constitute a complete contract of sale: they do not transfer title, they do not set payment terms and they do not define the specification. Those sit in the contract, and we fix them there.
Incoterms® is a registered trademark of the International Chamber of Commerce. We reference the rules as published and are not the owner of the mark.
Supply-chain coordination
Selling a chemical raw material and getting it onto a production line are not separable problems, so we do not separate them. Shipment coordination sits with the same people who priced the material.
In practice: the mode is chosen against the deadline and the packaging rather than by habit; declarations and labelling are prepared to the standard that mode requires; and the receiving site is asked what it can physically unload before the packing is fixed. Containerised and multimodal movements are arranged with qualified logistics providers, and the documentary set is prepared before departure rather than chased afterwards.
Where a consignment requires a licensed party — an importer of record holding the authorisation the destination requires, or a carrier qualified for regulated goods — that party performs the role and is identified in the shipping instructions. We do not describe ourselves as holding a licence we do not hold.
Before shipment
Specification confirmed
Grade, origin, packaging and quantity fixed in writing, with the document set the destination will require identified.
Classification
Transport classification and labelling determined by the goods, not by convenience; safety data sheet provided ahead of delivery.
Booking
Mode and route booked against the required arrival date, with the free time and terminal conditions confirmed.
Loading
Packing and marks checked against the documents. Independent pre-shipment inspection can be arranged at your request.
Documents
Full set prepared before departure: invoice, packing list, transport document, certificate of analysis, safety data sheet and any certificate of origin required.