Our Company

Mathiesen is a leader in global distribution and supply of inputs for the chemical, plastics, mining, construction materials, food, tannery, animal nutrition, pulp & paper  industries, to mention only a few.

Mathiesen’s international participation, with presence in three continents, through its holding of 8 Production Companies and more 20 commercial supply offices.

The Mathiesen Group, based on European Capital and with more than 70 years of market experience, is composed by a global network of businesses representing all industrial sectors.

Presence and development as a raw materials supplier

When the company was first established, the most important sector was the Chemicals. However, gradually the company gained market share in all markets and sectors of the economy, such as: plastics, mining, construction, veterinary medicine, food, paper, cellulose, etc. Currently, the company has some 7,000 clients.

This way, the Mathiesen Group began to steadily include more and more industrial sectors, first in Latin America and then all around the world.

Its effectiveness, client orientation and rigorous compliance with commercial agreements with suppliers allowed the company to become a market  leadership in the distribution of raw materials. At the same time its continuous improvement of service quality according to international standards permitted the company to invest in the construction of the best storage and distribution Centre in all of Latin America.

In 1995, with an investment of more than US$10 million the Mathiesen Group launched the operation of its Mega Warehouse located, near Santiago’s (Chile) International Airport. In 2004, the warehouse was awarded ISO 9000 quality certification.

The company invested US$3 million in the construction of a storage warehouse in Peru.

The same year, and with the view to becoming a regional distribution network of raw materials, the company opened offices in Peru and Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz) followed by Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil (Centre and South). Additionally, the Group made an investment in a SAP information system aimed at an adequate control of business management.

Subsequently, the Group began its vertical integration in some sectors, for example, the tannery sector where it installed a lubricants factory for its Brazilian clients, as well as a plant in Uruguay (Química Oriental S.A.) thus initiating its industrial  journey.

Meanwhile in Argentina, a country with a strong focus on the food market, the Group set up ALIMAT, a centre for ingredients technology that offers product development (starches and others) to the whole Mathiesen network.

In 2006, the growth of the Mathiesen Corp. involved the purchase of Tekra, a company located in Mexico and Alba Química, a company located in Colombia. Its expansion also extended to the veterinary sector through the company’s investment in Agrovet, a Chilean speciality laboratory – an important supply and vaccine formulation centre for salmon and for large and small animals in our country.

In 2008, the Mathiesen Group acquired one of the largest Animal Health Laboratory in Argentina, (CDV), permitting it to consolidate its regional presence.