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Editorial<br />
Looking back is worthwhile<br />
It is customary in December to review the year that has just passed.<br />
We also like to do this and have found it to be a worthwhile activity<br />
for Brenntag and its employees. You can look forward to an inter-<br />
esting new issue.<br />
Dear readers,<br />
The year 2011 is coming to a close. The beginning of the<br />
year marked a number of new milestones at our company:<br />
our first annual report, our first press conference on<br />
financial statements and our first General Shareholders’<br />
Meeting. Everything went smoothly and we have already<br />
turned our attention to writing the next annual report.<br />
The tasks will not be any fewer in the coming year, but<br />
we will be more experienced when it comes to presenting<br />
ourselves as an MDax company.<br />
You can look forward to two interesting interviews in this<br />
issue of together magazine. The editors asked our CEO<br />
Steven Holland about his first 100 days in office. Read<br />
about how he is interpreting his new role and his plans<br />
for Brenntag. In the second interview, Clare Waters, Managing<br />
Director of Brenntag UK & Ireland, reports on the<br />
acquisition of the Multisol Group and how its integration<br />
is progressing.<br />
The conflicts in North Africa have been omnipresent in the<br />
media throughout the year. Brenntag operates in this re-<br />
Cover:<br />
Headquarter Brenntag AG, Mülheim/Ruhr<br />
gion with a staff of roughly 100. In the Brenntag Maghreb<br />
portrait you can gain an insight view on what it’s like working<br />
under difficult conditions. Harald Mareich, site manager<br />
in Guntramsdorf, Austria, also gives us insight into his<br />
work in our series “A day in the life of...”.<br />
The end of the year is often unintentionally hectic, both<br />
at home and at work, when the final accounts need to be<br />
settled or the last Christmas gifts need to be bought. We<br />
hope that you are able to relax and unwind over the holidays<br />
and enjoy the Christmas season. The same of course<br />
applies to our employees who do not celebrate Christmas<br />
– we hope you are also able to recharge your batteries.<br />
We wish you a happy and successful new year!<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Hubertus Spethmann<br />
Vice President Corporate Communications, Brenntag AG<br />
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