Union Derivan (UNDESA)
UNDESA GROUP is a European oleo-chemical group formed by Undesa (Uni髇 Deriv醤 S.A) in Spain and Undesa Italia Srl. and is a leading manufacturer and supplier of oleo-chemical products used as raw materials and additives in different sectors such as plastics, rubber, construction, detergency, cosmetics, paints and varnishes, resins, metalworking, pharmaceuticals, etc. Our main industrial activity is the manufacture of fatty acids and their derivatives.
The UNDESA GROUP has three manufacturing plants; two located in Spain, (one in Viladecans, Barcelona, and one in Zuera, Zaragoza), and the other one in Italy (in Calderara, Bologna). The total production is around 100,000 tons per year.
UNDESA GROUP stems from the merger of several companies (Derivan / Kemichrom / Thomas in Spain, and the oleo-chemical division of Mira Lanza / Panigal in Italy) that have been present in the market since almost 50 years ago, and that played an important part in the development of Southern European industry.
In 1993 we started our ISO 9002 approval, and by 1995 all factories in the group achieved the Quality Certificate according to the international standards of BVQI or Certiquality
The turnover for the UNDESA GROUP in 1999 was over 78 million Euros and we have around 200 employees. We export mainly to all E.U member countries and the USA, as well as the Middle East, Far East and other regions.