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Detergents - Cosmetics - Fragrances - Formulators

Meet your business!
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About us

The Netherlands SEPAWA Section was founded in Amersfoort in 1997, on the initiative of the first president Raymond Vredevoort. A few years later, the association has been reshaped into SEPAWA Benelux. Since its inception, SEPAWA Benelux became the platform for people who are directly or indirectly involved in the detergents, cosmetics and perfume industry. And this may be seen in the broadest sense of the word. Public services or interest groups do also often participate in our activities.
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Lectures

SEPAWA Benelux organizes twice a year, a number of lectures. These lectures may be scientific in nature, but also often explain the ever changing legal framework of our sector. Marketing issues are also often the bid. These lectures have now become the meeting place for people from our industry. It is the ideal platform for networking and for maintaining contacts. We hope to meet you soon and welcome you at one of our activities.
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Membership

Membership is open to everybody working in the soap, perfume, cosmetic and detergent industry as well as in related fields and suppliers. We can offer you two types of membership: corporate & individual membership. Click here to find more details!

Origin and history

 

SEPAWA Benelux is part of the SEPAWA-association, which was founded in Germany. Its history dates back to the 1800s, when in 1755 the Soap Boiler Craft Association was launched. Later on, this craft organization was transformed into the Association of Soap Boilers and Perfumers.


Since the 1950s, with the introduction of modern detergents and the ever innovating technologies in the sector, it became a necessity:  the Soap Boiler Association was transformed into the professional organization  SEPAWA in 1954 in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

SEPAWA has grown during the last fifty years. With more than 1200 members SEPAWA is one of the largest specialized trade unions in Europe.
We are an autonomous, independent, professional association with members from all sectors of the chemical industry.

Our members are specialists in technical, scientific or commercial plane from private companies, government agencies, scientific institutes, universities and colleges. They use SEPAWA as a platform for the exchange of information, for public relations applications and for networking, ...

Our association is actively supported by both SMEs and large international companies.