Investors Careers Newsroom Contact Us Industries Products Capabilities About Grace Home / English / Vendors and Suppliers Our Businesses Corporate Leadership Community Stewardship Statement on Human Rights Environment, Health & Safety Vendors & Suppliers Locations History Chapter 11 & Asbestos Global Supply Chain At Grace, we strive to create value for our business partners as well as our customers, in a safe and healthy work environment in compliance with all regulatory requirements. We recognize the vital role vendors and suppliers play in helping us meet the needs of our customers, so we seek to foster healthy and mutually beneficial supplier and vendor relationships. Our robust supply chain spans a global, diverse supplier base built upon solid, long-term partnerships. Worldwide, we have thousands of direct and indirect suppliers working with us to help us delivery quality products, maintain our competitiveness, and manage our costs. We collaborate with our suppliers to reduce end-to-end supply chain costs through joint initiatives and we keep communication lines always open. We leverage technology and promote the use of e-commerce tools to enable efficient business processes and achieve results faster. SUPPLIER STANDARDS We are a global specialty chemicals and materials company committed to creating value for all our business partners. Product quality, safety, and customer service are an integral part of our culture. We recognize that the relationship with our suppliers is critical to our success. While we strive to maintain successful long-term strategic partnerships with our suppliers, we also expect very high standards from them. In our suppliers, we look for the following capabilities: Product quality and competent service: To meet the high quality standards we pledge to our customers, we require the highest quality products from our suppliers. In addition, we stress the importance of capable processes and systems in achieving consistent product quality. Hence, we team up with suppliers to improve processes and bring a high level of visibility to product quality. Vibrant management: In today's fast changing business environment, we expect our suppliers to be responsive and able to adapt to market conditions. Moreover, we insist that our suppliers have good information system capabilities, so they can integrate them with Grace systems and leverage technology for mutual benefit. Global capabilities: Grace has manufacturing locations around the world. It is highly desirable for our suppliers to have a global reach in order to help achieve consistency in products and services. Commitment to the environment, health, and safety: Safety is of utmost priority at Grace. It is embedded in our day-to-day work culture. We expect our suppliers to be committed to the environment, health, and safety, as well as have dedicated teams and structured programs to work on environmental and safety improvements. Ethics: Complying with the highest ethical standards is a core requirement in working with Grace. Please see the Code of Ethics section of this web site for more information. HOW TO BECOME A SUPPLIER Grace invests a significant amount of time and effort in selecting and developing our supplier base. For this reason, we seek to do business with the right partners--those with whom we can have a long-term, mutually beneficial relationship. You may browse the catalog of materials below that Grace currently purchases. If you can supply any or some of the listed materials, please send us the following information about your organization: Company name, address, and location(s) Contact person (name, phone number, e-mail address) Category information (specific information about the products and services you provide) List of current customers and references Overview of financials Upon receiving this information, a Grace commodity manager will contact you to explore the possibility of conducting business with your organization. PURCHASING CATALOG If you can supply any or some of the listed materials, please send us the following information about your organization. Chemicals and Plastic Resins Alum Alumina hydrate Amines Asphalt Biocides Calcium Chloride Calcium Nitrate Caustic Soda CX100 Glycols Polycarboxylates Soda Ash Sodium Aluminate Sodium Gluconate Sodium Silicate Solvents Sulfuric Acid Sweeteners Specialty Alumina TiO2 Lignosulfonates Lime Napthalene Sulfonates Monomers Plasticizers Polyolefins PVC Resin (Epoxy) Resins (Other) Resins (Hydrocarbon) Latex Natural Solvents Chromatography Accessories Columns Fittings and Tubing Hardware Instruments Valves Vials Metals Aluminum Cobalt Moly Nickel Rare earth Others Energy Plastic Films Polyolefin Fibers Release liners Packaging Materials Corrugated Boxes Kraft Paper Bags Drums - Steel and Plastic FIBC's Liquid IBC's Pails - Steel and Plastic Pallets Shipping Supplies Supersacks Rubber Natural Synthetic REGULATORY COMPLIANCE Vendor Instructions Glossary of Terms Appendix A: NAFTA Certificate of Origin Appendix B: Vendor Declaration Appendix C: Incoterms ACCOUNTS PAYABLE Click here to continue to Grace Accounts Payable. 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