text.skipToContent text.skipToNavigation 0 ITEMS Plastic Products Packaging & Services Imaging Academy HOME HARKE GROUP HISTORY ABOUT US The roots of a powerful group – Eberhard Harke founds Syntana GmbH 1965 SYNTANA Handelsgesellschaft E. Harke GmbH & Co. KG is founded 1966 First to import Spanish and Italian industrial chemicals to Germany 1968 The office in Tokyo, Japan, is founded 1970 Start of business with pharmaceutical excipients from Japan 1973 Start of business with special plastics 1976 Move and expansion to the offices Delle, Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany 1978 Takeover of the distribution of industrial chlorine-alkali products from France 1978 The sales office in Munich, Germany, is founded 1982 Spin-off of the constantly growing pharmaceutical business into SYNTAPHARM Gesellschaft fuer Pharmachemie mbH, Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany 1984 Expansion of the chlorine-alkali activities by coorporation with additional French and Italian partner companies 1986 Start of distributing pure and electronic chemicals 1990 Business with health-food functional ingredients and food additives begins Acceleration of growth, diversification and internationalization – Thorsten Harke takes over the management of the Group 1992 Thorsten Harke joins the board of directors of HARKE GROUP 1992 The sales office in Hamburg, Germany, is founded 1994 Eberhard Harke retires, Thorsten Harke takes over presidency of HARKE GROUP 1995 Start of distributing machines and equipment technology for nanomaterials 1997 SYNTANA Eco-Services is founded 1998 The sales offices in Warsaw, Poland, and Istanbul, Turkey, are founded 1999 Introduction of SAP/R3 1999 Set-up of further departments (plastics, electronics, detergents etc.) 2000 SYNTANA Japan AG, Kyoto, is founded 2000 Start-up of SYNTANA's e-business concepts on basis of mySAP.com 2001 Move to the newly erected company building at Xantener Strasse, Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany 2001 SYNTANA first Responsible Care Certification, SYNTANA and SYNTAPHARM first Quality Management System Certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2000 2001 CAREFIT GmbH is founded 2002 Takeover of AICELLO Chemical Europe GmbH 2004 SYNTAPACK GmbH is founded 2005 AICELLO Chemical Europe first Quality Management System Certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2000 2009 Launch of the new corporate identity and change of name: SYNTANA GmbH to HARKE Chemicals GmbH SYNTAPHARM GmbH to HARKE Pharma GmbH SYNTAPACK GmbH to HARKE PackServ GmbH 2010 HARKE PackServ first Quality Management System Certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2008 2012 HARKE Italia S.R.L. is founded 2012 Acquisition of SEPULCHRE Chemical Distribution S.A. – together with its subsidiaries Sepulchre Hungary Kft. and Sepulchre Romania S.R.L. as well as a sales office in Poland (Warsaw) 2013 HARKE Türkiye ltd. is founded 2014 OOO HARKE RUS is founded 2014 HARKE Polska Sp. z o.o. is founded in Warsaw The success story continues – 50 years of HARKE Group, ready for the future 2015 HARKE Polska Sp. z o.o. is brought into the joint venture between HARKE and Gamma Chimica, Italy, named Gamma-HARKE-Polska – GHP Sp. z o.o. Sp. k. – in Prusice, near Wrocław 2017 Sale of PoolCare division to BAYROL Deutschland GmbH 2017 Reorganization and change of name: Sepulchre Hungary Kft. to HARKE Hungary Bt. SEPULCHRE Romania S.R.L. to HARKE Romania SCS 2018 Change of name: AICELLO Chemical Europe GmbH to AICELLO-HARKE GmbH 2018 Reorganization and change of name: SEPULCHRE Chemical Distribution S.A. to HARKE Benelux SCS 2019 Acquisition of Chemlink Specialities Ltd (United Kingdom) 2019 Acquisition of Addi-Tec Ltd (United Kingdom) 2019 HARKE’s business is separated from the GHP joint venture again and founded anew as independent HARKE Polska Sp. z o.o. Sp. k. in Warsaw HARKE GROUP About Us Career News Events Partners Companies Contact General Terms and Conditions of Purchas General Terms and Conditions of Sale Imprint PrivacyPolicy Information on Data Protection Follow Us © 2018 HARKE Group