
Production of raw materials for detergents & cosmetics
Kapachim S.A. is a leading producer of raw materials used in the detergents and cosmetics industry. Utilizing its 30 years of experience and continuous presence in this market, Kapachim S.A. is committed to manufacturing high quality products.
With a manufacturing site in Greece, Kapachim S.A. has grown into one of the major producers in the Mediterranean area.
Both the high performance of our products and the development and variety of our commercial sector has established us as a one-stop-shop for detergents and cosmetics manufacturers.
Our factory is located in Inofita of Viotia
KAPACHIM has started in Greece as a small sulphonation company. Since then, it has developed significantly and nowadays has become one of the largest sulphonation and sulphation complexes worldwide. In parallel, it has diversified its prodcution activity in a variety of different chemical groups. Our history is shortly described below.
Founder: Themistoklis D. Kavvadas (Chemical Engineer)
CEO: Dimitrios Kavadas
KAPACHIM was initially founded in 1974 in Athens and has been operating a chemical production unit until 1987. KAPACHIM installs its first film reactor sulphonation plant in 1989 in the area of Inofita, which is located 60 km north of Athens. The annual capacity of the first plant was 3600 tons of LABSA. In 1996, due to the high demand of the market and in conjunction with the high standards of our products, the capacity of our factory increased to 15000 tons of LABSA per year. In 1999 KAPACHIM integrated a new investment in Greece by establishing a multi-purpose plant for the production of betaines, amides and other specialties. KAPACHIM adopts the ISO 9001 quality standard of the TUV CERTIFICATION. In 2006 KAPACHIM understands the need s of the greek market and starts the design of a new Chlor-Alkali unit in the Greek area. In 2009 KAPACHIM has started a Chlor-Alkali plant with annual capacity of 4000 tons of Cl2, used mainly for the production of Sodium Hypochlorite. The technology of this factory is membrane electrolysis. In 2011 KAPACHIM started the new HCL and caustic soda unit In 2014 KAPACHIM instaled a new sulfonation reactor according to the companies own design In 2016 KAPACHIM increased the capacity of the Chlor-Alkali plant in 10.000 tons per year
Interkapa Ltd was established in 2003. Its main activity is the trade of basic chemicals such as Sulphuric Acid, Caustic Soda, Hydrochloric Acid, Sodium Hypochlorite, Aluminium sulphate, Nitric Acid, PAC, etc.
Interkapa Ltd is the exclusive distributor of Cumerio for Sulphuric Acid in the region of Greece. It is distributing more than 10000 tons on a yearly basis of Sulphuric Acid, thus covering the majority of the Greek market.
Interkapa Ltd owns its own fleet of bulk roadtankers, which ensures the competitiveness and sustainability of the basic chemicals trade in the Greek market.
Our goal is to grow into the world’s leading chemical company. With our renewed strategy, we will achieve this goal by successfully combining new and proven ideas.
Through our vast and continuous investments, we plan our growth carefully in order to ensure the profitability and sustainability of our group. This is established by keeping a close and strategic relationship with our principal customers and by focusing on their present and future needs.
Our knowledge in the production of chemicals in combination with our skilled and innovative personnel, enables KAPACHIM to fulfill its goals and ensures the success of our group in the years to come.
Our principal customers include all major multinational companies like Procter&Gamble, Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive, Henkel, etc. To ensure the quality and consistency of our products and services, the quality assurance system ISO 9001:2000 is implemented and certified throughout the whole organisation.
Kapachim fully supports the chemical industry’s global voluntary initiative under which companies, through their national associations, work together to continuously improve their health, safety and environmental performance, and to communicate with stakeholders about their products and processes. Our actions helps our industry to operate safely, profitably and with due care for future generations.
On the environmental level, KAPACHIM wishes to be a part of a contract in an arguable term, or the economic growth combined with a safe management so as to answer to the needs and ambitions of the people in the whole world.
Responsible care » Environment Quality management | Reach | Environment On the environmental level, KAPACHIM wishes to be a part of a contract in an arguable term, or the economic growth combined with a safe management so as to answer to the needs and ambitions of the people in the whole world. Whereas, we can realize much more projects in our own business, we believe that the arguable development is better pursued through partnership. Thus, we work for the purpose of increasing knowledge, diffusing the best practice and if necessary the common programs of action. We are a signatory with charter ICC for the arguable development.
KAPACHIM is committed to satisfy the requirements of both customers and consumers in a safe and arguable way, by continuous improvement of environmental performance in all our activities.
Consequently, the objectives of KAPACHIM are:
Storage and distribution of industrial chemicals company.
The storage of chemical products is made in our facilities in Thessaloniki Industrial Park and are taken all safety measures.
The distribution of our products is done with modern tankers of our company in tanks specially designed for the handling of chemicals and containers. The range of our products mentioned in almost all branches of industry:
The distribution of our products is done with modern tankers of our company in tanks specially designed for the handling of chemicals and containers. The range of our products mentioned in almost all branches of industry:
INTERKAPA Ltd. was founded in 2003 . KAPACHIM SA is involved at the share capital of the company.
Head office of the company is on a private land, the industrial park Thessaloniki , one of the most modern in Greece . The company owns trucks – the-art tanks , equipped with trained ADR and ADR certificate and drivers .
Purpose of the company is trading , storage and distribution of industrial chemicals . We participate in almost all branches of industry , such as Galvanizing , Food Industries , Production BIODIESEL, millers , brewers and ginners .
The basic principle of our company is to continuously improve our services , as regards to better serve our customers . The market knowledge and continuous training of our staff guarantees the quality of our services.
The company is ISO 9001:2008 certified and has the Agency Management Systems Certification LRQA (Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance).
Representative: Themistoklis Kavvadas