About Viakem
We have been serving the Fine Chemical Industry by providing high quality, safe and competitive contract development and manufacturing organization ( CDMO ) to global companies since early 1990´s from our site located in San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, originally as part of the PYOSA group.
The company was founded under Viakem in 2014 and acquired by the Global Private Equity Fund Advent International in 2016. Under current management, the company has experienced an accelerated growth journey primarily serving the agrochemical industry as well as industrial markets such as personal care, electronic material, and specialty chemicals. Our site in San Nicolás de los Garza houses our operations and corporate offices and has 18 manufacturing facilities serving CDMO needs primarily in the Americas.
Purpose
Deliver integrated & sustainable CDMO (custom development & manufacturing contract) solutions to the global fine chemicals industry through strategic partnerships with our customers and best in class safety culture, technology development, process discipline and operational excellence capabilities.
Ambition
To be the preferred CDMO strategic choice for the Agrochemical & High growth industrial markets in the Americas; we are the most agile, customer-focused, reliable, and competitive option for this space. To become a referent in Health, Safety and Environmental practices delivering profitable growth on a consistent basis while nurturing social wealth in the community where we operate. Our diverse and engaged talent pool is our key competitive advantage.
Values
Our Ambition Strategic Pillars
Enhance Our Commitment to Zero HSE Incidents by Strengthening Safety Culture and Embracing Global ESG Standards.
Deliver consistent and predictable financial results; solidify process discipline & governance as key building blocks for our organizational effectiveness.
Consolidate a sustainable growth agenda by building customer centric organizational capabilities including best-in-class contract & growth projects management.
Enhance our asset reliability and competitiveness by embracing best practices in OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness ) improvement, capitalizable project execution & 6 sigma methodology.
Improve the employee experience and engagement by consolidating a strong ownership mindset with a diverse best-in-class team.
Our History
VIAKEM has enjoyed an accelerated growth since 2014, driven primarily by our customer’s success in the agrochemical industry as well as industrial markets which include personal care, electronic material, and specialty chemicals. Our site in San Nicolás de los Garza, NL houses our operations and corporate offices and has 18 manufacturing facilities serving CDMO needs in the Americas predominantly.
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1940Activities begin in the state of Nuevo Leon in the lead oxide market.
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1947We are constituted as Pigmentos y Óxidos, S.A. (PYOSA), in the pursuit of transforming, trading and industrializing oxides and pigments.
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1950We began with the production of agrochemicals.
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2014PYOSA is rebranded as VIAKEM, a company specialized in the CDMO market globally.
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2016VIAKEM is acquired by Advent International, a global private equity company, for the purpose of accelerating its growth.
Our Team
Our diverse and engaged talent pool is our key competitive advantage. We are certain that our past and, most certainly, our future success will continue to be based on attracting and keeping the best available talent in the market.
We have a predominantly Mexico based workforce of ~570 employees.
Our leadership is a highly qualified management team, with a successful track record and long-standing industry expertise.
Jose Maria Martin Bermudez
CEO
Abraham Di Blasio
COO
Benjamin Ampudia
CFO
Hugo Hernandez
Commercial Director
Carlos Ramirez
HSE/ ESG Director
Cynthia Cueva
C2C Contract to Cash Director
