Vantage Specialty Chemicals™ is a leading producer of naturally derived, specialty ingredients focused on Personal Care, Food, Consumer Care and Industrial end markets with a portfolio of more than 2,000 products. Headquartered in Deerfield/Illinois, near Chicago, Vantage operates 8 manufacturing facilities, 9 formulation laboratories, 17 distribution centers and 2 farms in over 13 countries around the world. In EMEA, four sites are spread across the region: a production facility in Leuna, Germany, focusing on the manufacture of mild surfactants and other ethoxylates; a plant in Les Borges, Spain, for the processing and formulation of vegetable oils; and two sales offices in Granollers, near Barcelona, Spain, and in Midrand, South Africa, near Johannesburg.