BNET Industries
Market Cap:$129.8M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$359.5M
- Public
- US
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Aceto Corporation, incorporated in 1947, is a global leader in the sourcing, regulatory support, marketing and distribution of chemically-derived pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, specialty chemicals and agrochemicals. With a physical presence in ten countries, we distribute over 1,000 pharmaceuticals and chemicals used principally as raw materials in the pharmaceutical, agricultural, color, surface coating/ink and general chemical consuming industries. Our global operations, including a staff of 26 in Shanghai and 12 in India, are unique in our industry and enable our worldwide sourcing and regulatory capabilities. Many of the world's leading companies rely on Aceto to supply the chemicals they use as raw materials and active ingredients in their products. Being in this business for almost 60 years, our experience is unmatched. Acquisitions in recent years have made Aceto a truly global company and one of the largest independent distributors of chemicals for the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, specialty chemicals and agrochemical industries. Among Aceto's greatest strengths are our experienced worldwide staff and their ability to meet individual customer needs. Our marketing, sales and technical professionals are experts in the industries they serve, and have an intimate knowledge of worldwide sources of supply, product applications and technical requirements. This means that customers in a wide range of industries can rely on Aceto to bring the world closer to...
Chairman, CEO, President
Leonard S. SchwartzNumber of Employees 227
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers: 424690
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Aceto Corporation Q1 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Daniel Rizzo – Sidoti & Company. Daniel Rizzo – Sidoti & Company You indicated that you’re re-evaluating how you allocate your efforts and financial resources. Does that mean you’re considering discontinuing one of the strategic initiatives or looking in a...
Aceto Corp., F2Q09 (Qtr End 12/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions. Our first question comes from Daniel Rizzo from Sidoti & Company. Please go ahead. Daniel Rizzo - Sidoti & Company Hi, guys. Len Schwartz Hi, Dan. Daniel Rizzo - Sidoti & Company First with the health sciences business, that was...
Aceto Corporation F1Q09 (Qtr End 09/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions Our first question comes from Daniel Rizzo from Sidoti & Company. Please go ahead. Daniel Rizzo – Sidoti & Company Hi, guys. Len Schwartz Hi, Dan. Daniel Rizzo – Sidoti & Company You did very well with the Chemicals and Colorant business...
Aceto Corporation F4Q08 (Qtr End 06/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call ExcerptAceto Corporation F4Q08 Earnings Call September 5, 2008 10:00 am ET Executives Ted Ayvas – Director IR & Corporate Communications Douglas Roth - CFO Leonard Schwartz - Chairman, CEO and President Hank Gracin – Securities Counsel of Lehman & Ellen Analysts Scott Nussbaum – Broadlawn...
Aceto Corporation F2Q08 (Qtr End 12/31/07) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Daniel Rizzo with Sidoti & Company. Daniel Rizzo - Sidoti & Company Hi guys. You mentioned that you completed your first trial order with the Japanese company. I don’t know the expense or what's the next step...
Aceto Updates Information Regarding Its Initiative to Provide Vaccines for Companion Animals
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. -- Aceto Corporation (NASDAQ:ACET), a global leader in the sourcing, distribution and marketing of chemically-derived pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, specialty chemicals and agrochemicals, today updated previously announced information regarding its companion animal vaccines initiative. Leonard S. Schwartz, Chairman, CEO, and President of Aceto, stated, "On September 8, 2006,...
Aceto Corp. to enter joint venture with Nufarm
Aceto Corp. (Nasdaq: ACET ), a global distributor of pharmaceutical and specialty chemicals, said it signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture with Australia-based Nufarm Ltd. to acquire and market an herbicide used on agricultural crops.
Aceto Corporation makes announcement
LAKE SUCCESS, NY--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 20, 1999-- Aceto Corporation announces it has completed the acquisition of the business assets and goodwill of Magnum Research Corp. Magnum is a manufacturer and distributor of institutional sanitary supplies and its business will be integrated with Aceto's current subsidiary, CDC Products, Inc., acquired by...
Aceto Corp. Reports Financial Results
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 20, 1998--Aceto Corp. (NASDAQ:ACET) today reported sales and earnings for the three months ended Sept. 30, 1998, the results of which are summarized below: Summary of Consolidated Operations ...
Aceto announcement
LAKE SUCCESS, NY--BUSINESS WIRE--March 13, 1997--At Aceto Corp.'s quarterly board meeting held today, Leonard S. Schwartz, 51, president, was also named chief executive officer and chairman, effective July 1, 1997 to replace Arnold J. Frankel who is retiring from these positions. Arnold J. Frankel, 75, co-founded Aceto...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Vincent Miata | President |
| Douglas Roth | Cfo, Secretary, Treasurer |
| Lane Hollow | Senior Vice President |
| Albert Miseje | Vice President |
| Amy Rogers | Assistant Vice President & Director, Transportation |
| Brian Shapiro | Vice President, Human Pharmaceuticals |
| David Bercher | Assistant Vice President |
| David Petrocine | Vice President, Regulatory Affairs |
| David Rimmler | Vice President, Veterinary Pharmaceuticals |
| Edward Kelly | Controller & Assistant Vice President |
| Jason Levi | Assistant Vice President |
| John Larocca | Vice President |
| Keith Wilkinson | Group Vice President |
| Leonard Lawton | Group Vice President |
| Marlene Felix | Assistant Vice President |
| Raymond Bartone | Vice President |
| Roger Weaving Jr. | Vice President |
| Roy Goodman | Group Vice President |
| Sean Isacsson | Assistant Vice President |
| Terry Steinberg | Vice President, Admin |
| Peter Tomasino | General Manager, Sales |
| Gregory Aceto | Partner |
| Frank Debenedittis | Executive Vice President & Director, Global Pharmaceutical Strategy |
| Michael Sherin | Director, Finance Reporting & Compliance |
| Simone Miller | Corp Director, Environ & Regulatory Affairs |
| Theodore Ayvas | Director of Corporate Communications & Investor Relations |
| Frank Jones | Manager, Global Business Dev |
| Kevin Carraher | Manager, HR & Facilities |
| Stanley H Fischer | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Leonard S. Schwartz | Chairman, CEO, President |
| Albert L. Eilender | Chairman |
| Hans C. Noetzli | Board of Directors |
| Robert Wiesen | Board of Directors |
| William Britton | Board of Directors |
Leonard S. Schwartz. Mr. Schwartz has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since July 1, 1997 and President since July 1, 1996. After joining the Company in 1969, Mr. Schwartz, a chemist by training, developed the Company's industrial chemicals business and had a key role in the management of the Company's subsidiaries.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Aceto Corporation | Chairman, CEO, President | Current |
| Aceto Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | President | Current |
| Aceto Corporation | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Aceto Corporation | Cfo, Secretary, Treasurer | Current |
| Aceto Agricultural Chemicals Corp. | CFO & Treasurer | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Aceto Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Vice President | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Assistant Vice President & Director, Transportation | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Vice President, Human Pharmaceuticals | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Assistant Vice President | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Vice President, Regulatory Affairs | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Vice President, Veterinary Pharmaceuticals | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Controller & Assistant Vice President | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Assistant Vice President | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Vice President | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Group Vice President | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Group Vice President | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Assistant Vice President | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Vice President | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Vice President | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Group Vice President | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Assistant Vice President | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Vice President, Admin | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | General Manager, Sales | Current |
| Aceto Corporation | General Sales Manager | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Aceto Corporation | Partner | Current |
| Johnson & Aceto, Llp | Partner | Current |
| Vanderbilt University Law School | Elliott E. Cheatham Scholar | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Aceto Corporation | Executive Vice President & Director, Global Pharmaceutical Strategy | Current |
| Aceto Corporation | Senior Vice President | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Director, Finance Reporting & Compliance | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Corp Director, Environ & Regulatory Affairs | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Director of Corporate Communications & Investor Relations | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Manager, Global Business Dev | Current |
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| Aceto Corporation | Manager, HR & Facilities | Current |
Albert L. Eilender. Mr. Eilender is the sole owner of Waterways Advisory Services, a firm specializing in advising companies on developing and evaluating options relative to mergers, acquisitions and strategic partnerships in the chemical industry. He has more than 30 years of diverse senior level experience in the specialty chemicals and pharmaceutical industry and has had direct financial responsibility for managing businesses up to $300 million in revenues, with significant experience in mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, both domestically and internationally. He has also served on the boards of numerous industry trade associations during his career.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aceto Corporation | Chairman | Current |
Hans Noetzli, age 65. Mr. Noetzli has served as a Synthetech director since October 2004. Mr. Noetzli has more than 30 years' experience in the fine chemicals industry. He served in many executive functions of the Alusuisse-Lonza Group, a custom manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients, headquartered in Zurich , Switzerland , among them 16 years as Chief Executive Officer of Lonza, Inc. and as a member of the Executive Committee. Mr. Noetzli currently serves on the boards of directors of Aceto Corporation, a publicly owned company involved in the distribution and marketing of pharmaceutical and specialty chemicals, where he is a member of the Audit Committee, and IRIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately owned developer and manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients. Mr. Noetzli holds a degree in Business Administration from the Basel Business School in Switzerland .
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Synthetech, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Irix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Aceto Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Irix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Member | Current |
| Lonza Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Swiss American Chamber of Commerce | Board of Directors | Former |
Robert A. Wiesen. Mr. Wiesen is an attorney and partner in the law firm of Clifton Budd & DeMaria. He joined this law firm in 1979 subsequent to his employment with the National Labor Relations Board. He has handled matters for the Company relating to labor and employment law for over twenty years and he has written and lectured on labor law.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Clifton Budd & Demaria, Llp | Partner | Current |
| Aceto Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Clifton Budd & Demaria, Llp | Attorney | Former |
| Brooklyn Law School | Juris Doctor Degree | Former |
| State University of New York at Buffalo | Bachelor of Arts Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Fischer and Burstein | President | Current |
| Fischer and Burstein | Partner | Current |
| Fortress Global Investigations Corp | Chairman | Current |
| American Association for Justice | Board of Directors | Current |
| New York State Bar Association | Board of Directors | Current |
| Aceto Corporation | Director | Current |
| New York State Bar Association | Member | Current |
| New York University School of Law | J.D. Degree | Former |
Mr. Britton is the sole owner of TD AIM, LLC through which he is involved in a variety of activities surrounding financial consulting and private equity investing. Mr. Britton is also a Vice Chairman of P and E Capital, Inc. a management company involved in real estate. Previously, Mr. Britton was a Senior Vice President with JP Morgan Chase. He has over 30 years of commercial lending experience ranging from large syndicated financings with Fortune 500 companies to privately owned businesses, with significant experience in private equity related transactions, asset based lending arrangements, leasing and many other forms of secured lending. He is a former Vice President-Finance for the Boy Scouts of America (Manhattan Council) and is on the board of the Rutgers Business School.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aceto Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Boyscouts.Com | President, Finance | Former |


