DKSH Holding AG

SIX:DKSH

Business Description

Sector

Industrials

Industry

Trading Companies & Distributors

Headquarters

Switzerland CH

Employees

24 799

IPO date

Mar 20, 2012

DKSH Holding AG helps consumer brands, health companies, and industrial suppliers sell into Asian markets. It does not mainly make products itself; instead, it acts as a sales, marketing, distribution, and logistics partner. The company connects foreign brands with local customers, handles warehousing and transport, and often manages field sales, retail promotion, and after-sales support.

Its customers are mostly companies that want a local partner in Asia, along with businesses that need specialty materials or healthcare products delivered through a reliable regional network. DKSH makes money by charging fees for market expansion services and by earning trading and distribution margins when it buys and resells products. That mix gives it both a service business and a physical supply chain business.

What makes DKSH different is its role as an on-the-ground market entry and distribution specialist. For many international companies, especially in harder-to-navigate Asian markets, DKSH is the local engine that moves products from manufacturer to end customer. That makes it an important middle link between global suppliers and local buyers.