German Importers' Association for Resin, Turpentine and Paint Raw Materials e.V.

Sonninstrasse 28 (4th floor)
D-20097 Hamburg City Sued

Phone: +49 40 23 60 16 13
Fax: +49 40 23 60 16 10/11

E-Mail: htl@wga-hh.de

 

Objects of the association

The association's task is to safeguard and promote the particular interests of traditional importers of resin, gums, paint raw materials and associated products.

 

Focus of activities

HTL's activities focus on legislation affecting chemicals and problems arising from German Food Law. There are a variety of central concerns, reflecting the diversity of products which members import, i.e.
  • Food hygiene
  • Food additives, purity criteria
  • Maximum residue limits
  • Regulations governing the use of hazardous substances
  • Water hazard categories

 

Membership

10 companies

 

Chairman

Hinrich Wolff,
Alfred L. Wolff GmbH, Hamburg/Germany

 

Secretary General

Lutz Düshop, lawyer

 

Personal Assistant

Petra Schröder

 

Additional information

Also, HTL provides the technical secretariat for the AIPG (Association for the International Promotion of Gums), which has many German members from HTL as well as numerous companies in the EU, Japan and African producing countries.

The association has its own terms of trade and arbitration procedures.