Sasma Quarterly Newsletter – Q2 2026

A Note from the Sasma Team

Our new Sasma warehouse & blending facility is open — and so is our new website.

After months of construction and preparation, our new logistics and blending facility located in Halsteren, the Netherlands is now fully operational. At the same time, we've just launched a redesigned sasmabv.com, making it easier than ever to find what you need from Sasma.

Behind the scenes, our team has grown to support it all. We're pleased to welcome several new colleagues at our warehouse facility, as well as additional members joining our Quality team, strengthening the people and expertise behind every shipment we send out.

In this Q2 issue, we take you inside the new facility, share what's new across our product range, walk you through what's new on our website, share where you'll find us through the rest of the year, and update you on our global stock network.

- The Sasma Team

Global Trade & Market Developments: What's Happening in the Strait of Hormuz

The Strait of Hormuz disruption was the defining story for trade and energy markets this quarter. Following the escalation of the Iran conflict in late February, the strait was reduced to a trickle of traffic, cutting global oil supply by an estimated 14 million barrels a day and driving freight, insurance, and fuel costs sharply higher — pressures that fed directly into ethanol and neutral alcohol pricing given the close link to energy markets.

The picture has since turned around quickly. Following a US-Iran agreement to reopen the strait, more than 20 tankers carrying roughly 35 million barrels have already transited, and oil prices have erased their wartime gains, with Brent trading back below pre-war levels. That said, around 500 vessels remain queued to exit the Gulf, and shipping bodies expect a full return to normal patterns to take weeks rather than days.

Separately, US-EU tariff movements continue to affect cost and availability of American-origin spirits for European buyers.

Sasma continues to monitor trade and logistics developments closely as part of our ongoing supply assessment.

Our New Sasma Warehouse and Blending Facility  

Strategically located between the ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam, our facility expands Sasma's operational footprint significantly — adding more than 1,000,000 litres of storage capacity across 26 stainless-steel tanks.

The facility supports in-house blending, dilution, denaturing, and filling — giving customers faster turnaround times and more flexibility on custom formulations and packaging formats, all under one roof.

Halsteren by the Numbers  

1,000,000+ litres of total storage capacity:

• 26 stainless-steel tanks

• 2 × 35,000L mixing tanks

• 2 × 100,000L mixing tanks

• 20 × 35,000L storage tanks

• 1 × 100,000L storage tank

• 1 × 5,000L reverse osmosis water tank for precise dilution

• 2 loading docks

In-house capabilities: blending, mixing, dilution, denaturing, and filling — all under one roof

On-site lab: rapid first-control testing (Anton Paar Density Meter, Shimadzu UV-Vis Spectrometer), with full GC analysis carried out at our Zoetermeer headquarters

Location: strategically positioned between the ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam

A Message From Our President

"With Halsteren, we are making a next step. We will now be in full control of our storage, our blending, our filling. We can supply and ship our products in a more expeditious way. We are more reliable for our partners as we are in full control of these operations, and that will contribute greatly to the partnership we have created over the years with our suppliers and with our customers."

— Hans van der Kloot, President, Sasma BV

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Continued Investment in Japan

In April, Sasma's leadership spent a week in Japan, deepening long-standing partnerships and developing new programmes across Japanese-origin spirits and bulk alcohol for the Japanese market. Sasma has maintained a twice-yearly presence in Japan since 2014.

Expanded Product Range

This quarter, Sasma added and broadened several lines — all available in IBC and ISO tank:

• Extreme peated new make — 200+ PPM, among the most heavily peated bulk spirits on the market

• Single grain & single malt whisky, newly added to the portfolio

• Sherry-matured blended malt Scotch, across multiple age statements

• London Dry gin programme — a range of classic botanical profiles, dosed at roughly 5% into neutral alcohol for a turnkey finished London Dry

• Fruit distillates — Williams pear, apricot, plum, cherry and peach

• Certified organic variants across most neutral-alcohol bases and selected whisky

Our sales team has been active across new and existing European markets this quarter, seeing growing traction among craft and premium distillers and strong interest in organic spirits and fruit distillates.

The Sasma Alcohol Range at a Glance  

Neutral alcohols across a dozen bases—wheat, rye, corn, grape, sugarcane, beet, rice, potato and more—alongside whisky from all major origins, rum, vodka, gin, agave spirits, and fruit distillates, plus pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and industrial grades. Available standard or certified organic, Kosher and Non-GMO.

Looking for a specific product or specification? Get in touch:  info@sasmabv.com.

Quality, Certification & Compliance  

• Kosher-certified production for projects that require it

• PFAS / BPA-compliant packaging for customers with strict food-contact requirements

• Pharmaceutical-grade ethanol (BP/EP/USP/GMP) for pharma and cosmetic applications

• Refreshed Safety Data Sheets under updated Sasma branding

Our New Website Is Live

We've just launched a redesigned sasmabv.com, built to make it easier for our partners to find exactly what they need.

What's new:

• Improved navigation — find your product category faster, with a clearer path from category to specification

• Clearer product structure — every product page is organised consistently, with applications, certifications, and packaging options laid out up front

• And there's more on the way. In the coming weeks, we'll be rolling out translated versions of the site in several languages, along with access to Marine Traffic so you can track your shipments live.

Explore the new product pages at www.sasmabv.com, or reach out to our team directly with any questions.

Expanding Our Global Inventory Network

Alongside Halsteren, we've also expanded our worldwide inventory network — now holding inventory in warehouses across Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and India — enabling faster dispatch to buyers wherever they are. Contact our sales team to confirm stock availability in your region.

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