Raw materials, equipment and instrumets for varnishes and coatings industries

• Pigments

• HUNTSMAN PIGMENTS - United Kingdom
  Products: Titanium dioxide for the paints and varnishes, inks, plastics, ceramics, paper, rubber (TR92, TR81, RTC-90, RHD2, R-FC5, A-HR, TR28 and others).
  
• CAPPELLE PIGMENTS - Belgium
  Products: Organic and inorganic pigments for paints and plastics.
• ROCKWOOD PIGMENTS - United Kingdom
  Products: Synthetic Iron Oxide Pigments for paints, varnishes, cosmetics, constructions, driers and NUODEX catalysts, EXKIN antiskin agents.

• Additives

• ELEMENTIS SPECIALTIES (RHEOX) - United Kingdom - Worldwide leader in rheological additives
  • Rheological Additives for paints and varnishes, inks, building materials,
    adhesives, chimicals for householding, both for water- based and solvent -based
    products.
    • Bentone (34, 38,120, SD1, SD2; SD3; EW; CT, OC and others) - Bengel
    • Acrylic swellable thickeners and polyurethane associative thickeners - Rheolate
    • Thixotropy additives (hydrogenated or genetically modified castor oil) - Thixcin; Thixatrol
    • Anti-settling additives: MPAX.
  • Additives (SERVO): wetting and dispersion additives - NUOSPERSE, corrosion
    inhibitors - NALZIN; defoamers - DAPRO, rheological additives - Rheolate,
    interfacial tension modifiers - SLYP AYD, various special additives.
  • Tinting systems and colorants - pigments pastes - (Tint Ayd) for automatic
    tinting machines.
  • Various additives: waxes, UV stabilizers.
• CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS (EFKA ADDITIVES B.V.) - The Netherlands
  Products: Additives for paints, inks, plastics (defoamers, levelling additives, dispersing additives, dispersing resins, wetting additives and others).
• ASCOTEC - France - Anticorrosion additives.

• Resins

• NUPLEX RESINS (former AKZO NOBEL RESINS) - The Netherlands
  Products: producer of synthetic resins for paints, varnishes and inks.
  

• Fillers

• ANKERPOORT N.V. - The Netherlands -
  Products: Fillers (Barite, Wollastonite and others).
• SIBELCO - Belgium
  Products: Sibelco is the world leader producer in four industrial minerals: silica sand and silica flours, cristobalite, nepheline syenite and ball clay.
  
  

Equipment and instruments for varnishes and coatings industries

• FAST & FLUID MANAGEMENT - part of the IDEX Group - USA
  Automatic and manual machines for tinting and mixing paints, mainly for DYI (do it yourself) - retail shops and large supermarkets and also for the industrial use.
• APV BAKER (Industrial Extruder Division - part of Invensys Group) - United Kingdom
  Extruders lines for powder coatings, plastics, adhesives and pharmaceutical products.
• SHEEN Instruments Ltd - United Kingdom
  Testing instruments for the physical - chemical characteristics of the raw materials and products of the paints, varnishes, plastics, inks, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, as well as for other industrial fields:
  • spectral analysis of the colour;
  • colour comparison cabinets;
  • gloss; hiding power;
  • viscosity; 
  • thickness of the paint (wet/dry);
  • grind gauges;
  • hardness;
  • elasticity;
  • flexibility;
  • weight; 
  • humidity of the surfaces (wood, others).

Polytetrafluorethylene based products

• ASAHI GLASS FLUOROPOLYMERS (former ICI FLUON) - United Kingdom
  Products: PTFE- Polytetrafluorethylene - FLUONâ
  
  

Chromium based products

• ELEMENTIS CHROMIUM - United Kingdom -
  Products: world leader in Chromium Chemicals, recommended for paints pigments,
  wood protection, metals protection, super-alloys, ceramics and refractories, raw materials for chromium based pigments:
  • chromic acid;
  • chromic oxide;
  • sodium dichromate and potassium dichromate.
    

Various products

• HUNTSMAN PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS - Germany
  Products: Solvents with law content of volatile organic compounds - polyether amines (Jeffamine); propylene carbonate (Jeffsol)
• POLARTECH - United Kingdom
  Products: Metalworking fluids.
  
  

Raw materials and equipment for jewelry manufacturing

• SRS LTD - United Kingdom
  Products: Products used for the jewellery manufacture (powders, waxes, rubber, Silicon)
  and for the production of precision non-ferrous parts in the aerospace and allied
  industries.
• NEUTEC ^® - USA
  Neutec is a world leader in the manufacture of lost-wax jewellery casting machines, equipment and supplies.
  
  

Raw materials for cosmetics, pharmaceutical and food industries

• SEDERMA - France - part of Croda Group
  Products: Active ingredients for cosmetics industry, with various effects (anti-ageing, anti-wrinkles, anti-irritation, anti-inflammatory, slimming, body and hair care products).
• CRODAROM- FRANCE - part of Croda Group
  Products: Vegetable extracts for cosmetics industry, obtained by conventional extraction or in microwave.
• BIOCHEMICA - USA
  Products: Butters and oils for cosmetics industry.
• SUNCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE PIGMENTS - France
  Products: Organic and inorganic pigments, iridescent, pearlescent and effect pigments for cosmetic applications (make-up and body care products).
• DAIICHI FINE CHEMICAL EUROPE - Japan -
  Products: Natural Vitamin E, Synthetic Vitamin E, Coenzime Q10, UV filters, food supplements.
• VARIOUS PRODUCTS for cosmetics industry - Spain and United Kingdom
  Products: Glitter (metallized, fluorescent, holoscent, iridescent) on various shapes and sizes for cosmetics and paints industries, zinc stearate, magnesium stearate, aluminium stearate, talc, parfums for cosmetics industry, vitamins, bentonite, kaolin and others.
  
  

Equipment for food and pharmaceutical industry

• TNA - Australia
  Packaging and processing solutions for food and pharma industry such as the vertical form fill and seal baggers (VFFS) and distribution systems.