DKSH : promotes specialty chemicals portfolio at Paint India 2018

Trade show announcement

DKSH promotes specialty chemicals portfolio at Paint India 2018

DKSH, a leading Market Expansion Services provider, together with its key clients will showcase an exciting portfolio of specialty chemicals as well as innovative solutions and concepts at Paint India 2018 in Mumbai, India.

Mumbai, India, February 6, 2018 - DKSH's Business Unit Performance Materials, a leading ingredients and specialty chemicals distributor and provider of Market Expansion Services, will exhibit at Paint India 2018 in Mumbai, India, from March 8-10.

Paint India is a platform for manufacturers, suppliers and buyers of specialty chemicals to network and showcase their latest innovations. Since its inception in 1993, the Paint India series of exhibitions has been the pioneering and premier event series for the coatings industry in India and throughout the Far East.

DKSH will exhibit at stand B1 in hall 1 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, where senior executives from DKSH and its valued business partners will be present throughout the show to promote their extensive specialty chemicals portfolios and services including:

• • Poloral/Synteven, Ftalon, pigmented paste and uranol from Galstaff Multiresine

• • Lunaflex MP45, Luna-nol C-12, Luna-CMC, Luna-MHEC and Luna-pas(RDP) from Luna

• • Hydroxy ethyl celluloser, range of cellulosic thickeners for water-based paints and improved bio-stability from Shandong Gaomi Silver Hawk Chemical Fibre

• • Acrylic binders, alkyds and dispersions for architectural, industrial and wood coatings, pressure sensitive adhesives and construction-motar/waterproofing from Synthomer

• • Chlorinated polyolefins (adhesion promoters for PP substrates) and Vylon co-polyester resins from Toyobo

• • Plus a wide range of innovative specialty chemicals from Angstrom Technologies, ESIM, Imerys Kaolin, LCY Chemical, Nippon Shokubai, OCSiAl, RheinChemie Additivies/Lanxess, Sancora Paints, Siam Extek, Siliconi Commerciale SpA, Solvay, Venator and Vertelus

Atul Nagarkar, Managing Director, DKSH India, commented: "Exhibiting again at Paint India, together with our valued business partners, will allow us to expand our portfolio and to continue to contribute to the world of innovative specialty chemicals. We look forward to another successful show this year."

About DKSH

DKSH is the leading Market Expansion Services provider with a focus on Asia. As the term "Market Expansion Services" suggests, DKSH helps other companies and brands to grow their business in new or existing markets. Publicly listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since 2012, DKSH is a global company headquartered in Zurich. With 825 business locations in 37 countries - 800 of them in Asia - and 31,970 specialized staff, DKSH generated net sales of CHF 11.0 billion in 2017. DKSH was founded in 1865. With strong Swiss heritage, the company has a long tradition of doing business in and with Asia and is deeply rooted in communities and businesses across Asia Pacific.

DKSH Business Unit Performance Materials is a leading specialty chemicals distributor and provider of Market Expansion Services for performance materials, covering Europe, North America and the whole of Asia. The Business Unit sources, develops, markets and distributes a wide range of specialty chemicals and ingredients for pharmaceutical, personal care, food & beverage as well as various industrial applications. In addition, it creates innovative and cutting-edge concepts and applications in 29 innovation centers located worldwide. With 100 business locations in 31 countries and around 1,010 specialized staff, Business Unit Performance Materials generated net sales of CHF 894.1 million in 2017.

For further information, please contact:

DKSH India Pvt. Ltd.

Olive Fernandes

Manager, Branding and Communications Phone +98 197 09478olive.fernandes@dksh.com

DKSH Performance Materials Daniel Hollister

Manager, Group Communications Phone +44 20 8879 5500daniel.hollister@dksh.com

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