IMCD : further strengthens its North American technical offering with a Coatings application laboratory in King of Prussia, US.
October 02, 2017 at 07:45 am EDT
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The primary focus of the new Coatings laboratory will be to support customers and suppliers, offering market trend advice, problem solving, formulation guidance and product performance testing. On speaking about the opening, Marcus Jordan, President IMCD US Holdings, commented: 'Following the opening of our Personal Care laboratory earlier this year, we are delighted to extend IMCD's technical capability and offering with this new dedicated coatings facility. IMCD's market focused technical centres are an important element of the value added proposition we offer to both our customers and supply partners and will also further enhance the knowledge and technical capabilities of the IMCD US coatings sales team.'
This new Coatings laboratory joins IMCD's existing international network of laboratories for the Coatings, Personal Care, Lubricants, Detergents, Food & Nutrition and Pharmaceutical Business Groups. With this latest addition, IMCD now runs 35 laboratories on all continents where it operates.
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IMCD N.V. is one of the world's leaders in the distribution of specialty chemicals and food ingredients. The group's activity is organized primarily around 8 markets:
- house cleaning and maintenance products and textile products: surfactants, abrasives, bleaching agents, dyes, solubilizing agents, functional additives, etc.;
- pharmaceutical products: excipients, active pharmaceutical ingredients, solvents, formulation intermediates and chemical synthesis, etc.;
- personal care products: dyes, rheology modifiers, active and functional and sensory ingredients, sunscreen agents, antioxidants, exfoliants, preservatives, etc.;
- coating products: additives, pigments, resins and special solvents;
- nutritional and food products: acids, emulsifiers, oils, fibers, preservatives, sweeteners, enzymes, plant extracts, etc.;
- lubricants: additives, silicone derivatives, esters, corrosion inhibitors, markers, surfactants, etc.;
- chemical products synthesis: monomers, catalysts, reactive diluents, solvents and additives;
- plastic products: mixers, thermoplastic elastomers, polyurethanes, composite materials, etc.
Net sales break down geographically as follows: the Netherlands (1.5%), Europe/Middle East/Africa (42.2%), Asia/Pacific (24.5%), North America (22.3%), and Latin America (9.5%).