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Sun Chemical Distribution Agreement with China’s Nantong Shanjing Brings Aluminum Effect Pigments to Customers
PARSIPPANY, N.J., USA
- November 16, 2007
-- Sun Chemical has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement
with Nantong Shanjing Metallic Pigments Co., Ltd., a leading aluminum
pigment manufacturer in China. This agreement allows Sun Chemical to
market the Nantong Shanjing products for coating and graphic arts
industries worldwide under the new SunMetallics™ brand.
The agreement will expand Sun Chemical’s special effect pigment product
portfolio to include aluminum metallic pigments manufactured in
cornflake and silver dollar styles. The aluminum pigments enable
special metallic effects in premium products such as cars, bicycles,
laptop computers, cell phones, cosmetics, cans and coils, and other
industrial and commercial products.
The new SunMetallics product line will be launched in North America and Europe in early 2008.
“This agreement with Nantong Shanjing is important because it not only
allows us to better serve our customers with an increased product
portfolio, it also positions us to develop many other unique effects
for our customers in the future,” said Martha Davies, Global Product
Manager Special Effects, Performance Pigments Group, Sun Chemical.
Nantong Shanjing specializes in the production and sales of aluminum
pigments and pastes. The manufacturing plant based in Nantong of
Jiangsu Province annually produces approximately 2,500 tons of aluminum
pigments and pastes used on a variety of industrial and commercial
products in the automotive and cosmetic industries among others.
Nantong Shanjing also has an office in Shanghai that specializes in
research and development and the sales of aluminum pigments.
About Sun Chemical
Sun Chemical, the world's largest
producer of printing inks and pigments, is a leading provider of
materials to packaging, publication, coatings, plastics, cosmetics, and
other industrial markets. With annual sales over $3 billion, Sun
Chemical has over 11,000 employees supporting customers around the
world. The Sun Chemical Group of companies includes such established
names as Coates, Hartmann, Kohl & Madden, and US Ink.
Sun Chemical
Corporation in the U.S. and Sun Chemical Limited in England are
subsidiaries of Sun Chemical Group B.V., the Netherlands. Sun Chemical
has headquarters in Parsippany, New Jersey, U.S.A.; Slough, England;
and Weesp, the Netherlands. For more information, please visit our Web
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