Chemcolour News

Congratulations to Mainstream Freight Group
November.2009 

Chemcolour is pleased to announce that the Mainstream Freight Group has been successful in its tender as the principal freight provider for Chemcolour New Zealand for the 2009 /2010 period. As the current NZ freight provider, Mainstream's re-appointment has meant no disruption to our valued customers.
Chemcolour looks forward to the ongoing working relationship with Mainstream in New Zealand.


Clariant to Open New Production Facility in Dayabay China
November.2009 

Leading specialty chemical company Clariant today announced it will build an ethoxylation plant in Dayabay, situated south of Guangzhou. The plant will be operational in early 2011 and will enable Clariant to meet increasing demand from the Chinese and wider Asia Pacific markets.
The new plant will primarily serve customers for a broad range of applications which are including crop protection, construction, industrial & home care, metal working, textile and paper. The 80,000 square meter plant will have a capacity close to 50,000 tones per annum. It will be staffed by locally hired highly skilled teams, which will include senior technical roles. The state-of-the-art plant will use the very latest automation and environmental management technology.
Clariant is among the largest producers of ethoxylates globally and has a leadership position in specialty applications. Ethoxylation is a key technology for Clariant, which the company has developed over the past 50 years. With production sites in Europe, North America and Latin America, Dayabay will be Clariant's first ethoxylation plant in Asia.


Chemcolour Auckland attains PRINCE accreditation
August.2009 

Chemcolour's Auckland site was recently awarded PRINCE accreditation at the New Zealand Chemical Industries Council's August Conference.
PRINCE accreditation demonstrates ongoing responsibility, excellence and compliance with the law while taking every precaution to protect employees, the community and the environment from harm.
The award recognises Chemcolour Industries as a conscientious corporate citizen and one companies can be confident in doing business with.

Chemcolour launches new website
July 2009  

The Chemcolour website has been re-designed to provide easier access to the diverse range of industries serviced, products available and companies represented.
The website now incorporates Chemcolour Australia, Chemcolour New Zealand and Nutura New Zealand.
The news page will be readily updated providing interesting articles relating to the Chemcolour Group, it's customers, products and representations.

EPA honours Clariant's Exolit OP560 flame retardants pollution prevention potential.
July 2009  

The US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded Clariant its new Chemicals Program P2 Recognition Project Award for the company’s Exolit OP560, a new generation non halogenated flame retardant. The product is made by Clariant Pigments and Additives Division for polyurethane foams in automotive, furniture and consumer applications.
For further information contact Chemcolour

Chemcolour New Zealand Turns 20 !!!
June.2009 

Chemcolour was established by Senior Management and Sandoz Chemicals (now Clariant) in June 1989.
The partnership between Chemcolour and Clariant has developed further and now incorporates both Australia and New Zealand

Michelman to speak at AIP Sydney
June.2009  

Marshall Wiseman, Regional Manager Asia Pacific for Michelman, will present a paper entitled "Two key packaging megatrends" at the Australian Institute of Packaging Forum at Olympic Park in Sydney in June. Michelman is the world leader in water based paper coatings as well as producing a wide range of other products which enhance the properties of coatings, inks and composites.
For more information contact Chemcolour or visit the Michelman website www.michelman.com

Sanitized introduce new wash resistant antimicrobial treatments
June 2009 

Sanitized will launch two new antimicrobial treatments at Techtex 2009 in June in Frankfurt.
The Sanitized BC A 21-41 Silver product was concieved for polyurethane coatings with the objective of making the antibacterial function safe in hot wash.
The Sanitized TH 27-24 dust mite and fungal protection for bedding mattresses, carpets, upholstered and garden furniture is wash resistant and accepted under Oeko-Tex Standard 100 (classes I-IV) and Allegy UK.
For further information contact Chemcolour or visit the Sanitized website: www.sanitized.com

Nutura NZ gains sole agency for Silesia Flavours
2008 

Nutura NZ, the Food and Nutrition Division of Chemcolour Industries, is pleased to announce that we have successfully signed a sole agency agreement with Silesia Flavours, a German flavour house. We are now the sole distributor of Silesia flavours into the New Zealand food, beverage and health supplement market.

With the signing up of the Silesia agency comes 100 years of experience in the flavour industry and we are delighted to be associated with this level of expertise. Silesia’s International business and sales extends into 100 countries. Flavourists based at the Silesia locations in Neuss, Chicago and Singapore create unequalled flavours, which Silesia is renowned for and which contribute to the unique taste attributes of the various food products in the market today. Knowledge of end uses and applications in the finished products is the basis for their successful development of tailor-made flavours to suite the requirement of end users and production.
Silesia develops and produces the highest quality, whole flavour spectrum in both liquid and powder flavours for the following market segments