DKSH Business Unit Performance Materials, a leading specialty chemicals distributor and provider of Market Expansion Services for performance materials and Synthomer, one of the world's leading suppliers of emulsion polymers for coatings, construction chemicals, adhesives and technical textiles have entered into a regional distribution partnership covering India, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar and Thailand. The contract was signed at the European Coatings Show in Nuremberg. It will cover Synthomer's business in the Construction & Coatings and Functional Polymers businesses. DKSH's Performance Materials Business Unit will distribute and market Synthomer's full range of emulsion polymers in Asia for the market segments coatings (excluding Vietnam), construction, adhesives (excluding Vietnam) and textiles (excluding India), and will leverage its comprehensive distribution footprint to provide Synthomer with tailored services and exceptional distribution opportunities in this important and growing region. Synthomer offers a particularly broad range of binders based around acrylics, styrene-butadiene and vinyl acetate chemistries for a wide array of applications including weather-resistant wood coatings, low-emission interior wall paints, elastic coatings, crack-bridging facade paints for cool roofing applications and plaster, as well as binders for PSA tapes, labels and technical textiles. Synthomer COO Derick Whyte, who signed the contract on behalf of Synthomer, commented: "We are pleased that DKSH has decided to partner with Synthomer in these important and rapidly expanding Asian markets. We are convinced that the result will deliver improved technical services through local distribution networks to provide our current and future customers with real added value."
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