KRAHN Chemie and Ecoat Expand Distribution Agreement
HAMBURG, Germany — The KRAHN Chemie Group and Ecoat from Grasse, France, have again expanded their existing distribution agreement. This results in additional distribution rights for KRAHN Chemie regarding the bio-based and water-based binders for the paint industry in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. In January 2020, both partners launched their cooperation for the sales regions of Germany, Austria and the Netherlands, with November 2020 having already seen an extension to Poland.
As a green polymer manufacturer for the paints and coatings industry, Ecoat produces competitive and high-performance products, ensuring that they are tailored to the needs of the market while at the same time containing as many bio-based or renewable ingredients as possible. The agreement covers a range of partially bio-based alkyd emulsions as well as alkyd urethane dispersions. The Secoia™ product range consists of bio-based alkyd emulsions, which are used in particular for architectural and wood paints. Aqueous alkyd emulsions, which are mainly applied in environmentally friendly decorative coatings, as well as alkyd-urethane dispersions, which are especially used for decorative wood and metal coatings, are sold under the brand name Inokem™ UR.