CARY, NC - Arkema Inc. and Andes Chemical Corp. have announced a strategic alliance that includes distribution of a wide range of specialty chemicals for paints and coatings throughout the Caribbean, Central America and portions of South America. Andes Chemical will represent a product portfolio that includes Arkema’s acrylic monomers, binders from Arkema Coating Resins, a business unit of Arkema Inc., and additives from Arkema subsidiary Coatex.
Products to be distributed by Andes Chemical from the Arkema Coating Resins portfolio include: Encor® acrylic, styrene acrylic and vinyl acrylic latexes; SNAP® nano-acrylic polymers; Neocar® vinyl versatate modified latexes; Synaqua® alkyd and alkyd emulsion binders; Celocor® opaque polymers; Encor® Flex elastomeric binders; and Chempol® polyester, alkyd and acrylic polymers.