Sun Chemical has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Nantong Shanjing Metallic Pigments Co., Ltd., an aluminum pigment manufacturer in China .
Parsippany, NJ - Sun Chemical has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Nantong Shanjing Metallic Pigments Co., Ltd., an aluminum pigment manufacturer in China. The agreement allows Sun Chemical to market the Nantong Shanjing products for the coatings 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 provide special metallic effects in 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.
The manufacturing plant, based in Nantong of Jiangsu Province, annually produces approximately 2,500 tons of aluminum pigments and pastes.