Coatex and Arkema Emulsion Systems open application laboratory in China

Coatex and Arkema Emulsion Systems have announced the opening of a new Asia-Pacific coatings application laboratory in Changshu, China, to provide technical support to their coatings customers in the region. The new facility will host a technical team with expertise in all of the companies’ technologies and applications. The team will be fully dedicated to providing support for coatings formulation and evaluation to customers. Both businesses are part of the Arkema group and their product lines for the coatings market are highly complementary. Arkema Emulsion Systems focuses on latex binders, while Coatex is entirely dedicated to water-based rheology additives. On the same Changshu site, a water-based rheology modifier plant will be operational in the coming months, followed in 2012 by latex production lines for Arkema Emulsion Systems products.