To better serve our customers – and potential customers – we are realigning and streamlining Taminco’s North American distribution system for high-performance paint additives Advantex® and Vantex®-T as well as our premier line of Synergex® additives for metal working fluids.

Customers in the western United States, including Oklahoma and Texas, are now served by TCR Industries of La Palma, CA. TCR has partnered with Taminco for a number of years. Expanding their territory was just one way we could show TCR how much we appreciate their hard work. It was also a perfect opportunity for us to really enhance Taminco’s customer service efforts.

Customers in the eastern half of the country are now served by the TH Hilson company, based in the Chicago area. TH Hilson has been a preferred distributor of specialty chemical materials more than 30 years, and a trusted partner with Taminco for the past several years. We have come to expect amazing results from TH Hilson, and we are confident that our customers in Hilson’s expanded territory can expect great things from their new distributors. If you want to get to know the folks at TH Hilson a little better, why not check out their page on Facebook. Visit www.facebook.com/th.hilson, and be sure to tell them Mike sent you!

If you weren’t able to attend my presentation this week at the 18th International Colloquium Tribology conference in Esslingen, Germany, I have posted my slides from the presentation above.

You can download the complete paper, The Use of Adducts of N-Alkylalkanolamines (AAA’s) with Alkenyl Succinic Anhydrides (ASA’s), AAA carboxamines and structurally unique AAA’s as Emlusifiers in Metalworking Fluids, by visiting our sister site, SpecialtyAmines.com.

Ghent, Belgium, 16 December 2011 – press release

Funds advised by CVC Capital Partners (“CVC”) today announced the sale of their majority stake in Taminco, the world’s largest producer of alkylamines and derivatives to affiliates of Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) (together with its subsidiaries “Apollo”). Apollo, a global private equity firm, will support Taminco’s continued growth, based on the company’s strategy which is focused on globalization, product innovation, integration and customer commitment. Closing of the transaction is subject to antitrust approval and is expected to take place in the first half of 2012. Continue Reading »

Kurt Buyse

Because Vantex^®-T enables environmentally friendly zero-VOC paints with virtually no odor, it’s sometimes easy to forget that this remarkable amine does so much more. For instance, when it comes to solvent-borne alkyds, Vantex^®-T is probably the best amine-based emulsifier on the market. Its unique structure helps overcome viscosity buildup, storage stability and issues with reduced gloss.

We have outlined the science on Vantex-T’s effects on solvent-borne alkyds with a special one-sheet – in both English and Portuguese - downloadable just by clicking those links.