Columbian Chemicals have announced an extension of the partnership with IMCD as their specialty carbon black distribution partner into the coatings, inks, plastics and other non rubber applications.

The new agreement will include Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria, in addition to the existing territories of Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Turkey, the UK and Ireland.

With immediate effect, IMCD will handle the Raven, Conductex, Statex and Neotex product ranges and support the ongoing direct sales activity of Columbian Chemicals in all of the above regions.

"This is a second partnership extension with Columbian this year", says Marcus Jordan, director group development at IMCD. "Not only are we able to provide the needed focus on specialty products to Columbian, but they will also be able to enter new geographic territories with us this time."

Columbian's products enable IMCD to further strengthen the package offered by the group's dedicated team of technical sales executives to its industrial customers.