What We Do
African Chemicals provides comprehensive and complete tinting solutions for paint manufacturers, for both decorative and industrial applications. As the regional agent and distributor for Vibrantz and Corob for Equipment
African Chemicals works with its Principals' global operations to provide unique, tailor-made, and comprehensive color solutions to clients region-wide. African Chemicals compliments its tinting solutions to clients with products and services from other leading global firms, providing comprehensive and unique color services.
These include global leaders Xrite providing color labs and paint shops with color quality control and formulation solutions using cutting edge spectrophotometer technology, sophisticated state-of-the-art software packages and retail color reading and matching instruments. African Chemicals is also the official agent and distributor for NCS Colour, makers of NCS® the global color standard for communicating color.
African Chemicals also works with color marketing materials producers to provide unique and custom-made color cards and marketing tools for the paints and coatings industries. Additionally African Chemicals provides its clients with after-sales in-house technical services and support including maintenance services and training for equipment, color database formulation development, as well as NCS® certified color training courses.
Our Principals
Vibrantz is the largest independent colorant producer in the world for Decorative Paints, Industrial Coatings, and Thermoset Plastics, and for over 40+ years Vibrantz has been the global leader in supplying high quality colorants and tinting system technologies and services. Vibrantz leverages its industry-wide experiences and innovations through 15 locations on 6 continents. Its architectural solutions include colorants for in-plant tinting systems and specialty coatings, and point-of-sale colorants. The company’s colorant technology solutions for industrial paints and coatings comprise colorants for flooring coatings, industrial maintenance coatings, protective and marine coatings, as well as wood and furniture coatings.
Headquartered in San Felice sul Panaro, Italy, and enjoying over 34 years of success Corob is one of the world’s leading suppliers of advanced tinting equipment for the global paints and coatings industry, with factories in Italy, Finland, and India, offering complete ranges of point-of-sales equipment, from entry-level to high-performance dispensers, mixers, and shakers.
Additionally Corob supplies complete In-Plant Tinting Systems and advanced self-service vending solutions. Corob produces high quality and highly innovative products that create value to its final customers.
Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and for over 35 years and with a presence in 80 countries NCS has helped customers communicate and sell their products and services where color is a decisive factor. From defining colors, to creating harmonies and understanding the relationships between color, light, and materials, to communicating color choices to customers and suppliers.
The basis of this color communication is the NCS – Natural Colour System©, a unique cross industry color system and standard that is used globally in effective color communication.
Founded in 1958, Headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, and with 60+ years of experience in color manufacturing X-Rite is a leading global company with locations around the world, providing complete end-to-end color management solutions for clients in every industry where color matters, including print and packaging, paints and coatings, food and beverage, apparel, electronics, cosmetics, home furnishings and construction. Xrite provides solutions that span the entire workflow, from design through production, to ensure client workflow is color-optimized.
