What We Do
African Chemicals provides manufacturers with a wide range of quality high performance Specialty Chemicals and Raw Materials. African Chemicals represents leading firms from across the globe servicing the Paints, Coatings, and Inks sectors, these include Lotte Fine Chemical (Korea) for Hydroxy Ethyl Cellulose and Methyl Cellulose; Minerals Girona (Spain) for Micronized Fillers; Along with specialized Additives for Coatings and Inks
Vibrantz for Iron Oxides, Chromes, Ultramarine Blues, and Anti-corrosive Pigments; Maflon (Italy) for Fluorosurfactants; as well as a host of various other performance chemicals, additives, and pigments from reputable firms in Europe and Asia.
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Vibrantz is a global industry leader with one of the world’s most comprehensive offerings of Organic, Inorganic, Hybrid and Functional Pigments that provide performance benefits like Corrosion Inhibition, High Heat Resistance, and Infrared Reflecting properties. In addition to effective coloring capabilities. Vibrantz’ pigments are vivid and durable and excel in endless paint and coating applications including Architectural, Industrial, Plastics, Inks and Others.
Established in 1964, Lotte Fine Chemical, based in Korea, is a leading supplier of cellulose ethers used for thickening, water holding capacity, lubrication, and stability in various fields such as paints, construction, cement extrusion, ceramic extrusion, medicine, and household products. Lotte Fine Chemical's products and popular brands are provided on a global scale and include Mecellose®, Hecellose®, AnyCoat-C • AnyAddy®, and AnyCoat-P®.
Minerals Girona is a part of Grupo Conesa, the Conesa family business which originated in Figueres, in the Alt Empordà region of Catalonia, Spain. The company's successful and popular Mineralia® brand covers a wide selection of micronized filler product lines and includes micronized Barytes, Talc, Mica, and others, which are used in various applications including decorative and industrial paints and coatings, plastics, insulation, construction, and others.
In October 2018 AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals became Nouryon, an independent global specialty chemicals leader. Over the course of its nearly 400 years the company has built up a wealth of expertise, supplying industries worldwide with essential chemicals for the manufacture of various products including paper, plastics, building materials, food, pharmaceuticals, and personal care items. With over 5000 patents and investing over €100 million per year in R&D Nouryon drives growth through innovation to create safer and more sustainable products and processes, and develop solutions that meet its customers' changing needs.
Maflon is a leading Italian manufacturer of Fluoropolymers and Additives with wide ranges of applications including Stone & Tile, Concrete, Textiles, PTFE Micropowders, and many others.
Borchers is a global provider of performance additives for the Coatings, Inks, and Adhesives markets, with a wide and unique portfolio of Dispersants, Rheology Modifiers, Flow & Leveling Agents, and Defoamers. The company is technology-driven and future-focused and works to help formulators meet increasingly stringent environmental regulations all the while meeting specific customer and market needs.
