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METYX Composites® is pleased to announce the newest addition to its global distribution network of 23 countries.
Beginning May 1, 2010, Scott Bader® will become the exclusive distributor of METYX Composites products in The United Kingdom and Ireland.
This new agreement follows the January 2010 announcement making Scott Bader the exclusive distributor in France. It also builds on the ongoing relationship between the companies, which began in 2005 when the two joined forces to develop the specialties market in Turkey.
“Scott Bader will supply the complete range of METYX Composites high-performance technical textiles, making it easier and faster than ever for companies in the UK and Ireland to purchase our products as well as receive full customer support and a wide variety of other services. As our product range and brand awareness expand, so does our need for outstanding distribution partners. We look forward to developing a strong position in these exciting geographies with our long-standing partner Scott Bader,” commented Ugur Ustunel, VP, New Business Development, METYX Composites.
Malcolm Forsyth, Commercial Director for Scott Bader’s Composites Europe business, added, “Scott Bader is delighted to have been chosen by METYX Composites as the exclusive distributor for the complete range of METYX Composites high-performance products in the UK and Ireland, building on our strong and successful relationships elsewhere in Europe. We are confident that the wide portfolio of METYX Composites product offerings and their technical performance combined with Scott Bader’s extensive customer service and sales support capability will result in a highly successful arrangement that will be of great value to GRP molders in the UK and Ireland.”
About METYX Composites
METYX Composites is a rapidly growing division of Telateks A.S. ®, which has been producing high quality textiles for over 60 years in Istanbul, Turkey. The company manufactures a wide range of high-performance technical textiles including multiaxial reinforcements (available in e-glass, aramid, carbon, and hybrids); METYCORE RTM reinforcements; woven rovings and woven roving tapes; geo textiles; textile vacuum bagging products; and surface veils. METYX Composites recently invested in carbon fabric production in order to be able to offer customers more customized solutions and shortened response time.
Additionally, METYX Composites offers extensive consulting services in Vacuum Infusion Technology, Structural Engineering Support, RTM Technology, and Seismic Retrofitting.
Among the industries that METYX Composites supports are marine, automotive, transportation, wind energy, construction and architectural applications, infrastructure, and sports and leisure.
About Scott Bader
Scott Bader is a multinational chemical company employing 600 people worldwide with manufacturing sites in Europe, Middle East, and South Africa. The company produces a wide range of UPR, DCPD and VE Resins, Compounded Resins, Gelcoats, Bonding Pastes and Structural Adhesives for the composite industry, as well as water-based and solvent-based alkyds, acrylics and other polymers for the coating, printing and building industries.
Scott Bader’s market leading products are sold globally under well established brands such as Crystic®, Fireguard®, Crestomer®, Texipol®, Texigel®, Texicryl®,and Polidene®. The primary product groups are: unsaturated polyester resins and gelcoats; structural adhesives and bonding pastes; conventional and inverse water based polymers; and solvent based alkyd and acrylic resins.
As pioneers in glass fiber composites since the 1940s, the Crystic brand has gained a world-wide reputation for quality and reliability. This reputation has been maintained through ongoing investment in research, innovation and new product development.
Scott Bader is also a major European distributor of reinforcements and ancillaries products, offering GRP molders everything needed to make quality composite parts.
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Contact: Nancy Bukonja
Tel.: +1 646.290.7568
Email: nancy.bukonja@metyx.com
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