Arizona Chemical selects ProTec Ingredia to distribute

Arizona Chemical, a biorefiner of pine-based materials, has entered into an agreement with ProTec Ingredia to distribute the company’s line of bio-based specialty polymers to the personal care industry in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Under the agreement, which is effective January 1, 2012, ProTec Ingredia will offer Sylvaclear, Sylvasol and Uniclearpolymers, Arizona Chemical’s patented specialty products that provide a broad range of functionality in personal care applications.

About Arizona Chemical

Arizona Chemical is a bio-refiner of pine chemicals for the adhesives, tire and rubber, inks and coatings, lubricants, fuel additives, mining and oleochemicals markets. With more than 1,000 employees and state-of-the-art refineries in six countries on both sides of the Atlantic, Arizona Chemical provides sustainable raw materials. The company has headquarters offices in the U.S. in Jacksonville, Fla., and in the EU in Almere, the Netherlands.

About ProTec Ingredia

ProTec Ingredia Ltd was formed in 2011 out of the acquisition of Chesham Speciality Ingredients by Azelis. Headquartered in Harrow, London, and with sister companies in Germany and Poland, ProTec is a leading supplier of high quality ingredients to the European personal care industry, working with a network of manufacturing partners to provide ingredients to its customers.