Arizona Chemical's Specialty Division Selects Elgin Corporation As Its China And Taiwan Distributor

Aug. 25, 2010 - PRLog -- Arizona Chemical announces a new partnership with Elgin Corporation to represent their  Specialty Product Division’s line of personal care ingredients for the China and Taiwan markets.
      “We believe Elgin is the right partner with the reputation and experience to achieve Arizona Chemical’s goals in the China and Taiwan markets” stated Tom Fontana, Director of Arizona Chemical’s Specialty Products Division.
Arizona Chemical supplies a unique, bio-renewable line of polymeric materials to the personal care industry. The SYLVACLEAR® Specialty Polymeric Gellants provide a wide range of functionality to the personal care formulator as film formers, water repellency agents, surfactant free emulsifiers, structuring agents, rheology modifiers, pigment stabilizers and active delivery systems.
Each product contains a high percentage of pine tree derived carbon and is ideal for the development of aesthetically pleasing, sustainable personal care formulations. The products, supplied in either a solid or gel medium, form shear thinning, hydrogen bonded gels with a wide range of emollients or liquids used in personal care applications.
   The Elgin Corporation, established in 1982, is a leading raw material supplier, specializing in cosmetics and personal care, in both Taiwan and China. The company represents a wide range of raw materials for formulation.  Elgin has headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan and Shanghai, China, with six additional branch offices in China and two in Taiwan. The company also has two technical service laboratories in Taipei and Ghangzhou, China that provide formulation assistance and troubleshooting.
   Arizona Chemical is the leading producer and refiner of pine chemicals, manufacturing performance polymers from bio-renewable resources, used in everyday products, including fragrances, personal care items and household cleaners.

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Arizona Chemical is the leading producer and refiner of pine chemicals, manufacturing performance polymers from bio-renewable resources, used in everyday products, including fragrances, personal care items and household cleaners.