Brazilian masterbatch and additive manufacturer Cromex (São Paulo; www.cromex.com.br) has appointed Resin Trade (Burton on Trent / UK; www.resintrade.com) the exclusive distributor of its black, white, colour and additive masterbatches in the UK and Ireland. The UK group already distributes fellow Brazilian manufacturer Braskem’s (São Paulo; www.braskem.com.br) entire portfolio in the UK and Ireland.

Cromex operates two masterbatch plants in Brazil. At its headquarters in São Paulo, the group can turn out 18,000 t/y of coloured masterbatches, whereas its plant in Simões Filho has a nameplate capacity of 82,000 t/y of white and black masterbatches as well as additives. Cromex products are exported to more than 60 countries.

Founded in 1993, Resin Trade distributed more than 45,000 t/y of polymer between the UK and Spain in 2010, and expects that number to rise to 60,000 t/y in 2011. Aside from Cromex and Braskem, the UK distributor also handles the sales of Equate Petrochemicals’ (Safat / Kuwait; www.equate.com) PE and from its office in Alicante / Spain also distributes Octal Petrochemicals’ (Musqat / Oman; www.octalglobal.com) PET resins in Spain and Portugal.