Quad Chemical Corp., Virginia Beach, Va., announced that it has entered into a partnership with Kao Chemicals Europe, Barbara Del Valles, Spain, to create and develop a market within the U.S. for Kao´s fertilizer coating additives.
“Our partnership with Kao will allow us to provide high-performance coating additives to the U.S. fertilizer industry and will enable us to increase our portfolio with high quality products that aligns with our customer focus,” said Sarah Hall, Quad CEO.
“Quad is a great partner, and this agreement exemplifies their dedication to the fertilizer industry in the USA,” said Francesc Fossas, Kao Vice President, Sales & Marketing. “This partnership reflects our desire to expand in the U.S. market as well as underscores our commitment to high quality services for our high-performance coating additives.”
Quad and Kao said they are readily equipped to develop tailor-made solutions to meet the challenges of fertilizer production, storage and transportation. These include identification of optimum additive formulations, evaluation of key properties, and the supporting of industrial process trials and implementation to target free flowing properties. Kao said its additives are specially formulated for all types of fertilizers.
Quad is a privately-held chemical and agricultural products company, marketing and distributing products with a global reach.
Kao Chemicals Europe is a part of Kao Group. In addition to fertilizer coating additives, it also offers oleo chemicals and derivatives, surfactants, high-performance polymers, and others.