Forscher initiated its operations in December
2003, with the intention of creating new
solutions, administrative and technological, to
our customers, in several application areas.
In April 2004 we firmed a contract with BASF S/A
to provide them a special service, by
administrating their central of samples for the
business units of Performance Chemicals (Pigments,
Textile, Detergents and Automotive).
In May 2004,
Forscher became the exclusive representative
of the pigment line Sicocer® from BASF
AG for the ceramic market in South America,
and the exclusive distributor of a new technology
of pigments for the segment of inks and varnishes,
for a specific application in aqueous systems.
In February 2005, Forscher firmed a partnership
with the Brazilian company INDECO, specialized in
energies and environment, starting to offer to its
customers, services of reduction of electric
energy costs, achieved through the free market of
energy. Apart from that, a new technology of
pigment dispersion has been developed with
electrodes of electric capacitance and is already
in phase of tests in some printing inks
manufacturers.
Still in the first trimester of 2005, Forscher
initiates looking for partners in Asia to provide
high quality products to the Brazilian and South
American markets.
The first partnership with an Asian company has
been firmed with the company Vicome Corp from
Taiwan. Vicome is focused on the production of
daylight fluorescent pigments, offering a complete
product line for several applications. Their
products have already been approved by several
companies, principally for powder coatings and
printing inks.
More partnerships have been achieved with other
Asian companies, making it possible for Forscher
to offer a large variety of product options, like
organic pigments (Classical and high performance),
inorganic pigments (Titanium dioxide, Iron oxides, Milori blue and Ultramarine Blue), effect pigments
(pearlescent), especial pigments (thermochromic,
photochromic, fragrance) and additives
(dispersants and rheological modifiers).
In
September 2005, Forscher initiated a partnership
with the German company Ystral GmbH – Maschinenbau
und Processtechnick - specialized in the
manufacture of equipments for wetting and
dispersions of powders in liquids, mixture of
gases in liquids and liquids in liquids, through
an innovative technology. These equipments are
very versatile and simple to be installed, what
allows a significant reduction of the processing
costs, improvement of the product quality and the
increase of the work hygiene, among other
advantages.
Still in September, Forscher firmed another
partnership, this time with the Brazilian company
VCE Control and Automation - focused in projects
and industrial assemblies - to give all necessary
support for the installation of the equipments
from Ystral GmbH for the industries: coatings and
varnishes, printing inks and cosmetics among
others.
Forscher will also act in the cosmetic market,
offering high technological products from a famous
South Korean Institute and companies of vanguard.
Please wait for upcoming news!
September has been a very intense month for
Forscher. We are very glad to announce our latest
distribution agreement with the British company Wolstenholme International Ltd. -
a world-wide
leader in the production of metallic pigments,
metallic inks and carbon black dispersions -
starting to offer to the Brazilian market their
innovative and high quality products for the
segments of coatings, printing inks, plastics,
cosmetics, textile, paper and pyrotechnics. It’s
important to inform that all their products have
the FDA approval for food and toys, and attend to
the ASTM 4236 norm for heavy metals.