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Alfa Chemicals New Website and Brochure!

To make ourselves more accessible to our customers we have developed a new website and a new brochure for Coatings, Inks and Adhesives, click here and request your copy. The website has been tailored to offer our customers up-to-date and relevant information on the products we provide. The brochure introduces a clear matrix of product groups, an overview of the Principals products, Alfa’s service and our customer commitment.

The new website provides information on the products we offer to the following markets:

The website

Instant contact with the Sales and Customer Service teams using the “Call Me” button.
Request online for further information including Technical Data Sheets and Material Safety Data Sheets
Instant access to a host of downloadable pdf documents for key products

The aim of the new brochure is to give a good overview of our offer. The brochure includes a reference guide to our Principals and the product groups we offer for coatings, inks and adhesives applications. Our customer commitment is to provide:

Free technical advice
Free formulation advice
Free samples
Rapid response to enquiries
Full access to our Principals
Free marketing advice
Free market trend information

Any feedback on the website or the brochure would be welcome. Please e-mail any comments to technical@alfa-chemicals.co.uk

SteriTouch: A new Principal

Alfa Chemicals is delighted to announce that SteriTouch® have appointed us as their distributor for the UK and Ireland for their antimicrobial range of products based on silver.

Alfa will be representing SteriTouch® for their antimicrobial additives for use in paints, inks, lacquers, varnishes, resins and UV cured protective coatings. The additives, based on silver technology, provide long term protection from microbial growth.

SteriTouch® offer an initial testing service, free of charge. The testing independently verifies antimicrobial performance. A comprehensive test report and certificate are also available.

SteriTouch® are based in Abertillery, Wales and are concentrating on building the SteriTouch brand. Look out for their product incorporated into childrens’ drinks cups in Tesco soon, and in other supermarkets next year.

To request a copy of the SteriTouch brochure, please click here.

Visit their site at www.steritouch.com

DuPont Zonyl® Surface Protectors

Protecting newly laid terrazzo kitchen tiles from water- and oil-based stains has long been a problem. The traditional way is to seal the surface which can alter the tiles appearance giving it a “wet-look” that is not to everyone’s taste.

DuPont are the World Leader in fluorine chemistry and offer Zonyl® Surface Protectors a range of fluorinated acrylic copolymers for protecting building materials and do not alter the appearance of the materials surface.

Zonyl® Surface Protectors impart:

Water resistance
Oil, dirt and grease resistance
Anti-adhesion properties
Anti-fouling properties

The Zonyl®’s impart low surface energy to the surface by modifying the pore walls of the material with a very thin coating that provides excellent water and oil repellency. They also allow water to evaporate from the internal area so the treatment is “breathable”

The main products in the range are

Zonyl 329: a water-based fluorinated copolymer, recommended for protecting concrete, terracotta and paving stones
Zonyl 9027: a water-bourne fluorochemical solution, particularly recommended for protecting marble and fresh concrete
Zonyl 8740: an aqueous fluorochemical dispersion, recommended for concrete and paving stones
Zonyl 225: a solvent-based fluorinated acrylic copolymer good for protecting terracotta and marble

Please click here to request further information

London to Brighton Charity Bike Ride 2007

At 6.30am on Sunday 17th June a team of keen cyclists from Alfa Chemicals and sister company, RIW, took part in this year’s London to Brighton Bike Ride. Organised by the British Heart Foundation, the annual bike ride is a very popular fundraising event which this year attracted over 27,000 cyclists of varying abilities.

The team comprised Mark Walker, Matthew Miles, Adam Jervis, Bob Burgess, Stephen Evans, Martin Radford, Trevor and Lucy Mathers and Sam Hedges.

Each of the participants completed the gruelling 54 mile course from Clapham to Brighton, raising over £1,000 for the charity.

The morning began with everyone meeting in Maidenhead at 4.30am to catch the minibus and transit van driven by Sara Bergstedt, a customer of ours who was kindly persuaded to get up very early on a Sunday morning to help out, and Louise Mesens.

The team arrived at the start line at 6.30am and began the 54 mile bike ride. After a fantastic effort (and I hear a few hot dogs!) the whole team finished by lunchtime and earned themselves a well deserved drink in the pub.

Congratulations to the team for their hard work and success and thank you to everyone who has made a generous sponsorship pledge.