Nalco(Naperville, Ill., USA) has announced an agreement to partner with S&D Chemicals Ltd. and S&D Chesham Gmbh to reportedly expand its sales and service in the European personal care and household products market. S&D Chemicals Ltd. will distribute some of Nalco's polymers, preservatives and nanoparticles in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. S&D Chesham GmbH will distribute the same materials with the addition of the Fixomer anionic polymers to Germany, Austria and Luxembourg.
The company also has appointed Pieter de Vries to senior account manager of the European personal care sales district sales team. He will cover Germany, Benelux, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Turkey. De Vries joins Nalco with nearly fifteen years in the Europe/Middle East/Africa personal care, household products and pharmaceutical markets.