(Press Release)
TRI-K Industries, a part of the Kemira group, has changed its company name to
Kemira Specialty, Inc. The company is a leading distributor of ingredients to the cosmetics and personal care industry. Headquartered in New Jersey, US, with additional operations in Massachusetts, TRI-K currently employs 50 people and recorded consolidated revenue of approximately USD 20 million in 2006.
Kemira, a global leader in titanium dioxide for cosmetics, purchased TRI-K in April 2007. The name change reflects the company’s integration and strategic focus on the global cosmetics industry.
“Changing the company name to Kemira Specialty will help both to bring the companies operations together and to present a unified image to our customers” said Reno DelDotto, President, North America Cosmetics.
In addition to the name change, the company will now share the www.kemira.com/cosmetics internet address, which will encompass Kemira’s complete global cosmetics product offering.
Kemira Specialty is the leading supplier of specialty chemicals in selected customer segments, serving customers in a wide array of industries, such as the cosmetics, packaging inks, food, feed and detergent industries, through customer driven solutions.
For further information, please contact:
Kemira Specialty
Kemira Specialty, Inc.
Lauren DelDotto, Marketing Manager
Tel. +1 201 750 1055, extension 243
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Kemira is a chemicals group made up of four business areas: Kemira Pulp&Paper, Kemira Water, Kemira Specialty and Kemira Coatings. Kemira is a global group of leading chemical businesses with a unique competitive position and a high degree of mutual synergy.
In 2006, Kemira recorded revenue of around EUR 2.5 billion and had a payroll of 9,000 employees. Kemira operates in 40 countries.