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India's Azelis partners with Milliken for PU colourants

09 Mar '26
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India's Azelis partners with Milliken for PU colourants
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Insights

  • Azelis has signed a distribution agreement with Milliken in India to supply Reactint PU colourant solutions for the CASE market.
  • The partnership expands Milliken's reach while leveraging Azelis's local presence, technical support, and application expertise.
  • The solution enhances colour performance, durability, and supports PU foam recycling for sustainable applications.
Azelis, the reference innovation service provider in the speciality chemicals and food ingredients industry, is pleased to announce a new distribution agreement with Milliken & Company in India. Effective immediately, Azelis will be the distributor of Milliken’s polyurethane (PU) colourant solutions for the coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers (CASE) market.

  • Azelis customers in India will gain access to Milliken’s Reactint PU colourant solutions offering consistent colour performance, durability, and easy handling.
  • Milliken expands its reach in the Indian CASE market, supported by Azelis’s strong local presence, technical capabilities, and application expertise.
  • Azelis was selected for its broad portfolio of specialities, its agility, results-driven culture, and commitment to excellence.

This partnership builds on a long-standing commercial relationship between Azelis and Milliken in the EMEA region and marks a strategic expansion of their collaboration into India. It complements Azelis’s broad product portfolio in the CASE segment in India, enabling Azelis customers to access a more comprehensive range of solutions.

Milliken’s commitment to sustainability aligns with Azelis’s strategy to provide innovative, sustainable solutions. Milliken’s Reactint PU liquid colourants support PU foam recycling by enabling higher material recovery without discolouring recovered polyols. The product line also enhances durability and aesthetic performance in industrial and decorative paint applications.

Aparna Khurana, Managing Director India and Market Segment Director Personal Care & Home Care & Industrial Cleaning APAC, Azelis, shared:

“We are pleased to work with Milliken to support the expansion of its polyurethane colourant solutions in India. Milliken’s established expertise and leadership in polyurethane applications, combined with Azelis’s local market presence and technical support, allow us to deliver meaningful value to customers.”

Daan Vanwynsberghe, Global Business Unit Director Polyurethane, Milliken & Company, commented:

“India has been a key market for Milliken’s polyurethane business for many years. This agreement supports our long-term growth strategy by strengthening our ability to serve customers across polyurethane applications, while selectively expanding into new segments through a distribution partner with strong local capabilities.”

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ALCHEMPro News Desk (JP)

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