Sartomer Company and Cray Valley Realign Business Units
EXTON, Pa., Dec. 10 , 2009 - Global specialty chemicals manufacturer Sartomer Company and sister company Cray Valley, both part of Total's chemical branch, are realigning their organizations to better synchronize products and services with customers and markets. The changes become effective January 1, 2010.
Sartomer's photocure business will operate as a new business entity, Sartomer USA, LLC. Sartomer will drive market growth through more focused activity in UV/EB markets and non-rubber markets. Sartomer president Marcel de Wolf will continue his global management responsibilities.
A new business unit was created called Hydrocarbon Specialty Chemicals, which will operate as Cray Valley USA, LLC. This unit will handle the Norsolene® and Wingtack® tackifying resins, along with Poly BD®, Ricon®, Krasol®, SMA®, SR® and Saret® rubber coagents, which were previously marketed under the Sartomer name. Cray Valley will continue to market the company's hydrocarbon line as it has done since June 2007. Charles-Henri Robert will be the president of the new HSC business unit.
The units will be headquartered in Exton, Pa., at the following addresses:
Sartomer USA, LLC 502 Thomas Jones Way Exton, PA 19341 610-363-4100 800-SARTOMER (800-727-8663) 610-363-4140 Fax ,
Cray Valley USA, LLC 468 Thomas Jones Way, Suite 100 Exton, PA 19341 610-363-4100 877-US1-CRAY (877-871-2729) 610-363-1498 Fax
Sartomer Company and Cray Valley, both part of Total's Chemicals branch, are manufacturers of specialty chemicals. Headquartered in Exton, Pa., Sartomer provides a variety of specialty chemicals designed to enhance processing and performance characteristics in coatings, inks, adhesives, sealants, composites, and other demanding applications. For more on these companies and their products, visit www.sartomer.com and www.crayvalley.com.
