Synthron UK

Synthron is a subsidiary of Protex International, an independent French industrial group, which develops, manufactures, and markets chemical specialties in various industrial sectors including textiles and leather, coatings and inks, adhesives, construction, electronics, fine chemicals, paper, and agrochemicals. A range of additives and speciality resins is offered with functionalities including flow and levelling, substrate wetting, defoaming, pigment dispersion, rheology modification, water repellence, and many other niche properties. Synthron products provide solutions for aqueous, solvent-free and solvent-based systems. Synthron has a research and development centre at its main manufacturing site in Château-Renault, located 190 kilometres south west of Paris, with R&D teams focused on individual markets. Synthron utilises the concept of "cross-fertilisation”; looking for opportunities where a successful product used in one industry can find applications in different sectors. By virtue of its activities in these different sectors, Synthron benefits from scientific expertise that ranges from identifying the needs of its customers to finding their solutions, thus providing real added value. The backing of the Protex International Group, which has a large industrial and commercial presence in Europe, the United States, South-East Asia and Brazil, allows Synthron to stay ahead of market trends and to be a player in the chemicals of tomorrow.