WCA July 2009

New Indian agency

A sales partnership contract for a second Uhing agency in India, LMI India (P) Ltd, came into effect on 1 st January 2009. “The Indian market is developing fast,” explained Uhing’s head of marketing, Wolfgang Weber. Following a recommendation, Weber met Mohan Pandit – owner of LMI India (P) Ltd – at the Wire & Cable Fair at Mumbai in November 2008. A seller of product identification solutions and non-contact measuring systems the company, headquartered in New Delhi, has made its mark in the wire and cable as well as the process industries. The new partner is familiar with German business culture, having been a sales partner for another German company for some years, and will act as an agent for both German companies since the product portfolios complement each other. “In addition to all these advantages, our new Indian business partner convinced us with his high expertise and enormous proactivity,” points out Weber. LMI India has offices in Mumbai, Channai, Hyderabad, Jamshedpur and Surat, ensuring that LMI India employees and existing and future customers will always be within easy travelling distance. Altana acquires additives business of DyStar group The speciality chemicals group Altana has acquired the high-performance additives business of Frankfurt-based DyStar group The acquired business, with annual of sales of about €7.5 million, will be integrated into the BYK Additives & Instruments division. It mainly comprises the technologies for the production of additives and for the processing of plastics compounds. LMI India (P) Ltd – India Fax : +91 11 2536 5995 Email : info@lmiindia.com Website : www.lmiindia.com

Production of additives will be integrated into BYK’s factory in Wesel.

Altana AG – Germany Fax : +49 281 670 1114 Email : info@altana.com Website : www.altana.com