Harwick Standard partners with AluChem

AKRON (Sept. 6)—Harwick Standard has secured a partnership with Reading, Ohio-based AluChem Inc. to distribute AluChem´s complete line of ATH products. The deal covers the entire U.S. with the exception of the Northeast, where Harwick will service specific accounts in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Harwick said. AluChem´s ATH line includes specialized flame-retardant additives for the rubber and thermoplastics industries. The deal positions AluChem to further market its line to that market as well as to develop new products to customer specification, Harwick said.