Novotex announces a general price increase in the next near future.

13th April 2010.

We would like to draw your attention to the current situation of the raw material market.
Our leading indicators show us that the Q2 2010 is really one of the most difficult we have ever seen in terms of material availability.

The main reasons are the pick up in the demand of PU in Asia, and Europe as well; many plants are shut down for maintenance, or are running at 60-70% of the nominal capacity because of lack of the principal raw materials.

The shortage of the key raw materials and the significant ongoing price escalation are starting to strongly impact on our cost structure.
In addition to this, the substantial increase in energy and transportation costs does not make our life easier!

Despite all our efforts to keep our product prices firm and trying to optimize our costs, this situation will require us to review our price-list in a very short period. Our effort, as a main target, will be to assure our production needs and your needs as well.

As soon as this situation will be clearer and we will know exactly how to move, our Sales Dpt will contact you immediately.

Novotex at the international fair K2010.

5th March 2010.

Novotex will be co-exhibitor of COIM SpA at the 18th international Trade Fair Plastics and Rubber, which will take place from October 27th to November 3rd in Düsseldorf (Germany).

Join us at Hall 05, booth C19.

Changing of the brand "UCECOAT"

4th November 2009.

We inform you that starting from 1st of November the brand name "UCECOAT" will disappear and all the "ex Cytec" products will be marked "LARITHANE" while all the "ex Cytec" code numbers will be maintained to avoid any kind of confusion.

i.e. UCECOAT CS 38 S will become LARITHANE CS 38 S

We guarantee you that all the products, we are supplying you and we will supply you, will be manufactured in our factory of Coim S.p.a. using the same raw materials, the formulations, the production methods and the specifications which fully comply with the technical information we acquired from Cytec Surface Specialties SA .

It might be possible that until the end of our stocks, we will continue to supply you under "Ucecoat" brand.
We are now preparing all the Technical documentation which will be issued with our brand name "Larithane". All the other data will remain unchanged.

In case of any further explanation we invite you to contact the Area Manager of your area.

Novotex Italiana Technical Director.

29th september 2009.

We have the pleasure to inform you that starting from 1st October 2009 , Mr Jean Pierre Detailleur will become part of our organization. He will hold the position of Technical Director.
Most of you already know him and know how great is his experience and professionalism in our market. All of us welcome him "on board" and wish him every success.
Starting from 1st October he can be reached at his e-mail address detailleur.jp@novotex.it or at his mobile +32 477 262509.

Novotex Group's Prevention Plan for Suine Flu

2nd September 2009.

Novotex Group (Novotex, Coim, Noreco Chimica, Novotex Sul Americana included) has prepared a contingency plan for influenza A (H1N1) in order to ensure continuity of supply to its customers.
These preventive and protective measures are:

• Avoiding to Novotex Group employees trips in the world areas recognized at greater risk for pandemic;
• Constantly monitoring the evolution of the pandemic situation by consulting WHO (World Health Organization) and Government websites;
• Constantly monitoring the health of Novotex Group employees through the analysis of absenteeism indices;
• Evaluating the possibility of giving their employees the flu vaccine when it becomes available.

Should also be noted that some of our products are synthesized in different sites in different regions of the world (Europe, Asia, North America, South America) and it’s therefore possible that a potential shortage of production in one site can be readily replaced by another, set in a different geographic area.

Novotex Italiana announces acquisition of the European Polyurethane division of Cytec Surface Specialities!

13th February 2009.

Novotex Italiana SpA has entered into an agreement to purchase the European business, technology and manufacturing rights of the polyurethane division of Cytec Surface Specialities (ex UCB) based in Drogenbos, Belgium. Novotex Italiana is a private company, part of Coim Group, based just outside Milan, Italy involved principally in the textile coating industry, supplying a wide range of polyurethane resins and ancillary products, including finishes, pigments etc.

Novotex Italiana is currently one of the world’s largest leading suppliers of coatable polyurethane resins to this market sector, with their materials being used in products as diverse as fashion garments, protective garments, water proofing textile , shoe industry, upholstery including automotive, sport goods such a soccerball, and medical applications

With this agreement Novotex Italiana will become one of the leading suppliers in Europe of polyurethane solutions, granules and dispersions used in the coating industry. Apart from Europe, Novotex supply their products on a global basis to North and South America, Middle East and Asia with Sales Offices/Production Units in Brazil and Singapore

The deal will involve the polyurethane resins used for use in the water proofing and breathability of textile, leather and synthetic leather goods principally in the European market.

The factory of Cytec in Drogenbos, Belgium will continue producing these materials during a transitional period but production will be transferred to the Coim factory in Italy as soon as practical. However the agreement has been set up to ensure that there will be no interruption to supplies of material and that current customers of Cytec will continue to receive products as normal

The deal is expected to be completed by the end of February 2009.

This agreement enhances the technology position of Novotex Italiana in the polyurethane coated fabric market. It blends well into their current product portfolio and offers the opportunity to develop further into some of the higher specification, technically demanding applications. Mr Antonio Magni, President of Novotex said that this has been the strategic direction taken by Novotex over the last few years anyway, and this acquisition of further ‘top-end’ technology will allow to offer more solutions to their customers creating new opportunities.

The coated fabric sector in Europe has certainly come under pressure over the last few years, particularly from Asia. Mr Magni points out that this agreement will provide a strong platform for future growth of the business and represents a very positive development for Novotex as a company. High technology ‘niche’ sectors are seen as where the opportunities for the future lie .

Reach & Pre-registration

22nd December 2008.

Novotex Italiana Spa with our group of companies, Coim Spa and Noreco Chimica Spa, has been involved with the implementation of Reach regulation for a considerable time.

On December 1st 2008 the pre-registration phase is finished: the pre-registration allows the benefit of a transitional period when it is possible to produce/import chemical substances until the proper registration will be made, as per the regulation schedule, within 2018.

All the chemicals used in our products have been pre-registered by our suppliers. The Novotex Group meanwhile cannot bind themselves today to subsequent registration, which will be made by our suppliers. Therefore we cannot promise the presence on the market of all substances; this decision will be taken at due time from our suppliers of raw materials.

We will not communicate pre-registration numbers as Reach regulation does not request the compulsory disclosure of this information after the pre-registration.

SVHC Substances
Our products do not contain very dangerous substances, so-called SVHC (Substances of Very High Concern), as per the “Candidate List” published by ECHA on 28/10/08.

Safety Data Sheets & Use Scenarios
Present MSDS may be considered to conform to REACH till new version that will be completed within 2010. After pre-registration period, we will take care to contact you to collect the necessary information about use and exposure scenarios concerning products of your interest in order to grant they will be included in the registration dossier of substances involved in the production process.

Reach & Articles
Film distributed by our PM3 division are considered by Reach as Articles: they do not release any substance and therefore they are exempted by obligation of registration or notification.