Everything's clean in America

Chemex has secured a deal for its products to be manufactured and sold throughout Canada and parts of the USA.The company has granted a license to Canadian company Dimachem which is investing $3m (Canadian) in a new manufacturing facility near Toronto, Ontario.

The Dimachem Group has a leading position in the automotive paint preparation market in Canada and has linked up with Chemex to diversify the business sectors in which it operates.

Birmingham based Chemex, which supplies cleaning and hygiene materials and consultancy through its UK franchise, already has five overseas operations but this is the first partnership formed in North America.