Scott Bader has announced it has partnered with Elixir for the distribution of Crestabond structural adhesives across India.
Established in 2011, Elixir-India is a distribution company focused on the application of adhesives, sealants and dispensing systems in a wide range of industries including transportation, renewable energy, aerospace, machine building and general manufacturing. Elixir's goal is to help its customers find better ways to join and assemble parts.
Originally launched in 2010, Crestabond primeless MMA structural adhesives are a range of market leading 1:1 and 10:1 structural adhesives, suitable for bonding a range of substrates including composites, thermoplastics and metals. The Crestabond range benefits from varying working times to suit different applications.
Crestabond structural adhesives are manufactured at multiple Scott Bader sites and distributed to customers around the world. Scott Bader Middle East has vast experience in providing technical support and expertise to adhesive customers in the Middle East and Asia.
Based out of Bangalore, Elixir operates and provides its high technology adhesive solutions nationwide and also complements its products with a complete range of premium automatic dispensing equipment and handheld dispensers.
Latha Ekambaram, Scott Bader’s commercial director for Southeast Asia and India, said: “India is one of the fastest growing regions for advanced composites across several renewable energy markets such as wind energy, solar power and electric vehicles. There is also increased demand for the light weighting of components in the Indian rail and automotive markets. This offers great opportunities for our Crestabond range of MMA structural adhesives with its superior strength and toughness. We are pleased to partner with Elixir to bring together their knowledge of the Indian market and our global expertise in adhesive production to offer Indian customers the best of both worlds with complete application and technical support available locally.”
Elixir’s Praveen Kumar Khargwanshi added: “Scott Bader and its leading brand of Crestabond MMA structural adhesives completes our range of product offering to customers in India. Moreover, it means the local availability of top-quality structural adhesives that Scott Bader is known for around the world.”
