Elementis Specialties has announced that, as of December 24, 2009, the company has acquired the assets of The Fanning Corporation and Fancor Limited, one of the largest North American suppliers of lanolin and lanolin derivatives.
Elementis stated that the addition of Fancor products will bring an expanded product portfolio of specialty additives to the global personal care market and that the company were confident that Fancor products will integrate well with their current range of rheological additives. Elementis Specialties will transition Fancor’s customer order processes into their offices over the next few months and will send a further announcement to all customers when that process is complete.