Singapore, 28 January, 2026 - Caldic announces an official distribution partnership with BASF for the company's additives business in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, effective January 1 2026. This collaboration marks a significant step in strengthening BASF’s presence in these South Asian markets, whilst expanding Caldic’s porfolio of high-performance additives.
Through this collaboration, Caldic will enhance support for paint and coatings formulators by combining BASF’s advanced additives technologies with Caldic’s strong local market expertise, established logistics capabilities and customer-centric service model across Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Knud Mohr, CEO of Caldic Asia-Pacific, said “We’re proud to partner with BASF to strengthen our additives business across Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Together, we combine BASF’s industry-leading technologies with Caldic’s regional expertise to deliver innovative, reliable, and sustainable solutions that create lasting value for our customers.”
“Our partnership with Caldic allows us to reinforce BASF’s commitment to meet the needs of our customer in South Asia. It is a mutual pledge for product, service excellence and customer satisfaction,” said Sylvain Huguenard, Vice President of Global Additives Business Management, BASF.
BASF offers a broad portfolio of additives for the paint and coatings industry, including a comprehensive range of defoamers, dispersing agents, rheology modifiers, wetting agents, light stabilizers and antioxidants. Caldic will now handle all new orders, inquiries and logistics coordination from the transition date, ensuring uninterrupted access to BASF’s portfolio and customer-centric responsiveness throughout the process.