History

Dyechem was founded in 1977 as a privately owned company to service the textile industry. The business was acquired by Tomen a leading Japanese trading company in 1992. While the ownership changed there has been continuity of Management since 1983.

In 2003 Tech’n’color was incorporated to service the New Zealand market. To meet the changing requirements of all stakeholders a management buyout of Dyechem and tech’n’color occurred at end 2006. 

Since then Dyechem has diversified its business to now support and service the added industries of leather and performance coatings. 

Markets

Coating
The enormous variation of the end uses that are produced by coating textiles to produce unique articles continues to grow. This sector gives the local manufacturers their best opportunity to add value far beyond the cost of the material being coated.
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Dyeing
We are the exclusive distributors of DyStar and Kyung-in products and offer dyestuff for all fibers and applications.
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Industrial Colours
Our close association with numerous dyestuff manufacturers enables us to offer a range of colorants for a wide range of industries including wood, paper and plastics. Please contact Dyechem for further information.
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Leather
Processing leather is one of the oldest skilled handicraft trades that exist and through our partner Stahl we provide value added solutions by providing state of the art technical support and innovative products.
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Paint & Surface Coatings
We offer an extensive range of colorants / tinters / fungicides / biocides and associated additives, which are ideally suited to the paint and surface coatings industries.
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Printing
We are able to offer a full range of pigments and dyestuffs from DyStar to meet the highest fastnesses. Other products include digital inks for all substrates and a range of dyes suitable for sublimation printing.
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Seed Coloration
Dyechem stock and supply Dyebrite pigment dispersions for coloration of seed with the following features:
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Textile Chemicals
As the manufacturing focus has changed from predominantly colouring textiles to applying special finishes, textile chemicals have become the key ingredients for all manufacturers.
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Biocides and Fungacides
We offer an extensive range of biocides and fungacides suitable for a wide range of industries. For more information please visit Prom Ltd via the link prombiocides
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Leather
Processing leather is one of the oldest skilled handicraft trades that exist and through our partners Stahl and Marden Wilde we provide value-added solutions by providing state-of-the-art technical support and innovative products.
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Textile
We offer an extensive range of dyes and chemicals from market-leading partners to offer innovative and sustainable solutions to the textile industry.
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Performance Coatings
Through our partners, we can deliver specialty finishes and coating solutions to an extensive range of industries.
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