Associated Additives, originally formed in 1950 as Associated Lead Manufacturers, is a member of the Zimco group of companies, and is the leading manufacturer of Lead-based chemicals in Africa. For many years our Company had close ties with the Cookson Group, whose involvement with Lead processing goes back over 150 years.Products manufactured include Lead-based PVC Stabilisers, Lead Oxides, Lead Pigments, Metallic Soaps (both Lead and non-Lead), and Antimony Trioxide.
In 1989 as part of our commitment to consistent quality we obtained International accreditation to ISO 9002 - the first company in the Zimco group to achieve this.
In addition, our Quality Systems are backed up by highly sophisticated QC and R&D laboratories and we have the only factory-based accredited facility for the testing of Lead-in-air in Southern Africa.
In our commitment to a healthy and clean environment our policy is to exceed all statutory requirements and continue to monitor all such aspects of the processing and end use of our products.
We are an established International supplier of a variety of products and have a strong local customer base in the Plastics, Battery, Mining, Coating and other related industries.