DSC has been located in its wholly owned Campbellfield, VIC, site for the last 15 years and produces its well-known range of pressroom chemical products and coatings there.

Part of DSC’s commitment to the new agency is the soon to commence construction of a new $1.8m 2000 sqm factory adjacent to the existing premises in Campbellfield. This factory will house the state-of-the-art blanket converting facility, which has been set up temporarily in the current building and will provide Australian and New Zealand customers with the well-known and established Vulcan blankets.

The blankets are being imported in master rolls from Trelleborg's manufacturing plants and converted locally to any press specification required. It will be the largest and most modern blanket converting operation in Australasia.

Ken Rendell, DS Chemport’s Associate Director states that DSC has been no stranger to Vulcan^® blankets. “We have been Trelleborg's partner in South- East Asia for over 15 years, and have distributed Vulcan blankets throughout the region from our converting facilities in Kuala Lumpur.”Trelleborg itself acquired the Vulcan brand in late 2006 as part of its purchase of Reeves Bros, an American manufacturer of polymer-coated materials. This acquisition enhanced Trelleborg’s expertise in blanket manufacturing, amassed over several decades. It now manufactures Vulcan offset printing blankets for the commercial sheetfed and web, newspaper, UV, business forms, metal decorating, and packaging markets.

As a logical extension of its already existing and well-established relationship, Trelleborg and DS Chemport combined their strengths to further develop the Vulcan brand and market share in the Australasia region.

In line with Trelleborg’s distribution policy, DS Chemport has been appointed exclusive distributor for all Vulcan products in the Australasia region. Representation in New Zealand will be via DS Chemport’s agent, Chemtek (New Zealand).

A number of DS Chemport staff have the expertise and experience with Vulcan blanket products and sold blankets in the past. DS Chemport deals exclusively in pressrooms and has very good, long standing relationships with all major newspaper groups, commercial heatset operators and sheetfed printing companies in the region.

It is the leading manufacturer of fountain solutions to the newspaper industry and general press chemistry to all market sectors nationally.