Heritage Color, a subsidiary of Vivify Specialty Ingredients, acquired Reitech Corporation, effective as of Feb. 8. Reitech, based in Reading, Penn., manufactures and supplies water-based pigment dispersions and preparations to the coatings and graphic arts markets.

“We are excited to partner with Vivify,” said Stephen Holtzman and Prakash Pradhan, owners of Reitech. “Our interactions with the Vivify team made it easy for us to decide to partner together, and we look forward to leveraging Vivify’s broader resources to deliver even more value to our customers.”

“The combination of Reitech with Heritage Color, our pigments dispersions division, creates a pigment dispersion business with considerable scale and positions the combined company to take advantage of new strategic opportunities, while remaining focused on high quality and service,” said Devlin Riley, Vivify CEO. “Reitech’s portfolio will diversify Vivify’s product line and allow us to better serve existing customers, as well as reach new end-markets. We’re excited to welcome the Reitech team.”