Univar Inc., a global chemical distributor, has added Germany, Spain, and Portugal to the scope of its agreement to distribute Dow’s specialty personal care ingredients in Europe.
Univar has already started marketing and selling the full range of Dow’s legacy Rohm and Haas personal care specialty ingredients in the new territories. These include Acudyne hair styling polymers, Aculyn rheology modifiers, Opulyn opacifiers, SunSpheres SPF boosters, Soltex and Epitex water resistant polymers, and EcoSense surfactants.
“The personal care sector is one of Univar’s global focus industries and this expansion of our partnership with Dow Personal Care is an important development for us,” said Nicolas Lehmann, vice president supplier management EMEA, Univar.
About Univar
Univar is a global distributor of industrial and specialty chemicals. The company represents over 3,500 chemical producers and provides its customer base, made up of 115,000 customers, with a full portfolio of products. Univar operates a global network of more than 260 facilities in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, and Latin America, with additional sales offices located in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In 2011, Univar reported sales of $9.7 billion.
About The Dow Chemical Company
Dow’s diversified industry-leading portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences and plastics businesses delivers a broad range of technology-based products and solutions to customers in approximately 160 countries and in high growth sectors such as electronics, water, energy, coatings and agriculture. In 2011, Dow had annual sales of $60 billion and employed approximately 52,000 people worldwide. The Company’s more than 5,000 products are manufactured at 197 sites in 36 countries across the globe.
