2 Mar 2006
Distrupol Ireland expands range with Innovene high density polyethylene and NOVA Innovene polystyrene
Distrupol Ireland have been appointed distributor for Innovene’s Rigidex high density polyethylenes. The Rigidex range is a market leader, based on the past businesses of BP Chemicals and Solvay. Distrupol Ireland is already the exclusive distributor for Innovene’s polypropylenes and its other polyethylenes.
In addition, NOVA Innovene have appointed Distrupol in Ireland as its distributor for its full range of polystyrene products, including all of its innovative specialities. Distrupol previously distributed polystyrenes from Innovene prior to its joint venture with NOVA’s polystyrene interests.
“Distrupol are delighted that both Innovene and NOVA Innovene have committed to working through Distrupol in the Irish market” says John Wallace, who heads up Distrupol’s business in Ireland. “We are also very pleased to be able to offer our customers here a broader portfolio of market leading products”.
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About Distrupol
Distrupol provides plastics processors with the most comprehensive link to the world’s leading polymers. Underpinning its customer-centric, Europe-wide materials distribution business is a full range of technical and application development assistance to supplement customers’ own resources. Adapted to individual needs and local conditions, Distrupol’s services give the support that delivers optimized technical and commercial solutions.
A daughter company of Univar NV, Distrupol is a major polymer industry distribution and service supplier in Europe where it already leads the market in the UK, Ireland and the Nordic region. Headquartered in the UK, Distrupol has a network of offices and logistics centres in the Benelux, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, as well as the in UK.
For further information please visit: www.distrupol.com.
About Univar
Univar NV is one of the largest distributors of chemical raw materials in North America and Europe with an annual turnover of approximately 5 billion Euros. The company supplies a wide range of products from the world’s leading manufacturers to customers in many sectors of the industry. Univar buyers operate in the foodstuff sector, pharmaceuticals and the cosmetics industry, detergents, the plastics industry, paints and coatings, and the metal, textile and transport sectors. They are supported by an extensive network of 195 distribution centres across the United States, Canada and fourteen European countries.
For more detailed information, please visit www.univareurope.com.