Univar announces extended distribution agreement with Dow Personal Care in United Kingdom and Ireland

28-Mar-2011 - Belgium

Univar Inc. announced that it is expanding its long-standing relationship with Dow and has signed an agreement to distribute its complete portfolio of speciality personal care ingredients in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The agreement includes Dow’s new EcoSmooth™ conditioning polymers.

Univar has distributed Dow’s personal care ingredients across Europe for many years, including in the UK and Ireland, but this is the first time it will distribute the full personal care range in this region. From 1st June 2011 Univar will begin marketing the full range of legacy Rohm and Haas personal care specialties: Acudyne™ hair fixative polymers, Aculyn™ rheology modifiers, Soltex™ water-proofing polymers, Opulyn™ opacifiers and SunSpheres SPF boosters.

“We have a long-standing and successful relationship with Univar in many different territories. We value their commitment to our business as well as their sales and marketing expertise as we look to expand these important products into the personal care market in the United Kingdom and Ireland,” explains Anthony Johnson, Global Commercial Director, Dow Home & Personal Care. “The technical knowledge of Univar’s experienced support team and on-the-ground presence is a real benefit when it comes to promoting these specialties which complement perfectly the Dow Personal Care products already represented in this region.”

“The personal care sector is one of Univar’s key global focus industries, and the expansion of our strategic partnership with Dow Personal Care significantly enhances our product and service offering for the UK and Ireland,” says Nicolas Lehmann, Univar’s Vice President Marketing, EMEA. “We are looking forward to applying our 25 years experience of working with Dow to this new project, further strengthening our presence in the UK’s and Ireland’s personal care market. Our dedicated sales, marketing and technical teams are ready to go and looking forward to continuing our focussed personal care growth plans across all market segments."

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