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France. Located on the campus of ISIPCA, which the company describes as “a leading institution for post-graduate studies in perfume, cosmetics and food flavour formulation”, the new facility will focus on serving the needs of customers drawn from the personal care industry across the EMEA region. “Today, Univar’s personal care team is uniquely positioned to offer customers the best in cosmetic innovation in addition to unique, upscale service in terms of formulation assistance and technical support,” says Matthew Ottaway, Univar EMEA industry director, personal care. “The technical centre will play a major role in helping our customers to meet the requirements of the highly dynamic premium cosmetics and personal care market across the region.” Univar has also expanded its long-
standing European distribution agreement for Dow’s personal care ingredients to now include Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. “Dow’s innovative personal care ingredients are a strong complement to our existing portfolio of basic chemicals and speciality products and will help us to further our total solution approach to personal care and meet the ever-changing consumer and market demands,” Ottaway states. “We value our channel partners and their
commitment to our business as well as their sales and marketing expertise,” adds Philippe Nastasi, Europe, Middle-East, Africa and India sales director for Dow Home, Institutional and Personal Care Solutions. “We look forward to [introducing] these important products to the central and eastern European personal care markets.”
SPECIALITY ADDITIVES Sticking with contracts, Univar USA has begun distributing Angus Chemical Company’s
UNIVAR’S FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE SHOWS THAT DISTRIBUTORS THESE DAYS NEED TO BE ABLE MORE SERVICES THAN MERELY WAREHOUSING AND SELLING CHEMICALS
complete line of nitroalkanes and speciality additive products to the US paints, coatings, personal care, adhesives, sealants, inks, rubber, oil and gas, water treatment and household, industrial and institutional cleaning sectors. “We are thrilled to build upon our existing relationship with Angus in Canada to now encompass several of Univar’s focused end markets in the US,” says Greg Vas Nunes, Univar USA’s president, specialty products and services. “The addition of the well-branded Angus specialty products to our portfolio further enhances our ability to provide manufacturers with one-stop access to versatile chemistries supported by the expertise required to solve today’s formulation challenges across a wide variety of industries and applications.” “This agreement is an important part of our business strategy to drive growth and streamline our channel to market,” says Angus business vice-president Mike Lewis. “By leveraging Univar’s extensive logistics network and deep industry expertise, we will be able to serve our customers faster and more efficiently nationwide.” Meanwhile, Univar-owned
ChemPoint.com
has signed an agreement with Tomlin Scientific (TSI) to distribute its Tomlith line of lithium
complex and lithium 12-hydroxy greases. “We’re very pleased for this opportunity to partner with TSI to launch their high- performance lithium grease product line as part of the ChemPoint MRO lubricant portfolio,” says ChemPoint MRO product manager Steve Savio. “Tomlith greases are proven to withstand harsh mechanical environments in many different industrial applications, helping protect large equipment investments and maximising the lifetime of machinery. We’re looking forward to working with TSI and introducing their house brand to the markets we serve.” “ChemPoint is a global leader in technical
sales and product distribution,” adds TSI technical director Darius Faizi. “What impresses me about their targeted sales efforts is their approach to the digital space, which we believe at Tomlin Scientific is a technique that is becoming more and more mainstream, and we feel that this approach will extend our product presence to those who could benefit most from our products. Coupled with ChemPoint’s outstanding track record of sales support and customer service, you have a team that cannot be beat.” HCB
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