Maastricht, Netherlands – April 1, 2014 –
ChemPoint EMEA B.V. (ChemPoint), a leader in the marketing, sales, and distribution of specialty and fine chemicals, announced today that it has expanded its relationship with
The Dow Chemical Company (Dow). Effective April 1, 2014, ChemPoint will provide marketing, sales, order fulfillment, and technical support for industrial applications of Dow CELLOSIZE™, ETHOCEL™, METHOCEL™, POLYOX™, and WALOCEL
TM. This expansion includes customers located across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
“We’re excited to broaden our relationship with ChemPoint, allowing us to more effectively address the needs and challenges of our diverse customers, markets and opportunities across the DACH region,” explained Philippe Maigrot, Commercial Leader EMEA, for Dow’s Pharma & Food Solutions and Industrial specialties.
Dow’s Industrial Specialty products are high performing polymers that serve as excellent binders, film-formers, water retention agents, thickeners, coatings, lubricants and suspending agents. Available as both water-soluble and water-insoluble chemistries, each polymer family offers unique characteristics and functional strengths that help to deliver maximum performance from individual formulations.
“We are very much looking forward to the continued growth of our strategic relationship with Dow,” said Dennis Schmeits, ChemPoint’s EMEA Regional Business Director. “The addition of these unique products to our specialty portfolio will allow us to offer the combination of Dow’s innovative products and ChemPoint’s marketing and technical expertise to more customers in Europe.”
As a long-standing Dow partner, ChemPoint currently provides a European distribution network and dedicated technical sales team to assist customers with a variety of specialty Dow products, including POLYOX™, ANTISOL™, DOWCAL™, DOWTHERM™, and SYLTHERM†.
To purchase, request a sample, or obtain additional information on Dow cellulosic and polyethylene oxide offerings, please contact ChemPoint via telephone +800.2436.7646, fax +31.43.711.0282, or e-mail
[email protected]. Prospective customers can receive immediate technical support by calling +800.2436.7646, or by e-mailing
[email protected].
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† SYLTHERM products are manufactured and the trademark is owned by Dow Corning Corporation
About ChemPoint
Established in 1999 on the foundation that building genuine partnerships, investing in business agility, and unlocking a fresh perspective will change the face of chemistry, ChemPoint is the leader in the sales, marketing, and distribution of specialty and fine chemicals in North America and EMEA. The Company engages in exclusive product line relationships with premier manufacturers, providing tailored solutions to more than 90 supplier partners for over 200 product lines globally. More information about ChemPoint can be found at
www.chempoint.com.
About Univar Inc.
Univar is one of the world’s leading distributors of industrial and specialty chemicals. Univar 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. For more information, visit:
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About The Dow Chemical Company
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines the power of science and technology to passionately innovate what is essential to human progress. The Company connects chemistry and innovation with the principles of sustainability to help address many of the world's most challenging problems such as the need for clean water, renewable energy generation and conservation, and increasing agricultural productivity. 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 2012, Dow had annual sales of approximately $57 billion and employed approximately 54,000 people worldwide. The Company's more than 5,000 products are manufactured at 188 sites in 36 countries across the globe. References to "Dow" or the "Company" mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly noted. More information about Dow can be found at
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For editorial information:
CHEMPOINT
Jennifer Favre
+1.425.378.8517
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The Dow Chemical Company
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