en.Wedoany.com Reported - Univar Solutions B.V. has expanded its strategic collaboration with Dow to distribute silicone additives for plastics and composites across the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. The agreement enables Univar Solutions' Ingredients + Specialties business to offer Dow's portfolio of silicone additives, designed to improve processing efficiency, enhance durability, and optimize resource utilization in plastics and composites applications, to customers in 29 EMEA markets.
Matthew Oliver, Senior Vice President of Performance Materials at Univar Solutions, stated that the collaboration is built on shared principles centered on customer success and creating value through innovation and application-focused solutions. Expanding into silicone additives for plastics and composites allows the company to provide advanced silicone technologies that help customers achieve their performance and sustainability goals.
This collaboration combines Dow's expertise in silicone innovation with Univar Solutions' commercial knowledge, product management, sales expertise, and technical application support. Univar Solutions' Essen Solution Center plays a key role in driving innovation across the EMEA region, working with suppliers like Dow to develop application-oriented solutions for the coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers (CASE), rubber, and plastics markets.
The strategic agreement expands the availability of silicone additive products, which improve properties such as flowability, surface finish, thermal stability, weatherability, and overall product longevity in plastics and composites manufacturing. Univar Solutions' Ingredients + Specialties business offers an integrated customer experience from initial concept to full-scale production, with its logistics capabilities and technical sales teams ensuring reliable supply chain management and customer service.
The expanded distribution agreement covers Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
In August 2025, Univar Solutions and its affiliate Univar Solutions Canada were appointed as the exclusive distributors for certain BASF specialty ingredients for industrial applications in the United States and Canada. These ingredients include Capromer, 1,6-Hexanediol (HDO) melt and flake, and ε-Caprolactone, used in manufacturing applications such as plastics, coatings, and adhesives.
Headquartered in Downers Grove, IL, Univar Solutions is a global distributor of specialty chemicals and ingredients, serving a wide range of industries including aerospace, agriculture, beauty and personal care, as well as coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers. The company has operations in Brazil, Mexico, Algeria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, China, and Singapore.
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