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Performance Polymers Inc.

is in the Manufacturing Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$750.0K
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Performance Polymers has been in the polymer resins business for over 15 years. Univar purchased the business in June 2000 to compliment their resins distribution business in Europe (Distrupol). Univar's history dates back to 1924 when George Van Waters and Nat Rogers started a brokerage of sorts, buying and selling naval stores, paint, raw materials and cotton linters in the Pacific Northwest. The company quickly moved into the chemical distribution business and grew throughout the West and into the Eastern United States. Univar entered the Canadian market in 1950 and Europe in 1991. Univar USA Inc. is the company's chemical distribution subsidiary in the United States. In Canada, operations are known as Univar Canada Ltd. In Europe, where Univar operates in 14 countries, the company is known as Univar Europe. The parent company, Univar, is a Dutch company listed on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange as UNIVR. The company's registered office is in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, with offices in Bellevue, Washington in the US and Bradford, England providing administrative support services.

Number of Employees 71
Contact Information

803R Lancaster St

Leominster, Massachusetts 01453

www.performance...

(978) 534-8000

NAICS Code Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing: 325211

News & Analysis

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  • ITW Performance Polymers & Fluids.(COMPANY NEWS)

    - 2008-08-01

    ITW PERFORMANCE POLYMERS & FLUIDS, Danvers, MA, a business segment of Illinois Tool Works, has acquired Stokvis Tape Group B.V., an international supplier of more than 3,500 specialty self-adhesive tape and foam products. Based in The Netherlands, Stokvis provides manufacturers with top-quality bonding, sealing, shielding, masking,...

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  • Performance Polymers Inc

    - 2008-06-01

    Performance Polymers Inc.--PPI Railseal profiles have been designed to provide a smooth transition between road surface and the rail-track structure. The rubber inserts are engineered to dampen vehicle loading and absorb energy at the rail interface. The profiles are manufactured from specially-formulated rubber compounds designed specifically to provide outstanding performance...

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  • Bill Hory has been named director of marketing for the Performance Polymers Group for Arnco, South Gate, CA

    - 2007-11-01

    Bill Hory has been named director of marketing for the Performance Polymers Group for Arnco, South Gate, CA. Mr. Hory was previously general manager for the Arnco Carefree Tire business group. In related news, Thomas A. Geriak has been appointed director, market development for industrial maintenance. He was previously...

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  • ITW Performance Polymers acquires M & C

    - 2007-09-01

    ITW Performance Polymers, an Illinois Tool Works company, has acquired M & C Specialties Co., a Pennsylvania based contract manufacturer of custom-fabricated diecut adhesive components, tapes and labels to markets around the world. M & C Specialties also sells adhesive subassemblies, foils and double- and single-coated foams. Services include...

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  • BASF's Performance Polymers Division

    - 2006-07-03

    Harold Lauke has been chosen as the new head of BASF's Performance Polymers Division. He succeeds Raimar Jahn, who will become head of BASF Coatings, Munster, Germany, in July. Lauke joined BASF in 1986 as a research chemist in the plastics laboratory. He most recently served as president responsible for...

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