BELLEVUE, WA & MIDLAND, MI, March 21, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- As part of its marketing partnership with ChemPoint.com, The Dow Chemical Company has named the website as its distributor for PolyoxTM Water-Soluble Resin. Under terms of the agreement, ChemPoint provides marketing, sales, customer service and order fulfillment for U.S. customers requiring smaller volumes of material.
Dow chose to work with ChemPoint so it could quickly implement an enhanced product development strategy as the company better identifies and understands the growth drivers that affect their existing customer base. The website's unique marketing and sales model allows for consistent and cost effective customer contact with accounts over a large, geographically-diverse customer base.
Versatile Polyox resins deliver outstanding binding, thickening, lubricity, water retention, and film formation performance for pharmaceuticals, personal care and cleaning products, mining, building materials, paper, and many more specialty applications. Polyox resins are nonionic, high molecular weight water-soluble polyethylene oxide polymers. With very high molecular weights, Polyox resins are viscoelastic, allowing their aqueous solutions to reduce spattering and misting potential.
Dow (www.dow.com) is a leader in science and technology, providing innovative chemical, plastic and agricultural products and services to many essential consumer markets. With annual sales of $40 billion and 43,000 employees, Dow serves customers in 175 countries and a wide range of markets that are vital to human progress: food, transportation, health and medicine, personal and home care, and building and construction, among others.
ChemPoint.com (www.chempoint.com) is a leading "e-distributor" of specialty and fine chemicals in North America, working in exclusive relationships for specific product lines with premier manufacturers. Based in Bellevue, Wash., it provides suppliers with marketing, sales, customer service and order fulfillment for targeted customer segments. ChemPoint is a fully owned subsidiary of Univar, a global leader in chemical distribution.
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