Seattle, WA, USA--(Jobwerx News)--Distrupol, a Univar Company, receives Plastics Industry Awards Distributor of the Year title in the UK.

Organized by EMAP Mclaren every year, the awards cover a cross section of categories, from materials production, to product design, to manufacturing, to consulting, and are voted for by the industry according to a fixed set of criteria applicable to the candidate’s key category.

This year, Distrupol, a major polymer industry distribution and service supplier in Europe, received its Distributor of the Year award at a celebratory dinner, held at the London Hilton Hotel, attended by more than 600 professionals from the UK plastics industry and sponsored by PICME (Process Industries Centre for Manufacturing Excellence).

“To be voted an award by the industry you serve gives a true measure of your performance,” says Gerry Moore, Managing Director, Distrupol UK. “We have made it to the finals on three previous occasions, so we knew we were well regarded by our customers. However, only having been a finalist and not a winner we knew we had to further improve our service and support package and if possible exceed our customers’ expectations.

Sponsored as a candidate for the category ‘Polymer Distributor or Compounder of the Year’ by PICME (the Process Industries Centre for Manufacturing Excellence), Distrupol scored highly in respect of flexibility to meet customer needs, customer service and delivery, technical support and material quality and performance.

Distrupol, part of Univar NV a chemical distribution leader in North America and Europe, provides plastics processors with the most comprehensive link to the world’s leading polymers. Distrupol recently redesigned, revitalised and re-launched its Web site with more content, more functionality and more user-value. In addition, the company introduced a significant, web-based customer service enhancement, designed to reduce the time needed for material selection and help cut product development time.

Univar serves customers in key industry sectors from a broad-based product offering sourced from the world’s foremost chemical producers. Customer sectors include food, pharmaceuticals, personal care, natural resources, cleaning products and coatings, and they are supported through an extensive network of 195 centres located throughout the USA, Canada and 14 European countries.

Underpinning the company’s customer service and technical support are a number of innovations that are increasingly making Distrupol a ‘first choice’ partner, not only for moulders and OEMs but also for designers and toolmakers. Key among these has been the introduction of its Art-to-Part concept in 2004. This involves the deployment of full computer simulation techniques to take new ideas from conceptual design through material selection, tool design and testing, to optimized production. Although primarily developed to support smaller processors, the service characterises Distrupol’s strategy to make a significant, value-contribution to the success of customers’ businesses.

“To achieve this we have been engaged in a continuous improvement process involving all aspects of our operations, from staff training to investment both in advancing our internal systems and in the development of tools, such as our Computer Aided Component Moldflow Analysis package, to provide direct assistance to our customers.”

Moore concludes: “I believe that the Distributor of the Year award reflects the progress we have made in enhancing our services to the market, resulting from the contribution of everyone within Distrupol and the encouragement of our customers. Our intention is to maintain that dedicated effort.”


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