PolyOne Distribution Named Key North American Distributor for DuPont Engineering Polymers
August 05 2009 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
CLEVELAND, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PolyOne Corporation
(NYSE: POL), a premier provider of specialized polymer materials,
services and solutions, today announced that PolyOne Distribution
has been named the primary distributor of thermoplastic products
for DuPont Engineering Polymers in North America. Ashland
Distribution will no longer supply DuPont Engineering Polymers
thermoplastic products in North America following a 90-day
transition period. "We appreciate DuPont's confidence in selecting
us as their key distribution partner in North America," said
Michael L. Rademacher, PolyOne senior vice president and general
manager, Distribution. "PolyOne's extensive distribution network
and infrastructure are ideally suited to support the broad range of
DuPont Engineering Polymers' products by providing customers with
uninterrupted supply and premium service." James R. Hay, DuPont
Engineering Polymers sales director, Americas, Europe, Middle East
and Africa, said, "Working with PolyOne as our primary distributor
of thermoplastic resins in North America will help ensure that
customers receive cost-effective and efficient access to our
products and technical expertise. PolyOne's focus on development
and customer service helps extend our core strength, which is to
provide design, process and material development support from
concept through commercial adoption using high-performance
thermoplastics to deliver the lowest total system cost." DuPont
Engineering Polymers' products to be distributed through PolyOne
include: Crastin PBT polyester resin, Delrin acetal resin, Thermx
PCT high performance polyester, Zenite liquid crystal polymer,
Hytrel TPC-ET thermoplastic polyester elastomer, Zytel HTN high
performance polyamide, Minlon mineral reinforced nylon resin, Zytel
nylon resin and Rynite PET polyester resin. DuPont will maintain
additional regional distribution in Canada and Mexico. About DuPont
Engineering Polymers DuPont Engineering Polymers specializes in
application development, operating globally and using a broad range
of high-performance materials and technology to help customers in
the global aerospace, appliance, automotive, consumer, electrical,
electronic, industrial, sporting goods and other diversified
industries deliver high-quality, cost-effective systems and
components. About PolyOne PolyOne Corporation, with 2008 annual
revenues of $2.7 billion, is a premier provider of specialized
polymer materials, services and solutions. Headquartered outside of
Cleveland, Ohio USA, PolyOne has operations around the world. For
additional information on PolyOne, visit our Web site at
http://www.polyone.com/. To access PolyOne's news library online,
please go to http://www.polyone.com/news. DATASOURCE: PolyOne
Corporation CONTACT: Amanda Marko, Director, Corporate
Communications of PolyOne Corporation, +1-440-930-3162, Web Site:
http://www.polyone.com/
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