Arkema, a world leader in specialty materials, announces that it will reorganize the distribution of its Luperox® and Retic® organic peroxides for the crosslinking market in several European countries as of January 1st, 2023.
A new organization integrating 3 new partners
- Weber & Schaer will distribute these products in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and the Netherlands.
- The Dolder company is entrusted with Italy.
- Finally, Univar Solutions will operate in France, Belgium and Turkey, in addition to the distribution it already ensures in Spain and Portugal.
"We are very happy to have been able to forge these partnerships with companies which, beyond the quality of their networks and their knowledge of these markets, share with us a long-term vision of the value that such an alliance brings to European customers," said Romuald de Haut de Sigy, Group President Functional Additives at Arkema.
“Univar Solutions, Weber & Schaer and Dolder very effectively complement our historic partners, Richard Baker Harrison in the UK and Eire and Brenntag in Poland. We look forward to growing our business with them and continuing to fully satisfy Luperox® and Retic® customers in Europe,” said Abdelkader Kadri General Manager EMEA Organic Peroxides.
“Our teams are very motivated to write this new chapter for our business in Europe. We will work closely with our new partners to support our customers in this transition.”, added Stéphane Guinot, Global Business Director Crosslinking.
Arkema, the world's leading producer of bis-peroxide with its brands Luperox®, Vulcup® and Retic®, has an integrated production chain in Europe and the United States, from the active substance with its sites in Spinetta, Italy and Franklin, Virginia, to formulation with its center of excellence on the Agnani site (Italy) and multiple formulation workshops in the United States, Brazil, India and the Far East.