ALBIS obtains extended distribution rights for specialty polymers from Solvay

Germany, Hamburg, January 26, 2021. Effective April 1, 2021, Solvay will expand the distribution of its Ixef® PARA via ALBIS in the EMEA region (excluding Italy).

“We have a long-standing, strategic distribution partnership with ALBIS,” said Dries Steijnen Sales Director Channel Partners EMEA. “They are a highly experienced and reliable channel partner with infrastructure scale and numerous local subsidiaries throughout the EMEA region to secure and provide our customers world-class commercial, logistic and technical service capabilities.”

“We are very pleased to strengthen our partnership with Solvay," said Daniel Stöcker, Director Product Management Performance Polymers at ALBIS. "Solvay's Ixef® polyarylamide (PARA) was already an important part of our portfolio for medical applications and the expansion to the entire Ixef® range is a consistent step and in the interest of our customers across all market segments."

Solvay’s collaboration with ALBIS for the distribution of its specialty polymers started two decades ago and includes Amodel® PPA, Xydar® LCP, Ixef® healthcare and gamma stabilized PARA grades, Omnix® HPPA and Kalix® HPPA, KetaSpire® PEEK and AvaSpire® PAEK.

About ALBIS

ALBIS Distribution GmbH & Co. KG is one of the world's leading globally operating companies in the distribution of technical thermoplastics and thermoplastic elastomers. With technical know-how and a strong distribution network, ALBIS offers its customers as an independent distributor one of the market-leading and most comprehensive product portfolios for the entire plastics processing industry. With 24 locations worldwide and 450 employees, the Hamburg-based company is strongly represented in Europe with a growing presence in EMEA and Asia Pacific.

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About Solvay

Solvay is a science company whose technologies bring benefits to many aspects of daily life. With more than 24,100 employees in 64 countries, Solvay bonds people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress. The Group seeks to create sustainable shared value for all, notably through its Solvay ONE Planet plan crafted around three pillars: protecting the climate, preserving resources and fostering better life. The Group’s innovative solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices, health care applications, water and air purification systems. Founded in 1863, Solvay today ranks among the world’s top three companies for the vast majority of its activities and delivered net sales of €10.2 billion in 2019. Solvay is listed on Euronext Brussels (SOLB) and Paris and in the United States, where its shares (SOLVY) are traded through a Level I ADR program. Learn more at www.solvay.com.


About Solvay Specialty Polymers

Solvay Specialty Polymers manufactures over 1500 products across 35 brands of high-performance polymers – fluoropolymers, fluoroelastomers, fluorinated fluids, semi-aromatic polyamides, sulfone polymers, ultra-high performance aromatic polymers, and high barrier polymers – for use in Aerospace, Alternative Energy, Automotive, Healthcare, Membranes, Oil and Gas, Packaging, Plumbing, Semiconductors, Wire & Cable, and other industries. Learn more at www.solvayspecialtypolymers.com