Our History

Performance Polymers has been in the polymer resins business for over 15 years.

Univar purchased the business in June 2000 to compliment their resins distribution business in Europe (Distrupol).

Univar’s history dates back to 1924 when George Van Waters and Nat Rogers started a brokerage of sorts, buying and selling naval stores, paint, raw materials and cotton linters in the Pacific Northwest. The company quickly moved into the chemical distribution business and grew throughout the West and into the Eastern United States.

Univar entered the Canadian market in 1950 and Europe in 1991. Univar USA Inc. is the company’s chemical distribution subsidiary in the United States. In Canada, operations are known as Univar Canada Ltd. In Europe, where Univar operates in 14 countries, the company is known as Univar Europe.

The parent company, Univar, is a Dutch company listed on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange as UNIVR. The company's registered office is in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, with offices in Bellevue, Washington in the US and Bradford, England providing administrative support services.

For more information about Univar Corp, visit Univar.