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It is with very heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Ralph Young at the end of last week.
Ralph had over 40 years experience in the Polymer Industry and had a wealth of knowledge. Ralph worked as a consultant for Polydist since November 2020 and will be sorely missed by work colleagues, customers and the industry as a whole.
Ralph's funeral will be held on Wednesday 31st May at 12 noon at Stirling Crematorium. All welcome for refreshments afterwards.
Stirlingshire Crematorium, Falkirk Road, Bannockburn, Stirling, FK7 8AJ
Tel: 0178 648 4710
All enquiries going forward to be sent to vince@polydistuk.com or becci@polydistuk.com
Please welcome Tim, who has joined as Business Development Manager for the Specialities team. Tim attended our global conference in Dubai last week, getting to know everyone and the business objectives for 2023.The specialities team have an exciting year ahead, with plenty of investment and development taking place. Our specialities portfolio has been growing, going from strength to strength and we are very much looking forward to Tim joining us on the journey ahead. Having worked in the industry for 14 years, on projects in a variety of sectors such as automotive and agriculture, we are sure Tim will be a real asset to our customers and partners!
Jan Szymula, Lead Engineer, Technical Development at SABIC HPP presented on the future of aerospace and E&E and the innovative solutions provided by SABIC high performance polymers at the Southern Manufacturing and Electronics Exhibtion this morning. If you would like to receive a copy of the presentation and are attending the show between today and 9th February, please visit us on stand K265. If you are not able to visit, please contact us on vince@polydistuk.com.
Thank you to everyone that visited us at the Engineering Design Show this year.
It was a busy two days and a great opportunity to catch up with those of you we know while also meeting lots of new businesses. If we didn’t get a chance to meet with you this year, please do catch up with us regarding our new partners information and product availability by emailing us at sales@polydistuk.com
Polydist welcomes Liza Jones who recently joined the Commodities Team as Account Manager
Liza has 10 years’ experience within the thermoplastics sheeting industry. Liza is a highly motivated individual and is seeking to develop her experience and knowledge of the commodity market.
She will be involved in the management of all distribution sales of the Company’s commodity products and services including LDPE, LLDPE, HDPE, PP products and will help to promote and grow the Polydist brand
Liza can be contacted at liza@polydistuk.com – 07721 260 891
We wish Liza a long and successful career at Polydist
Neil Lawson retires from Polydist
Neil has worked within the Specialty Team for the past 3 1/2 years and has been a valued member of staff. Neil is looking to spend more time travelling and enjoying his hobbies.
The Polydist team wish Neil a long, happy and healthy retirement.
Please address future correspondence to vince@polydistuk.com, les@polydistuk.com or specialties@polydistuk.com
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the organizers and the attendees we had the pleasure of meeting. If you were unable to make the show but would be interested in hearing more about our range of specialist, engineering and sustainable products and updated on our new partner announcement, please do get in touch. We can be contacted on sales@polydistuk.com or 01283 517517.
SABIC Specialties business is focused on challenging technology endeavours that deliver fundamental progress to the way the world travels, communicates, works and lives.
Leveraging global application technology centres and deep materials processing expertise, Specialties’ solutions are provided to a wide range of industries to support global megatrends such as healthcare and water management, automotive electrification, renewable energy, connectivity and sustainability.
SABIC’s Specialties portfolio under the brands of ULTEM™, EXTEM™, SILTEM™, NORYL™, LNP™, ELCRES™ and ELCRIN™ includes engineering thermoplastic resins, copolymers, blends, compounds, composites, films, filaments and additives which can be described by 12 properties and strives to push boundaries.
For further information please contact:-
Vince Murphy – vince@polydistuk.com, Neil Lawson – neil@polydistuk.com or Anna Wodniak – anna@polydistuk.com
Polydist welcomes Anna Wodniak who has joined the Specialties Team as Business Development Manager.
Anna previously worked for Tennants Distribution and prior to that, Resinex, involved in selling commodity and engineering materials. She has an extensive history of working in the plastics and electronics industry and is passionate about building strong customer relationships.
Anna will be working alongside our new and potential customers providing support and assistance for our range of SABIC Speciality products and will help to promote the Polydist UK brand.
Anna can be contacted at anna@polydistuk.com - 07443 758 936
We wish Anna a long and successful career at Polydist
Polydist welcomes Andrew Diamond who recently joined the Commodities Team as Account Manager
Andrew previously worked for Plastribution and has over 15 years’ experience in the commodities industry
Andrew will be involved in the management of all distribution sales of the Company’s commodity products and services including LDPE, LLDPE, HDPE, PP products and will help to promote the Polydist UK brand
Andrew can be contacted at andrew@polydistuk.com - 07803 888 426
We wish Andrew a long and successful career at Polydist
Polydist welcomes Charlotte Bradburn to the Team.
Charlotte will be working within Specialties, providing valuable support to the Team.
Charlotte’s background is in logistics. She has strong customer service and multi-tasking skills. Previously she worked for DHL and TES.
Charlotte can be contacted at charlotteb@polydistuk.com
We wish Charlotte a long and successful career with Polydist
Polydist exhibited at Interplas and welcomed new and old visitors to their stand.
Overall, it was a successful show and we are looking forward to the next one
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Polydist welcomes Ian White to the Specialties and Engineering business as a Technical Business Consultant.
Ian will be responsible for maintaining and developing the range of Specialty & Engineering Products available from Polydist.
Ian started his commercial career with the French plastics and chemical producer Rhone-Poulenc, nowadays the Solvay Group.
That was followed by many years with the Dutch group DSM, and later with the Swiss EMS- Grilon group, before joining the Italian producer
Radici Plastics, where he was already working closely with Polydist UK as a key supplier of their extensive range of Engineering Plastics.
Ian can be contacted at :
Mobile – 07717 818424
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Almost 6 months since the much-feared Brexit deadline we are pleased to bring you our updated overview of how this might affect the flow of materials to you as a customer and what Polydist are doing to minimise any inconvenience.
We were all unsure of what difficulties we may have faced as the huge change in national circumstances took place at the year end. In the first few weeks we had to be prepared almost 24/7 to follow up on imports, trucks, clearance etc., to ensure that problems were kept to a minimum. There were of course some well publicised hold ups at the ports both sides of the Channel but as the year has progressed, we are pleased to note that delays are reducing as drivers, clearing agents and importers such as ourselves gain experience in the new procedural requirements.
However, the almost faultless transition is due in no small part to the pre-Brexit work undertaken by our Operations team and all at Polydist, but we still continue our vigilance and our close connections with all support companies in the chain.
We believe that the experience we have gained in the first half year, post-Brexit will stand us in good stead going forward, to manage all our imports and exports, but we remain committed to watching all developments closely to ensure we maintain the highest level of service to our customers and suppliers.
However, despite all of the above, if you are experiencing any problems or have any concerns regarding imports or exports that are provided by Polydist please do not hesitate to contact our Operations Team who will be happy to assist.
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SABIC’s Speciality business offers a materials portfolio with unique physical properties that can power the electrification market with innovation and productivity.
For further details please contact vince@polydistuk.com or neil@polydistuk.com
Safety and functionality, electric vehicle battery packs lightweight specialty thermoplastic materials
LNP™ EXL resin offers benefits for the laser welding assembly of housings or enclosures for batteries and sensitive electronic equipment such as ECU’s and actuators.
For further information please contact vince@polydistuk.com or neil@polydistuk.com
Polystyrene is one of the most common types of polymers used in the manufacturing of packaging products. It’s a ridged plastic that is ideal for a versatile range of applications, we have standard melt and low melt grades, for more details see attached PDF’s
SABIC polymers in electric battery applications.
The environmental demand for transportation in the future to look at the mass elimination of fossil fuel use currently is driving the exponential development growth in Battery technologies. The SABIC Specialty product range is significantly aligned to supply polymer’s requiring the high performance necessary in the various applications.
Polymer grades within SABIC Specialty range like LNP’s PC Copolymer ranges , Ultem and Noryl can be considered for evaluation in these demanding applications as can be seen in the attached PDF
SABIC Specialties ‘Circular Solutions’. Reducing the amount of fossil based raw materials used by taking post-consumer recycled PET bottles and chemically converting them back to their monomers. Resulting in a recycled product with mechanical properties equivalent to virgin material.
Integrated sustainability and performance are what many industries, notably automotive, are looking for in product solutions.
With its long experience in the field of polymeric materials, RadiciGroup High Performance Polymers can fulfil this requirement with its wide range of products, encompassing Heramid® PA6 and PA6.6 polymers made of 100% selected materials primarily recovered from the production units of RadiciGroup Business Areas
Radilon® Mixloy, a new range of PA blends
Innovative solutions for automotive, consumer goods and E&E
Dear Customers, Suppliers and Partners,
Firstly, we would like to send our best wishes out to you and hope that you and your families are all safe and well.
As a business, our main priorities are the wellbeing and safety of our employees, as well as the people and companies we work with. We have implemented a plan to allow our employees to work remotely, when and where possible, whilst keeping the business running as usual and providing the best customer service possible.
At the moment, we are still receiving materials from our suppliers as usual, making deliveries as expected and supporting our customers with credit communications.
Our hauliers are taking extra care, washing their hands regularly and limiting contact, where possible, upon collection and delivery. We are limiting customer visits and office visitors for the time being, as per the Government advice.
We are doing our upmost to keep business moving as smoothly as possible and support all our customers, suppliers and partners alike. If you have any questions regarding our procedures at this time, please do not hesitate to contact us directly at sales@polydistuk.com If you have any questions regarding deliveries, material availability and credit, please get in touch. Our team are on hand to support and offer any advice possible.
Please rest assured that Polydist are committed to ensuring business continuity for all our customers and we are, and have been, fully operational without interruption. Polydist will endeavour to support any Covid related projects as much as we possibly can.
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Polydist were in full attendance at Sabic’s first LNP™ Technical Summit in the European region which took place on the 14th of May in Bergen op Zoom. This was presented by Sunamita Anunciação
Specification & Product Marketing Specialist, LNP, Specialties, EMEA. Thanks to Sunamita for delivering a very professional and successful summit.
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Polydist UK exhibited at the Southern Manufacturing Show to proudly promote their new relationship with Sabic Specialties, promoting the Specialty range of products which attracted over 50 designers, specifiers and buyers in the aerospace, electronics, industrial and automotive sectors to our stand.
Backed up by marketing and targeted mailshot initiatives, the show successfully promoted this new collaboration with Sabic Specialties.
Following this success, plans to exhibit at the UK Northern show in October are underway.
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