Univar
| Univar Inc.
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| legal form | Inc. |
| ISIN | US91336L1070 |
| founding | 1924 |
| Seat |
Seattle , Washington United States
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| management | David Jukes, CEO |
| Number of employees | 9000 (2017) |
| sales | $ 8.3 billion (2017) |
| Branch | chemistry |
| Website | www.univar.com |
| As of July 19, 2018 | |
Univar is a US chemicals distributor. The company was founded in 1924 as a trading company for dyes, cotton fibers and other products and soon expanded its business area to include industrial chemicals . In the decades that followed, Univar continued to grow through acquisitions and is now one of the largest companies for chemical distribution. Univar employs over 9,000 people and achieved sales of 8.3 billion US dollars in 2017. Univar was temporarily a subsidiary of the Dutch company Vopak and its predecessor companies, but was separated from this in 2002.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Annual Report 2017 , accessed on July 19, 2018 (PDF; 3.0 MB, English)
- ↑ Univar: Our History , accessed January 6, 2019
- ↑ Evonik Industries: EVONIK creates alliance with UNIVAR for distribution of its amino acids in europe , accessed on January 6, 2019
- ↑ Vopak: Our History , accessed January 6, 2019