Univar

  • Who we are

    Leaders and Innovators since 1924

    What we do

    Global chemical distribution and value-added services

    What we believe

    Safety, health and the environment come first

  • Grapefruit juice: a makeover story.

    A beverage manufacturer asked Univar for help with a grapefruit juice that they wanted to fortify with calcium and fiber. Univar’s food specialists were able to recommend and source products that wouldn’t impact the juice’s flavor, clarity or mouthfeel, and the final product was exactly what the manufacturer and its customers were looking for — a fresh-from-the-tree taste with the added benefit of calcium and fiber.

    Calcium and fiber weren’t the only things the Univar food team had to offer, though.

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  • New shine for a hair care line.

    A firm was still marketing a hair care line that they'd developed years ago. The ten-year-old shampoo and conditioner were out of touch with the effects that today's consumers expect, and the ingredients required to achieve them — the products used last century's technology to achieve last century's results.

    Our personal care team saw an opportunity to help.

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  • A sustainable solution for safer roadways.

    Univar employs a team responsible for marketing the products that make driving on winter roads safer. Traditionally, the team has promoted a menu of conventional deicers, like rock salt and calcium chloride. But a global focus on renewable resources and sustainability presented an opportunity to reassess our product line — the right green product from the right source could complement Univar's deicing portfolio rather than compete with it.

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  • Navigating the maze of global pharmaceutical regulations.

    In pharmaceutical applications, a small change can result in big ramifications. Because of the stringent regulations surrounding pharmaceutical products, a formulation change, even if it's just a change in colorant, can create a deluge of notification, documentation and testing requirements for a manufacturer.

    Univar's expertise in the regulatory process and our value-added administrative services to the pharmaceutical industry made us the natural choice when a manufacturer wanted to change a white tablet to a soft orange.

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