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Eastman Chemical Company appoints new Specialty Plastics resin distributor for Austrian market

CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, THE NETHERLANDS - Eastman Chemical Company has announced the appointment of Gangus Plastic as the new distributor for its Specialty Plastics (Division) in Austria.

Gangus Plastic Vertriebsges. mbH, the Austrian subsidiary of Albis Plastic GmbH, will distribute a wide range of products on behalf of Eastman, including:

• DURASTAR® Polymer

• EASTALLOY® Polymer

• EASTAR® Amorphous Copolyesters

• ECDEL Elastomers

• EMAC and EBAC Elastomers

• NEOSTAR® Elastomers

• PROVISTA® Copolyesters

Commenting on the appointment, David Speicher, EMEA Regional Business Director, Eastman, said: “Distributors are an important and highly-valued channel for supplying small and medium-sized customers. We identified the need for a distributor in Austria to better serve such customers there. We are working with Albis in a number of countries and are pleased with their work and attention to our products. We are looking forward to developing a closer relationship with their Austrian subsidiary, Gangus Plastic, to accomplish our mutual growth objectives in Austria.”

Albis is a major supplier and compounder of thermoplastic raw materials concerned with the world-wide marketing and modification of an extensive range of raw materials for plastics. The group comprises 6 domestic sales offices, 12 subsidiaries and 5 production plants in Germany and abroad.

The company currently distributes Eastman products in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK.

Reader enquiries

Eastman Chemical Company
Fascinatio Boulevard 602-614
2909 VA Capelle a/d IJssel

Netherlands

+31 10 240 23 17

odette@​eastman.com


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About Eastman Chemical Company

Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE: EMN) manufactures and markets chemicals, fibres and plastics worldwide. It provides key differentiated coatings, adhesives and specialty plastics products; is the world’s largest producer of PET polymers for packaging and is a major supplier of cellulose acetate fibres. Founded in 1920 and headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA, Eastman is a FORTUNE 500 company with 2004 sales of US$ 6.6 billion and approximately 12,000 employees.

For more information about Eastman and its products, visit www.eastman.com.

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Eastman Chemical Company

+31 10 240 23 17

odette@​eastman.com

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