Ask the experts: DISTRUPOL

Who are you and what do you do?

Distrupol is a European leader with 60 years of excellence, innovation and expertise in the sales and application development of thermoplastic polymers and elastomers.

We deliver superior polymer solutions to customers across Europe from world-leading supply partners, supported by the unrivalled technical expertise of our application development team.

The Distrupol portfolio contains products and solutions that fulfil the requirements of leading and emerging industries. The range is accompanied by certifications and approvals for the automotive, medical, food and electrical industry.

Why is the UK processing market important to you?

We’ve been supplying the UK manufacturing industry since 1963, where we started as a UK-focused distribution business. Our acquisitions and expansions have taken us across Europe, but our UK sales and technical team are at the heart of our business. The UK manufacturing landscape has changed vastly in the last six decades, but its tenacity, quality and authenticity has remained unchanged – just like us here at Distrupol

Why is Interplas important to you?

As Interplas celebrates its 75th year, we celebrate our 60th, and recognise that exhibitions such as Interplas and the communities that are created because of it are integral to companies such as Distrupol’s reach and growth. Opportunities to engage with the UK market are priceless, and Interplas is the perfect platform to enable us to connect with customers and suppliers.

What challenges are your customers facing and how can your services help solve them?

In a world where plastic faces criticism, we are here to change up the narrative and reinforce the positive impact plastics can have. Our wide range of sustainable polymer solutions and our extensive knowledge of polymer technology and processing means that we can support customers to design, develop and deliver products that are planet friendly, whilst saving customer costs and resources in the process.

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James Stanton, commercial and operations director, Distrupol

Who are you and what do you do?

Borche are one of the largest manufacturers of injection moulding machines in the world by sales volume. The company has three manufacturing sites with a combined production area of more than 220,000 square metres. The Borche range extends from 90 ton through to 6800 ton, and the machines are marketed on a worldwide basis with almost 50% of production volume exported across the world.

Why is Interplas important to you?

Interplas is a very important marketing platform for us, Interplas is of course the primary plastics exhibition for the UK and Ireland plastics processing market and it is very positive that the customers take the time to visit Interplas and the Borche stand to discuss both their immediate and future projects and investment plans, Borche UK has enjoyed considerable success at Interplas over the years in terms of both direct sales and lead creation - the most recent Interplas proved to be the most successful yet.