e-epoxy.com Expands Product Offering, Geographic Reach

17-Sep-2001

e-epoxy.com expanded its product offerings beyond epoxy resins from The Dow Chemical Company today to include silicon-based resins and additives from Dow Corning Corporation. In addition, the site has been extended so that formulators of coatings, composites and adhesives can now purchase products and have them delivered to locations in Latin America, Central Europe, The Middle East, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, as well as the previous locations in North America and Western Europe. “e-epoxy.com is a very simple, straightforward way for formulators and fabricators to buy raw materials they need for their coatings, adhesives and composites applications ,” Mike Lanham, commercial director, web business at Dow Corning, says. “Adding our products to the existing portfolio will give customers in these industries a very effective purchasing channel.” e-epoxy.com, the first ever Web site designed exclusively for the sale of epoxy resins and related products, launched in January 2001 offering high volume epoxy resins and related products from The Dow Chemical Company. Since then, formulators and fabricators across multiple industries, including coatings, composites and adhesives, have purchased high-volume epoxy resins through the site. “Six months after we launched the site, we had surpassed our year-end sales goals,” recalls Ian Telford, director of e-commerce for epoxy products and intermediates at Dow. “And, more than 2/3 of those sales made through the site were new business for Dow.” Dow and Dow Corning are independently run companies with differing business goals and strategies. By offering products complimentary to one another on the site, they are providing customers with a procurement channel unlike any other in the industry. “The e-epoxy.com development team put a lot of thought behind the concept, design and development of e-epoxy.com,” Lanham says. “It serves a need that has previously been unmet in these industries.” e-epoxy.com is designed for those that can work with straightforward business rules, such as ordering in fixed quantities, a fixed payment term and penalties for order changes and cancellations. According to Telford and Lanham, customers who can work within these parameters will find e-epoxy.com an easy, efficient and economical compliment to their existing strategies. e-epoxy.com provides value through simplicity. The site is designed for customers looking for a fast, no-frills way to spot buy. In addition, e-epoxy.com offers quick access to important resources, including technical specification and material safety data sheets in nine languages – English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. “We are currently working with several other potential suppliers interested in providing complimentary products through e-epoxy.com,” Telford says. “For many customers, e-epoxy.com is a better way to buy epoxies and related products. We are continually striving to make it even better.” Dow is a leading science and technology company that provides innovative chemical, plastic and agricultural products and services to many essential consumer markets. With annual sales of approximately $30 billion, Dow serves customers in more than 170 countries and a wide range of markets that are vital to human progress, including food, transportation, health and medicine, personal and home care, and building and construction, among others. Committed to the principles of Sustainable Development, Dow and its 50,000 employees seek to balance economic, environmental and social responsibilities.

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