Advanced materials developer UBQ Materials and polymers distributor Plastribution have signed a distribution agreement for advanced materials.

Plastribution will have access to UBQ’s product portfolio which incorporates a range of engineered products tailored to meet companies' sustainability goals.

One example is a bio-based thermoplastic made entirely from residual waste, including all organics and hard-to-recycle materials, which PepsiCo used in 2022.

UBQ’s products are related to fossil-based plastic replacement, waste diversion, increased post-consumer recycled content and emissions removal and avoidance.

All materials offered to Plastribution's client base in the UK and Ireland will be produced in UBQ's new industrial-scale facility in Bergen Op-Zoom, Netherlands.

Plastribution will be offering the products to its customers in the packaging, building and construction, automotive, logistics and supply chain and consumer durables industries.

UBQ Materials CCO Patricia Mishic O'Brien commented: "Integrating UBQ into product lines and supply chains will accelerate companies' ability to meet UK and rest-of-world sustainability requirements.”

Plastribution managing director Mike Boswell added: "The UK is set to experience an accelerated sustainable transformation in the coming years and companies will need to set and meet ambitious new goals across the value chain.”

Plastribution also supplies polyolefins, styrenics, engineering polymers, specialities, masterbatches and custom compounds.