Sean Reid

Chief Executive Officer @Polyblend Uk Limited

Widnes, GB

Polyblend is Europe’s leading manufacturer of specialist PVC and Acrylic Plastisol’s, Liquid Colour and Additive Dispersions, Flame Retardants (including Antinomy free Polaris), and Chemical Foaming Agents. Core customer sectors include Coated Technical Textiles, Polymer Flooring, Transport Filters, Dip and Rotational Mouldings, PVC Wallpapers and Industrial Coatings. Polyblend offers toll chemical processing with a range of mixing, blending, grinding and filling capabilities including waterborne products. Polyblend distributes a range of raw materials to the PVC plastisol and adjacent chemistry markets including resins and plasticisers and are the UK and Ireland distributor of the Valtris range of polymer and coatings additives.Founded as Acrol Ltd, in Widnes, UK in 1984, the business was sold to US Corporation PolyOne in returning to private ownership in 2009 In 2022 the business was acquired by Longacre Group a long-term investment firm with expertise across B2B sectors like technical manufacturing and healthcare, bringing agility and transparency to its investments, spanning a workforce of globally.