Palmer Holland is an employee-owned specialty chemical and ingredient distributor serving the adhesives & sealants industry across North America. With 60+ account managers in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, we supply resins, binders, tackifiers, rheology modifiers, fillers, extenders, thickeners, plasticizers, and curing agents, backed by technical formulation support to speed up sourcing and improve performance.
Additional Information
• Year Founded: 1925
• Number of Employees: 250
• Certifications & Compliance: ACD Responsible Distribution Verified, ISO 9001:2015
• What makes your company unique in this marketplace? As an employee-owned company, Palmer Holland's team is personally invested in every customer relationship, not just closing a sale. Our vertically aligned sales organization gives account managers deep, specialized knowledge of the adhesives & sealants market. With 60+ account managers across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, we combine local responsiveness with broad market intelligence, helping customers source materials faster and solve formulation challenges with real technical insight.
Palmer Holland is expanding into Mexico, marking a significant step in its continued growth strategy and commitment to serving customers throughout all of North America.
The launch marks a significant advancement in Palmer Holland’s ongoing mission to create connections that bring value to its customers, principals, and employees.
With the establishment of the Industrial Specialties and Consumer & Life Sciences segments, Palmer Holland used the opportunity to reorganize leadership.
The chief executive officer has over 34 years in the chemical industry, most recently having served as vice president in the Life Sciences business unit of Lubrizol Advanced Materials.
Munoz will be transitioning into a business manager role for the CASE vertical. With Munoz’s move to business manager, Burrows will fill the regional sales manager – CASE role in the Southwestern/Western territory.
The agreement covers LANXESS’ Macrolex solvent dyes, Bayplast and Bayfast pigments, and Bayscript and Specialty dyes into both the plastics and CASE markets.
LANXESS Corp. recently announced that its Polymer Additives (PLA) business unit has contracted Palmer Holland to be a distributor for its colorant additives products in the U.S.
Palmer Holland is responsible for promoting and distributing Oxiteno’s lines of surfactants, coalescents, and additive products into the CASE market throughout the U.S.
Oxiteno recently announced its exclusive national agreement with Palmer Holland.
Responsible Distribution allows NACD members to demonstrate their commitment to continuous performance improvement in every phase of chemical storage, handling, transportation, and disposal.
Palmer Holland recently announced that it has successfully passed its National Association of Chemical Distributor (NACD) Responsible Distribution verification for the current three-year cycle.
Toyal America manufactures a portfolio of aluminum pigments, pastes, flakes, and powders for automotive and industrial applications.
Effective immediately, Toyal America has expanded Palmer Holland’s territory to include Canada, building on Palmer Holland’s existing responsibilities in U.S.
Palmer Holland’s new distribution territory will encompass all of the U.S. and Canada for DCM’s portfolio of binders, dispersants, rheology modifiers, and opaque polymers for a variety of CASE markets.
Effective March 1, 2020, Dow Coating Materials (DCM) is expanding Palmer Holland’s authorization to distribute DCM acrylic products in Canada.
This move has reportedly solidified Palmer Holland’s goal to remain an independent specialty chemical and ingredient distributor for the long term.
Palmer Holland recently announced that it has converted to a privately held employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) with an ownership team made entirely of employees.
In addition to an updated look and feel, the updated Palmer Holland website reportedly presents a more intuitive interface and robust functionality that caters to users of all backgrounds and stages of the buyers’ journey.
Palmer Holland recently announced that it has launched its newly designed website focused on enhanced user experience and content quality.