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How solutions for coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers, and rubber & plastics support the moments that matter.
Think of any place your day takes you – these applications are all around you. It’s in the walls that protect your home, the flooring that supports every step, the coatings that bring color and clarity to shared spaces, and the adhesives and sealants that hold together everything from appliances to commercial buildings. Materials that Matter brings these everyday moments into focus, showing how the right materials help shape durability, comfort, protection, and performance in ways people may never notice, but always rely on.
Here, we share the ideas, trends, and stories shaping the future of CASE materials.
Where Our Expertise Creates Impact
Paints & Coatings
From interior spaces to industrial assets, coatings bring color, protection, and longevity to the places people live, work, and gather. They influence surface durability, weather resistance, cleanability, and design.
Polyurethanes
Polyurethanes bring comfort, insulation, and structural benefits to products used across construction, transportation, furniture, and beyond.
Adhesives & Sealants
Adhesives and sealants hold modern products together while quietly supporting safety, structural integrity, and the everyday reliability customers expect.
Construction
Construction materials support the structures people depend on by sealing out moisture, reinforcing surfaces, and protecting buildings and infrastructure from the elements.
Plastics & Rubber
These materials shape the flexibility, strength, resilience, and feel of countless everyday products, from consumer goods to automotive components.
Where Our Expertise Creates Impact
Paints & Coatings
From interior spaces to industrial assets, coatings bring color, protection, and longevity to the places people live, work, and gather. They influence surface durability, weather resistance, cleanability, and design.
Applications:
- Architectural coatings
- Industrial maintenance
- Protective & marine
- Wood coatings
- OEM finishes
- Specialty decorative coatings
Polyurethanes
Polyurethanes bring comfort, insulation, and structural benefits to products used across construction, transportation, furniture, and beyond.
Applications:
- Flexible and rigid foams
- Spray foam insulation
- Elastomers
- Coatings
- Adhesives & sealants
- Bedding & furniture
Adhesives & Sealants
Adhesives and sealants hold modern products together while quietly supporting safety, structural integrity, and the everyday reliability customers expect.
Applications:
- Construction adhesives
- Industrial assembly
- Packaging
- Flooring
- Automotive sealing & bonding
- DIY/home repair
Construction
How this shows up in the world:
Construction materials support the structures people depend on by sealing out moisture, reinforcing surfaces, and protecting buildings and infrastructure from the elements.
Applications:
- Sealants
- Waterproofing
- Cement additives
- Insulation
- Protective coatings
- Joint treatments
Plastics & Rubber
These materials shape the flexibility, strength, resilience, and feel of countless everyday products, from consumer goods to automotive components.
Applications:
- Transportation components
- Consumer products
- Footwear
- Hoses & belts
- Molded parts
- Impact resistant goods
Discover the innovations that make materials matter
Furthering Innovation and Sustainable Solutions for Rubber and Plastic Additives
Our rubber and plastic additive solutions bring purposeful innovation to materials that enhance durability, improve processing efficiency, and support the performance demands of a stronger, more resilient world.
Discover Sustainable Solutions for Rubber and Plastic Additives
Our Essential Guide for Sustainable Coatings
Our Essential Guide for Sustainable Coatings showcases the science and partnerships that help formulators build more responsible, efficient, and high‑performing coatings.
Discover Our Essential Guide for Sustainable Coatings
Polyurethane formulations
Our polyurethane solutions empower manufacturers with the materials and expertise that enable longer‑lasting products and optimized manufacturing that shape a more connected and high‑performing world.
Discover Polyurethane formulationsHave you met our Technical Superheroes?
Across CASE applications, challenges are rarely straightforward. A coating must protect without compromising appearance. An adhesive must hold strong yet remain flexible. A sealant must withstand movement, weather, and time. These are the problems our technical teams solve every day.
With deep formulation expertise and hands on application knowledge, they help customers bridge innovation and practical performance.
Explore our industry page to learn more about our supplier partners and comprehensive product offering
Explore our industry page to learn more about our supplier partners and comprehensive product offering
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Where Our Expertise Creates Impact
Paints & Coatings
From interior spaces to industrial assets, coatings bring color, protection, and longevity to the places people live, work, and gather. They influence surface durability, weather resistance, cleanability, and design.
Applications:
- Architectural coatings
- Industrial maintenance
- Protective & marine
- Wood coatings
- OEM finishes
- Specialty decorative coatings
Polyurethanes
Polyurethanes bring comfort, insulation, and structural benefits to products used across construction, transportation, furniture, and beyond.
Applications:
- Flexible and rigid foams
- Spray foam insulation
- Elastomers
- Coatings
- Adhesives & sealants
- Bedding & furniture
Adhesives & Sealants
Adhesives and sealants hold modern products together while quietly supporting safety, structural integrity, and the everyday reliability customers expect.
Applications:
- Construction adhesives
- Industrial assembly
- Packaging
- Flooring
- Automotive sealing & bonding
- DIY/home repair
Construction
How this shows up in the world:
Construction materials support the structures people depend on by sealing out moisture, reinforcing surfaces, and protecting buildings and infrastructure from the elements.
Applications:
- Sealants
- Waterproofing
- Cement additives
- Insulation
- Protective coatings
- Joint treatments
Plastics & Rubber
These materials shape the flexibility, strength, resilience, and feel of countless everyday products, from consumer goods to automotive components.
Applications:
- Transportation components
- Consumer products
- Footwear
- Hoses & belts
- Molded parts
- Impact resistant goods
Across everything above, we keep it simple and connected. When you’re ready for specifications, formulations, or supplier lineups, you’ll find them on our dedicated industry pages.
NOTICE: All product information is provided in good faith and is believed to be accurate as of the date of publication based on information received from the supplier and secondary databases. However, Univar Solutions is not able to verify whether third-party data is accurate, complete, and up-to-date and assumes no responsibility, obligation, or liability for the information provided. NO GUARANTEES OR WARRANTIES ARE GIVEN AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SUCH AS THOSE OF MERCHANTABILTIY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED. Customer is solely responsible for determining whether products and/or the information provided are appropriate for Customer’s use, and Customer assumes all risk and liability in acting on the information provided.
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