SEATTLE, Washington, April 10, 2000 -- Kirkland-based chemical distributor Van Waters & Rogers Inc. has been out of the public limelight since its parent, Univar Corp., was bought by a Dutch firm in 1996.The company certainly didn't go away; it remains an important presence in chemical distribution, with 130 distribution centers around North America, more than 3,000 employees in the United States and Canada and about $2 billion in annual sales.But much of the work of the wholesale-distribution industry goes on unnoticed beyond the name on the side of trucks; that's even more so with distributors of industrial goods used in the manufacture of other goods.Now the Van Waters & Rogers is back in the spotlight because of a new venture in business-to-business commerce, currently the hottest corner of the online world.
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