BioSolve Company

The BioSolve® story starts in 1975 when an entrepreneur named Ron LaRoche and a talented chemist named Ed Hosmer, owner of Synthetic Laboratories (Dracut, MA) began working together to develop an innovative surfactant formulation. The product concept was a replacement for sprayed foam used to suppress volatile vapors and reduce fire hazard associated with fuel spills. Customers needed an effective alternative to foam that was at least as effective and much easier to use. In late 2018, Ed Hosmer, the inventor of BioSolve Pinkwater unexpectedly passed away. Several years earlier, Ed had transferred the ownership of Synthetic Laboratories to his sons, Matthew and Stephen. Matthew and Stephen made the decision in the winter of 2019 to purchase the BioSolve business and add the well-known brand to the company’s portfolio of specialty chemical businesses.