Suppliers in Technical Cleaning: Polyglycols

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Our purpose is the cornerstone of our performance pledge: “Leading beyond chemistry to improve life, today and tomorrow.” It can be traced back to our company’s roots and describes why we do something, what drives us and the contribution Evonik makes to society over and above generating profits. At Evonik, we go beyond chemistry to make life a little better day in, day out – a goal we are committed to. We aim to have a direct, positive impact on everyone’s life by enhancing the properties of our customers’ products. Our purpose is hence the driving force behind our strategic decisions, through which we naturally take responsibility for the present and future generations.

Over the past 10 years, Vantage has emerged as one of the fastest growing and most reliable suppliers of Personal Care ingredients. With an international manufacturing presence and 15 laboratories around the world, we provide regional support to our customers and deliver essential ingredients for fast innovation. Vantage serves its Beauty and Personal Care customers through seven production facilities located in North America, Europe and Asia and the world's largest Jojoba farms in the US and Argentina. This global presence allows us to quickly design solutions to address our customer needs for fast and reliable, naturally derived innovation. Vantage has established a leading position in oleochemistry, esterification, ethoxylation and bio-ethoxylation, farm to formulation™ oil production, encapsulation and high pressure dispersion.

For almost thirty years, Colonial Chemical has pushed the boundaries and explored revolutionary processes for making extraordinarily mild, environmentally safe and high-performing chemicals from all-natural and renewable ingredients. Colonial manufactures cosmetic and industrial surfactants, performance additives and other key building-block ingredients for use in personal care, household and industrial, lubrication and oilfield applications. We are a global supplier of surfactants and other chemistries to all of continental North America as well as over 25 countries internationally.

Since 1925 we have been the name behind the high performance ingredients and technologies in some of the biggest, most successful brands in the world: creating, making and selling speciality chemicals that are relied on by industries and consumers everywhere. We are a FTSE 250 company with more than 4,200 employees working together globally as one team across manufacturing sites and offices in 36 countries. Our flexible structure allows us to focus on developing and delivering innovative, sustainable ingredients that our customers can build on in: Personal Care, Health Care, Crop Care, Polymer Additives, Lubricants, Coatings & Polymers, Geo Tech, Home Care and Industrial Specialities.

Stepan Company's vision is to create innovative solutions for a cleaner, healthier, more energy efficient world. We want to accomplish that vision by partnering with you. As a publicly-traded, international manufacturer of specialty and intermediate chemical products, we collaborate with our customers to bring high-quality products that drive growth in the consumer space and functional markets such as construction, oilfield, agriculture, paints and coatings. Since 1932, Stepan continues to be a mainstay in the industry, committed to developing sustainable practices and products that reflect our core values: responsibility, integrity and innovation. By always putting you – the customer – first, we bring continuous improvement to the chemical industry and our global community. Stepan is headquartered in the Greater Chicagoland area (Northfield, IL). We provide timely customer support anywhere in the world by utilizing state-of-the-art manufacturing, and research and development facilities, along with a robust distribution network throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia.