Connect Chemicals is a global producer, custom manufacturer, and traditional distributor of a wide range of specialty chemicals.
Established in 1998, with headquarters in Ratingen, Germany, offices on 4 continents and an international network of partners, Connect Chemicals offers global coverage, serving both local and multinational organizations.
To meet the ever-changing trends in the chemical industry, Connect Chemicals has evolved into a unique hybrid company. To catalyse this change, Connect Chemicals has developed a Modular Custom Manufacturing process. Continuously & progressively the company invests in state-of-the-art facilities, R&D labs, advanced technology, analytical capabilities, and highly qualified technical team of experts.
Connect Chemicals UK Ltd. was established in 2001. The UK office, based in Cheshire, was one of the earlier additions to the European Connect Group.
Sectors Include
Household & Industrial Care

Cosmetics & Personal Care

Lubricants & Metal Working

Coatings, Adhesives & Sealants

Paper
Plastics
Water Treatment

Other Industries


We have defined global principles and policies, which form the benchmark and guidelines for our actions. These cover the topics Corporate Culture, Compliance with Legislation and Regulations, customers, business partners and society. Connect Chemicals ensures compliance with highest quality standard requirements for the company, production and products.
Household & Industrial Care
We have continuously developed and enlarged our product portfolio for this key market. Products for this industry include phosphonates, corrosion inhibitors, emulsifiers, chelating agents, biocides and surfactants.
Cosmetics & Personal Care
Applications include Baby Care, Hair Care, Make Up, Oral Care, Skin Care, Sun / UV Care, Toiletries
Lubricants & Metal Working
We are supplying a comprehensive range of specialty products into following applications:
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Automotive Motor and Gear Oils
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Industrial Lubricants such cutting oils, drilling fluids and heat transfer oils
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Greases
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Metal Surface Treatment
The portfolio ranges from Group IV-Base Oils, Emulsifiers, Thickeners to Corrosion Inhibitors.
Coatings, Adhesives & Sealants
We are a manufacturer and distributor of raw materials used in various paint and coating applications, such as hyper-dispersants, surfactants, flame retardants, carbon nanomaterials, titanates, composite additives, thermal and carbonless coatings, vinyl ethers and waxes.
The main task of a coating is to provide surface protection (against corrosion, stone chipping, scratches, abrasion or chemical attack…) and/or decorative finishes (such as colour, gloss, opacity….)
Paper
We are active in two market segments: Colour Change Technologies for thermal and carbonless papers as well as water-based barrier coatings for packaging grades.
Connect Chemicals is a world market leader in the production and sales of colour former products. We also continue expanding our range of sensitizers and developers for thermal paper. Our products are designed to meet challenging quality, performance and commercial requirements.
In 2014 Connect Chemicals successfully started our new production plant in Penglai China, providing the largest capacity in the marked for colour former products with more than 4’500t for the key products.
Connect Chemicals serves the European Paper and Board Packaging market in cooperation with Spectra-Kote, our US based partner, developer and producer of water-based barrier coatings.
We offer a wide array of different coatings to help meet your needs. Some of our most popular coatings are Grease Resistance, Water Resistance, Non-Skid, Frozen Meat Box, Fire-Retardant, Non-Abrasive Coatings.
Plastics
Connect Chemicals is a partner to producers, processors, compounders and master batch manufacturers in all important plastic industry segments.
We serve users with both well-known materials such as flame retardants and lubricant waxes as well as range of highly innovative additives, such as Fullerenes. Matching the needs of our clients and partners, we offer an ever-growing portfolio for this important market segment.
Water Treatment
Starting from our key copper corrosion inhibitors Benzotriazole and Tolyltriazole we have managed to build up an extensive package for our customers consisting in addition of Phosphonates and its salts, Polycarboxylic antiscalents and dispersants, other Polymers as well as Oxygen Scavengers.
Custom Manufacturing & R&D Facilities
To meet the ever-changing trends in the chemical industry, Connect Chemicals has evolved into a unique hybrid company. To catalyse this change, Connect Chemicals has developed a modular custom manufacturing process. In-house resources are augmented with external state-of-the-art technology to meet specific customer requirements. The company continuously and progressively invests in state-of-the-art facilities, R&D labs, advanced technology, analytical capabilities, and highly skilled technical teams.
We source, manufacture, distribute, research, and develop globally.
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