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Solenis acquires Diversey for $4.6 billion, expanding access to global markets and adding cleaning, sanitation and hygiene solutions to portfolio of products and services.
Learn moreSolenis is selected as a 2023 US Best Managed Company for excellence in strategy, education, culture, and financials.
Learn moreSolenis opens new customer support laboratories and packaging center of excellence in Mönchengladbach, Germany.
Learn moreAcquisition provides expanded product offering and long-term supply agreement for paper process chemistries in EMEA.
Learn moreSolenis is awarded the Platinum Recognition Level by EcoVadis for the second consecutive year.
Learn moreAcquisition expands product and service offerings for customers in Latin America.
Learn moreAcquisition expands Solenis’ product offering for recreational pool and spa customers.
Learn moreAcquisition provides Solenis with regional expansion in high-growth southeastern Europe.
Learn MoreSolenis is selected as a 2022 US Best Managed Company for excellence in strategy, education, culture, and financials
Learn MoreSolenis is awarded Platinum Rating by EcoVadis for excellent Corporate Social Responsibility performance.
Learn morePlatinum Equity acquires Solenis from Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and merges Sigura Water with Solenis, adding pool and spa water treatment solutions to the company’s portfolio.
Learn moreSolenis is selected as a 2021 US Best Managed Company for excellence in strategy, execution, culture and financials.
Learn moreSolenis and Diversey sign global partnership agreement, adding significant value to the food and beverage industry.
Learn moreSolenis is awarded Gold status by EcoVadis for excellent Corporate Social Responsibility performance.
Learn moreSolenis completes acquisition of Poliquímicos, expanding its offering to the Latin American market.
Learn moreSolenis acquires the paper business of ChemSystems, expanding its ability to serve pulp and paper customers in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Learn moreSolenis awarded Gold status by EcoVadis for excellent Corporate Social Responsibility performance.
Learn moreSolenis receives NextGen Cup Challenge award for its TopScreen™ barrier coating technology.
Learn moreSolenis and BASF combine paper and water businesses, creating a global specialty chemical company with expanded offerings.
Learn moreSolenis opens new manufacturing plant in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, China.
Learn moreSolenis acquires Topchim NV to expand its offering to the pulp and paper industry with novel barrier coating technologies.
Learn moreSolenis acquires Nopco Colombiana S.A. to offer expanded solutions to process and water treatment markets in Central and South America.
Learn moreSolenis receives a 2017 Manufacturing Leadership Award from Frost & Sullivan for its work on the Ashland divestiture.
Learn moreSolenis opens new technology center in Paulínia, São Paulo, Brazil, expanding its ability to serve customers in Latin America.
Learn moreSolenis acquires Nopco Holding AS to broaden its offering to the pulp and paper industry with novel defoamer and deinking technologies.
Learn moreSolenis granted U.S. and European patents for its Biobond℠ technology, an innovative program that improves the sustainability of recycled paperboard.
Learn moreSolenis acquires Nuplex Pulp & Paper business from Nuplex Industries Australia Pty Limited to offer a broader range of solutions to customers in Australia and New Zealand.
Learn moreSolenis acquires Dutch company Lostris International B.V. and Wester Blend B.V., expanding its product offering to the pulp and paper industry and its geographic presence.
Learn moreSolenis acquires Quimatec Produtos Químicos Ltda., expanding its offerings to the global sugar and ethanol markets.
Learn moreABTCP names Solenis best chemical supplier of 2015 for Brazilian pulp and paper industry.
Learn moreSolenis acquires the pulp and paper assets represented by Connell Bros. Company Private Limited in India, expanding its ability to directly serve Indian customers.
Learn moreSolenis acquires Clearwater Specialties LLC, expanding its offering to the tissue and towel markets.
Learn moreSolenis is granted a U.S. patent for its corn oil extraction aids, which improve the separation of corn oil during ethanol production.
Learn moreSolenis opens its European headquarters in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
Solenis is launched following the acquisition of Ashland Water Technologies by a fund managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.
Learn moreAshland acquires Hercules Incorporated, positioning itself in the top tier of global specialty chemical companies.
Hercules receives a Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for its formaldehyde-free, soy-based adhesives.
Learn moreHercules celebrates the 75th anniversary of its Research Center in Wilmington, Delaware.
Ashland acquires Stockhausen water treatment business from Degussa AG.
Hercules acquires BetzDearborn Inc., establishing itself as the leading global producer of specialty papermaking chemicals.
Hercules acquires the paper chemicals group of Houghton International Inc.
Betz Laboratories acquires Grace Dearborn water treatment and process chemicals business from W.R. Grace & Co., launching BetzDearborn Inc.
Ashland acquires the Drew Industrial business of Drew Chemical Corporation, establishing itself as a global player in industrial water treatment.
Hercules files the first patent application for PAE resins, ushering in 60-plus years of wet-strength resin use in papermaking.
Learn moreBetz Laboratories is founded as a water purification compound business by a father and son duo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Ashland Refining Company is founded as the refining arm of the Swiss Oil Company by Paul G. Blazer.
Hercules Powder Company is founded following the breakup of DuPont’s explosives and gunpowder business.
Founded by E. F. Drew in Boston, Massachusetts, E. F. Drew & Company starts out in the vegetable oil business but soon adds a water treatment line focused on boilers.