List of Chemical Suppliers in United Kingdom

Biodynamics

The Biodynamic Demeter Alliance brings together two of the most established biodynamic organizations in the US – the Biodynamic Association (established in 1938) and Demeter USA (established in 1985) into one cohesive organization.

C6 Solutions Ltd.

C6 Solutions is a Disabled Veteran owned small business.  Our goal is to provide our customers with 100% satisfaction.  We strive to build solid relationships where communication is the key.Whatever your need is, we can build a solution together!

Briar Chemicals Limited

Briar Chemicals delivers contract and custom manufacturing solutions to customers across the globe. We service world-leading companies in the crop protection, fine and speciality sectors, utilising a broad asset and technology base, underpinned by quality driven project management.

Ascot International Ltd

27 years ago, our MD channelled his passion for business into dedicated hard work and Ascot International was born. Our team has this same passion and vision today cementing our place as leaders in sourcing and distribution of raw materials.

Celmo Chemicals

We are an Authorized Distributor for AutoSmart International.   AutoSmart manufactures some of the world's finest vehicle detailing products and is the professional's choice in many countries around the world.   Following the AutoSmart lead, we bring the warehouse directly to the customer in our mobile showrooms!

ROMIL Pure Chemistry

The English city of Cambridge has long been recognised world-wide as a centre for innovation and scientific endeavour, so it was the natural place for ROMIL, the independent manufacturer of premium quality laboratory chemicals, to set up its new headquarters in 1993. The company chose to name its new base The Source because in the same way that a river is at its purest at the source, so it should be for chemical reagents.

The company, which employs around 30 people, has an ambitious and well-advanced plan to become the leader in the production and supply of high purity reagents.

Steady and sustained annual growth has brought the company into the top three of UK companies in its field with an estimated 20% market share. Exports are a significant contributor to turnover, an achievement recognised by the prestigious Queens Award for Export.

ROMIL has almost 30 year's of experience in manufacturing and supplying high purity solvents, acids and reagents to countless analytical scientists and molecular biologists. During that time the issue of quality in the analytical laboratory has emerged as the common thread that runs through all types of chemical measurement.

It is easy to see why. Political initiatives to enhance and facilitate trade at both local and global levels have forced analysts to look critically at their methods and the results obtained from them. Are they right for the purpose intended? Are they in agreement with other laboratories? Are they traceable? Are they valid?

The analytical community itself has been responsible for many of the quality initiatives that have arisen. Initiatives such as adoption of recognised quality systems such as ISO 17025, participation in proficiency testing schemes, not to mention use of ISO Guide 34 certified reference materials in method validation. These all assist the analytical chemist to achieve the ultimate goal of validity of results.

But an often-neglected piece in this jigsaw is the quality of the actual reagents used in the analysis. Laboratory quality systems generally state that such materials should be identified by the analyst as being 'fit for the purpose'. But what exactly does this mean?

The term 'analytical reagent' was introduced in the early part of the last century when the impurity levels in reagents were very variable, even for the rudimentary wet chemical techniques available at the time. These problems were tackled by identifying a range of chemicals of well-defined purity. But such purity is just not good enough for today's analyses, which more often than not are performed on very sensitive analytical instruments, very different from those of the past.

The traditional suppliers of laboratory chemicals have over the years responded to the changes with specialist grades to meet new techniques as they emerged. A glance through a typical catalogue reveals a bewildering array of product grades and purity levels from which the scientist has to choose. It is not unusual to find 10 possible grades each for methanol and acetonitrile alone, among them the still ubiquitous 'analytical grade'. Yet if you compare the typical solvent grade used in the 1960s and 1970s for simple column chromatography with today's HPLC, you will find that the solvent purity requirement is now some 100,000 times better in terms of background impurities.

Air Products Europe (Gases)

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. is an international supplier of industrial gases and related equipment and specialty and intermediate chemicals. Our 17,000 employees working at operations in over 30 countries are committed to building lasting commercial relationships based on understanding our customers' businesses.

Henniker Plasma

Henniker the leading UK manufacturer of vacuum & atmospheric plasma treatment equipment & processes

Henniker are an experienced, dynamic and expanding company already established as a leading UK manufacturer of plasma surface treatment equipment and processes, from simple bench-top vacuum plasma cleaners for small scale production and R&D applications, to atmospheric in-line plasmas for industrial and high throughput processes. Developed, designed and manufactured in the UK, our equipment is delivered to worldwide clients in a wide range of industries including aerospace, automotive, medical device technology and electronics manufacturing to name but a few. Our success is built around an exceptional body of knowledge and expertise, backed by highly trained and dedicated staff who understand your application in considerable detail. Standard configurations cover most applications but we also offer a wide range of options that allow us to customise any standard system to your exact requirement.

Products and Services

Henniker offer plasma surface treatment equipment, plasma processes development services, proof of concept trials, and rental hire equipment. Our facilities include state of the art surface testing equipment which enables us to quickly and efficiently assess the results of any process on a wide range of materials.

Who we work with

Typically our clients are either looking to solve a specific problem relating to poor adhesion or are seeking to achieve a specific high value surface functionality to their products. Since these requirements often involve similar materials, such as engineering polymers and composites, the number and range of application areas is large and includes academic and industrial research groups as well as manufacturing areas such as automotive, aerospace, medical plastics, consumer electronics, biotechnology, filtration and many more.

Applications include:-

- Ultra-fine surface cleaning

- Surface activation to improve adhesion

- Low friction surfaces

- Permanently hydrophilic surfaces

- Hydrophobic & oleophobic nano-scale coatings

- Materials include polymers, metals, glass, ceramics and composites

Service and Support

All of our products are backed by a comprehensive warranty and supported from our UK headquarters and regional support centres.

Starna Scientific Limited

The wide variety of Starna® products produced by the Starna Group are manufactured at the Starna Scientific (Formerly Optiglass) factory founded in 1964, whose lineage of optical expertise is traceable to the early part of the last century. Starna Scientific Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the international group of Starna® companies whose reputation is synonymous with quality and service in the manufacture and supply of spectrophotometer cells, optical components and certified reference materials around the world.

In the 1950s, the founders of Optiglass developed and perfected the technique of fully fusing component parts by heat alone, without the distortion of optical surfaces. This major advance transformed the design and production of spectrophotometer cells and associated products.

Continual development and improvement is reflected in the high quality world class Starna® products illustrated on our site's. All manufacturing processes are carried out in our ISO 9000 certified production facility, from the design and development of products through to customised production machinery. The unique blend of skills including: cutting, slicing, grinding, polishing, conventional drilling, ultrasonic drilling and fusing as well as metallic, multi-layer and anti-reflection coating in one of many coating plants, achieves a complete vertically integrated process.

During manufacture of all component parts, special care is taken to avoid contamination by the use of stringent cleaning processes. Together with mandatory inspection procedures these stringent cleaning processes ensure that all products leave the factory in a pristine contamination-free condition, with an unconditional guarantee against faulty workmanship. This special treatment of cells also reduces bubble adhesion, which is of particular importance in flow cell applications.

In addition to ISO 9000 certification for production, UKAS accreditation to ISO 17.25 and ISO Guide 34 has also been achieved for the starna Scientific traceable reference material calibration laboratory, having established traceability to the USA National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) . Again the unique combination of manufacturing and application skills permits full traceability throughout the whole production process, making starna Scientific a much valued partner to instrument manufacturers, dealers and retail customers worldwide.

Verdel Instruments Ltd

We are a spin-out from the University of Warwick, backed by investment from Innovate UK and Longwall Ventures.

Our goal is to development 2DMS instruments suitable for use in routine and high throughput laboratories.

Our technology brings the capabilities currently associated with top-end FTICR instruments onto the bench top in a low cost format.