Fine and Speciality Chemicals

North East England has real strength in the fine & speciality chemical sector with over 60 companies operations here. All five of the world’s largest speciality chemical companies have bases in the region. 

Most major pharmaceuticals are made from building blocks that are called fine chemical intermediates. These are manufactured by the fine & speciality chemical companies that underpin the pharmaceutical industry who sell the finished pharmaceuticals that cure disease and extend life. North East England is particularly strong in the pharmaceutical intermediate supply chain.

Companies in this sector include:

Agma
Albemarle 
Alcan Aluminium 
Akzo Nobel 
Baker Petrolite 
Banner Chemicals Group
BOC 
Brenntag UK & Ireland 
Chemson 
Crack Processing 
Croda Europe 
Dow Chemical Company
Dow Haltermann Custom Processing 
DuPont Teijin Films 
Durham Organics 
Elementis Chromium 
Esschem Europe 
Exwold Technology 
Fine & Performance Chemicals 
Fine Organics 
Frutarom (UK) 
Fulbeck 
Huntsman Pigments 
International Paint 
Johnson Matthey 
Kilfrost 
Lucite International 
Lucite International Speciality Polymer & Resins 
LyraChem 
Mineral & Chemical Services 
NewChem Technologies 
Rohm & Haas (UK) 
Spartan Nano
Thomas Swan 
Verdex 
Vertellus Specialties (UK) 
VICTREX

For more information on our pharmaceutical sector, please download the white paper for this sector.