About

Delivering chemistry for a better life

Leading industry trends in chemical ingredients distribution.

Since our creation in 1981, Surfachem, a 2M Group Company, has developed into a leading distributor of surfactants and speciality chemicals.

Across a range of market sectors, we supply a broad range of speciality ingredients for industry leading manufacturers including Shell, Stepan, Lubrizol, Evonik, Solvay and Jungbunzlauer.

Our approach is to act as a synergistic link between our suppliers and customers to deliver chemistry for a better life™.

Our Core Markets

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Our Speciality Ingredient Portfolio

Surfachem distribute an extensive portfolio of speciality chemical ingredients including:

And many more...

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Our Global Capabilities

With customers in over 65 countries and teams in Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Nordics, Poland and Spain, wherever our customers are in the world, Surfachem offers a tailored service to meet their needs.

Our Expertise

Whether you are looking for that next great idea, seeking help with regulatory issues or looking to improve your product performance, Surfachem can help. Every day we support hundreds of customers by providing a global ingredient portfolio, exceptional technical knowledge and logistical expertise.

From established companies to start-ups and brands, no matter who you are or where you are based, we are here to help develop your next generation of products.

Our skilled team are industry experts in ingredient selection, formulation design and stability testing. We are constantly scanning the market to identify the latest trends.

In response to our findings, we create fully formulated product concepts at our technical laboratory facilities in Huddersfield (3M Buckley Innovation Centre) and Germany.

To find out more visit our formulation library.

 

Timeline

2024

2M Group of Companies acquires natural consumer stain company Warwick Equest and rebrands as 2M Equest

2023

2M Group of Companies acquires Laurichem USA and establishes 2M Laurichem

2023

2M Group of Companies acquires Spanish manufacturer and distributor Laboratorios Prady Normapiel

2022

2M Group of Companies acquires Spanish distributor Chemir

2022

2M Group of Companies acquires Italian distributor Bregaglio

2020

2M Group of Companies acquires Evonik Goldschmidt UK

2019

2M Group of Companies acquires French distributor Ingretech

2019

2M Group of Companies are awarded The Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade

2018

2M acquires German distributor FrankenChemie and rebrands as Surfachem Deutschland

2014

Surfachem Nordic formed in joint venture with Detensio AS

2011

Surfachem sets up regional subsidiary Surfachem Polska

2008

Surfachem appointed as UK & Ireland distributor by Evonik

2007

Surfachem & SampleRite joins 2M Group of Companies

Late 1990's

Surfachem appointed as UK & Ireland distributor by Lubrizol, formally Noveon / BF Goodrich

Early 1990's

Surfachem appointed as UK & Ireland distributor by Shell Chemicals

Early 1990's

Surfachem appointed as UK & Ireland distributor by Stepan, formally Manro

1993

Surfachem establishes SampleRite as an independent sample service provider

1984

Surfachem distribution centre opens in Elland, Yorkshire

1981

Surfachem established

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