Innovative Specialty Chemistry Delivering Unique Solutions

With strong product technology, modern state-of-the-art production facilities, and a global footprint supported by local supply, Velsicol delivers reliable solutions backed by technical expertise, long-term customer partnerships, and a commitment to quality and product stewardship.

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Velsicol Chemical LLC is a specialty and commodity chemical company that manufactures, distributes and sells a diverse range of performance chemicals for global industrial markets.

Velsicol is a leading producer and marketer of benzoate plasticizers for various polymer additive applications with our Velsiflex® product line. We are also the world market leader in cyclopentadiene chemistry, including Hexachlorocyclopentadiene and Chlorendic Anhydride.

This product portfolio serves a wide range of customers and end-use applications in adhesives, caulk, paint and coatings, PVC, plastisol, unsaturated polyester resins, flame retardant and epoxy resin markets.

24

product patents

30

countries supplied

20

global locations

95

years in business

Our Specialty Chemical Portfolio

Velsiflex® Plasticizers

High-performance benzoate plasticizers that provide excellent polymer compatibility, efficiency, softness, and permanence across adhesives, sealants, coatings, urethanes, plastisols, and flexible PVC applications.

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Chlorendic Anhydride

A reactive flame retardant used in resins, coatings, and composites to deliver permanent flame retardance, heat resistance, corrosion resistance, and abrasion resistance in demanding industrial applications.

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Hex

A versatile chemical intermediate used in bonding agents, semiconductor etching, and the production of Chlorendic Anhydride for applications requiring flexibility, durability, and performance.

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Benzoic Acid

A high-quality chemical intermediate used in alkyd and polyester resins, paints, and coatings to improve gloss, hardness, chemical resistance, and overall formulation performance.

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About Velsicol Chemical LLC

Velsicol has been in business since 1931, and through the years, we have shown that we will not compromise on our core values of Service, Quality and Product Stewardship.

Together, these values define our day-to-day approach of working with our customers on a solutions-focused and value-added basis of doing business. That commitment is supported by ISO 9001-certified operations and REACH-registered products. We are a company that has a long history of partnering with our customers, with many long-standing relationships that have lasted multiple decades.

Velsicol’s global corporate headquarters is in suburban Chicago near O’Hare International Airport. We also have strategic manufacturing, distribution, and sales and marketing offices located all over the world in support of a global and multinational customer base.

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Our Global Footprint

With production sites, distribution centers, warehouses, and sales offices strategically located around the world, Velsicol provides responsive supply, technical support, and commercial service wherever our customers do business.

Velsicol Chemical LLC

10400 W. Higgins Rd, STE 303
Rosemont, IL 60018

+1 (847) 635-3486

customerservice@velsicol.com

Global Corporate Headquarters

Velsicol Chemical Ireland LTD.

Charter House, 5 Pembroke Row, Dublin 2, Ireland

European Sales Contact: John Mrozik

+44 7785 242593

jmrozik@velsicol.com

European Headquarters

Chemical Industrial Development Zone

Huanggang City (Wuhan), Hubei Province, China

Manufacturing Location

Hongshangang Industrial Park

Wuwei City, Gansu Province, China

Manufacturing Location

Shanghai Bingchem Co., LTD

Shanghai, China

Susan Huang

huangsq826@hotmail.com

Sales Office

LR International

Bensenville, IL USA