Founded in 1920, Synthite has a long and successful history as a chemicals manufacturer. The company has gained an excellent reputation from its prestigious customer base for quality, reliability, flexibility and speed of response.
1920 – Founded in West Bromwich to produce resins but soon became a successful manufacturer of formaldehyde.
1928 – Synthite was incorporated into the Charles Tennant Group, a diverse international network of manufacturing and distribution companies.
1950 – Formaldehyde production began at the newly acquired plant in Mold, North Wales.
1991 – All production moved to North Wales.
2004 – Synthite acquire BIP, a renowned manufacturer of speciality chemicals and amino moulding powders. It is rebranded as BIP (Oldbury)
2014 – Acquired amino resin manufacturing facilities in Mold and Cork from Dynea , renamed TS Resin and Marinochem
Today Synthite employs 110 staff members – 75 within our chemicals divisions and 35 employees managing our logistics affairs. Our turnover is in excess of £50M occupying several production facilities and plants in the UK and Ireland. Core business activities remain within the areas specialising in formaldehyde manufacture, paraformaldehyde manufacture, agricultural products, toll manufacture of chemicals, methanol trading and logistics
Products
Formaldehyde
24% – 55% in aqueous solution
Shipped Tanker, IBC, Drum
Applications Resins, Urea, Biocides, Preservatives
Paraformaldehyde
82% to 97% Granular Prills
97% Fine Powder
Shipped Bags, bulk bags, re-usable containers
Applications Resins, Urea, Biocides, Preservatives
Alcoforms®
Methyl. N-butyl (others available on request)
Shipped Tanker, IBC, Drum
Applications Commonly used for manufacture of resins, surface coatings and textile finishes
Agrochemicals
A range of products for agriculture
Shipped Bags, bulk bags, re-usable containers, Drums, IBCs
Applications Disinfection, Fumigation, Silage additives
Toll Chemicals
Chemicals made to order under tolling agreements
Shipped Customer specification
Methanol
Import and distribute in the UK
Shipped Tankers
Logistics
Own and operate a fleet of GP tankers
Markets
- Amino & Phenolic Resins
- Abrasives & Brake Linings
- Agriculture
- Chemical Toilets, Disinfection & Fumigation
- Concrete & Plaster
- Dyes & Cosmetics
- Oilfield Chemicals
- Medicine, Vitamins & Pharmacy
Contract Manufacture
- Process Development
- Production Trials
- Custom Synthesis
- New Product Scale-up
- Large Scale liquid Blending
Oilfield Chemicals
Annual Capacity – 50,000 Tonnes
- Triazines – Ethanolamine (mono)
- Triazines – Amine (methyl)
- Alcoforms
- Formaldehyde
- Methanol
- Blends
Certifications
ISO 9001:2008
ISO 14001:2004
FEMAS ( Animal Feeds )
SQAS ( Transport )
ACCILLES JQS ( North Sea )
FEED HYGIENE REGULATIONS (183/2005
SIRA SITE CONFORMITY INSPECTION
CEFAS (Methanol and SYNCIDE TZ45 )
SYNCIDE HHT50 & SYNCIDE HHT78 CEFAS registrations applied for
Technical
Quality
Synthite is committed to the principles of Total Quality Management. Quality assurance plays a key role in our business philosophy. Synthite is ISO 9001: 2015 accredited.
REACH
Preparations for REACH began some years ago. Its implementation is of fundamental importance to Synthite’s operational practices. REACH is given a high priority within the company and all of its current manufactured products have been pre-registered.
Health, Safety and the Environment
Our commitment to environmental responsibility and the health and safety of our employees and members of the public is of prime importance in the pursuit of our business objectives. We observe strict policies to maintain the highest safety and environmental standards for all site operations.
EA Authorisation Licenses
Aqueous effluent treatment plant
Waste minimisation
Commitment to CIA Responsible Care Programme
Duty of care
Environmental Management System – ISO 14001: 2015
Technical Documents
Terms & Conditions (Purchasing)
Terms & Conditions (Sales)
BSI Quality Accreditation
Femas Accreditation
SQAS Accreditation
Environmental Management
Modern Slavery Act 2019
