Croda International Plc creates, makes, and sells specialty chemicals in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. It operates in four segments: Personal Care, Life Sciences, Performance Technologies, and Industrial Chemicals. The company offers adhesives; crop protection additives and adjuvants, specialty additives for agricultural films, and seed enhancement and animal health chemicals; lubricant additives, specialty additives for plastics, coatings and polymers, advanced materials, and vehicle cleaning chemicals; and specialty ingredients for skin care, hair care, sun care, self-tanning, color cosmetics, body care, bath and shower, deodorants, anti-perspirants, depilatories, men's grooming, oral hygiene, and baby care applications. It also provides bio based phase change materials for building and construction; dietary supplements; phase change materials, advanced materials, and polymer additives; and chemistries, emulsifiers, fuel and power generation additives, and polymer additives for energy and resource industries. In addition, the company offers food additives; specialty polymer additives for furniture and wood applications; household, industrial, and institutional cleaning products; lubricants; oleochemicals; and packaging, print, and paper chemicals. Further, it provides paints and coatings; active pharmaceutical ingredients; thermal management products; and plastic and rubber products for food packaging, carrier bags and toys, car bumpers, mobile phones, and home appliances. Additionally, the company offers drug delivery systems, emollients, and emulsifiers for skin moisturisation, barrier repair, and wound healing; hygiene nonwovens, botanical extracts, tissues, and fiber finishes; and emulsifiers, defoamers, inverters, corrosion inhibitors, dispersants, and lubricants for water treatment applications. Croda International Plc was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Goole, the United Kingdom.
