Croda Inc was founded in 1950 by the son of A.P Wood, a founding partner of Croda International.  Like the parent organization, Croda Inc is the product of a series of acquisitions and mergers.  In 1957, Croda purchased the lanolin business of the Hummel Chemical Company, renaming it Hummel Lanolin Corporation.  In 1965 the company purchased the Bald Eagle Corporation in Lock Haven, PA.  This provided Croda Inc with the Mill Hall, PA production site and the capacity to ethoxylate and manufacture fatty chemicals and specialty emulsifiers.  In 1976 the Mill Hall facility expanded with the start-up of Croda-Carson, a joint venture which later became Croda Surfactants.  This moved the company into surfactant technology other than nonionics.  In 1987 the separate divisions were merged and Croda Inc became one entity with its corporate offices based in New York City.  During this same time, manufacturing was consolidated to the Mill Hall plant and our North American Technical Center (NATC) in Edison, NJ was established. In May of 2004, Croda relocated both NATC and US Headquarters to a new site in Edison, NJ.

Today, Croda adheres to an aggressive program of creative product development that couples technology with functionality.  This goes hand in hand with our commitment to build a strong sense of partnership with our customers.  We make it a priority to provide our customers with raw materials that are mild, non-irritating, and naturally renewable.  NATC is equipped with synthesis and analytical capabilities matching those in production.  Our Applications Laboratory provides sample formulations, formulating assistance and a wide range of performance testing.  It is an integral part of the technical support we offer our customers.

In the Personal Care Industry, Croda is considered a forerunner in introducing novel ingredients, new product concepts, and innovative technology. We are recognized as leaders in the development of quaternary ammonium compounds and emollient esters and devote a substantial portion of our research to characterizing their behavior and mechanism of action. We employ state-of-the-art technology in the production of these specialty ingredients and hold a number of patents on the two chemistries. Croda is the Industry's choice for novel proteins and derivatives and was one of the first raw material manufacturers to offer proteins of plant or vegetable origin. Croda's Phybiotex products have brought science and nature together by using microwave technology to maximize the active components in plant materials. Croda is known for the innovation of its Ethnic hair care ingredients and has been recognized for its contributions to relaxer technology and the development of new manufacturing techniques. Croda received the AHBAI Industry Hall of Fame Award as Top Manufacturing Support Vendor from the American Health and Beauty Aids Institute.

As a supplier to the Pharmaceutical Industry, Croda offers a wide range of compendial ingredients and excipients, including high purity lipids and triglycerides, for use in oral, parenteral (injectables), and topical dosage forms. Our Super Refining technology is a proprietary purification process that uses flash chromatography to produce high purity, water-white triglyceride oils for pharmaceutical use.

Croda services a wide range of household and industrial applications that include fabric softeners, textiles, metalworking, leather treating, hard surface cleaners, explosives, lubricants, printing inks and agrochemicals.