Summit Chemical Specialty Products was founded in 1962 in Somerset, NJ as Summit Research Labs. Summit was one of the original manufacturers of aluminum chlorohydrate for the antiperspirant market and for more than 55 years has continued to be a market leader and innovator in the manufacture of aluminum chlorohydrate and polyaluminum chloride products for the personal care, water treatment, paper, and allied industries.
Important events in Summit Chemical Specialty Products History:
1962 - Summit founded in Somerset, New Jersey USA
1989 - Current management team purchases company
1991 - Sumalchlor 50 is the first NSF certified Aluminum Chlorohydrate
1992 - Summit purchases Dow Corning facility in Huguenot, New York
1994 - Major investment in R&D and R&D staff expansion
1994 - Summit Phoenix, Arizona manufacturing site starts production
1999 - Summit Kandla, India manufacturing site starts production
2000 - Summit opens Asia Pacific Sales and Technical Center in Bangkok, Thailand
2003 - Summit Flemington, New Jersey manufacturing site starts production
2003 - Summit moves corporate headquarters to Flemington, New Jersey site
2005 - Summit expands European distribution and warehousing in partnership with Matrix Chemie, Leeds, United Kingdom
2006 - Somerset facility ceases production, major capacity increase at Flemington, New Jersey Site
2009 - Summit Hamilton, Ohio manufacturing site starts production
2012 - Summit opens satellite Sales and Technical Center in Manila, Philippines
2013 - R&D Staff expansion and upgrade of corporate labs
2013 - Capacity increase and upgrade at Phoenix, Arizona site
2014 - Summit Research Labs changes name to Summit Chemical Specialty Products to more accurately reflect our diversified product line & market reach
2014 - Summit opens European Sales office in Almelo, The Netherlands
2014 - Summit completes REACH registration for the European Union
2015 - Summit Samut Prakarn, Thailand manufacturing site starts production
2015 - Summit Asia Pacific Sales and Technical Center moves to Samut Prakarn, Thailand
2017 - Major capacity expansion at Summit Samut Prakarn, Thailand manufacturing
