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A history of
​global innovation

Our History

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
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