Company Profile  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