19 Jun 2024
Established in 1963, Lakeland Laboratories continually invests in the development of speciality surfactants and product formulas, supplying industrial and institutional cleaning sector clients with the latest chemical products that ensures their manufacturing never stands still.
Highly adaptable surfactants for the IIC Sector by Manchester-based Lakeland Laboratories
With good environmental profiles and an ever-evolving range of applications, Lakeland Laboratories manufactures quality surfactants for industrial and institutional cleaning sector clients throughout the UK and worldwide.
Lakeland’s trusted team supports the industrial and institutional cleaning sector with hands-on laboratory skills and technical expertise that develops tailored amphoteric surfactants and phosphate esters for our clients, creating unique, compliant and highly effective speciality surfactants with reliable consistency.
Exceptional hard surface cleaning is achieved through high-performance amphoteric and phosphate ester surfactants, with both high-foaming AMAs which enhance builders and low-foaming formulas boosting cleaning power, working together to produce lasting results across a range of surfaces.
Lakeland’s industrial and institutional cleaning products are incredibly versatile, and our technical team works closely with clients to identify specific needs and develop bespoke product ranges to suit:
Lakeland’s client develops and manufactures chemicals for large, corporate suppliers of cleaning products to the industrial and institutional cleaning sector.
Having established a strong partnership for more than 10 years, Lakeland visits our Northern Ireland client annually, continually building our relationship and understanding of our client’s marketplace to ensure that our products meet the exact specifications demanded by our client and its customers’ current industrial and institutional cleaning needs, and identifying opportunities to develop new, effective products that perform just as intended.
Using Lakeland’s versatile amphoteric and phosphate ester products, our client develops and manufactures surfactants for its large industrial and institutional cleaning customer base to use in their janitorial supplies and car care products.
Meeting face-to-face with our client is essential to Lakeland’s work, allowing us to respond quickly to demand and explore opportunities to develop existing and new surfactants that meet our client’s specification and the ever-growing needs of its industrial and institutional cleaning sector consumers.
Testimonial from Lakeland's client, who develops & manufactures chemicals for large, corporate suppliers of cleaning products to the industrial and institutional cleaning sector.
Lakeland understands that our work plays a fundamental role in industrial and institutional cleaning product supply, and we pride ourselves on excellent customer service which delivers surfactants that meet all current regulatory compliance measures.
Our industrial and institutional cleaning surfactants are developed to perform differently according to temperature, ensuring that performance is not restricted. As IIC and good hygiene practices become increasingly-important in commercial and public spaces, Lakeland’s products offer surface protection and ease of application.
With chemistry at the heart of our business, Lakeland’s surfactant manufacturing team in Manchester is dedicated to continual improvement and delivering reliable, consistent and high-performance amphoteric, phosphate ester, wax emulsion and speciality surfactants which support clients across the industrial and cleaning sector, as well as those in industrial, food production, automotive and metalworking sectors worldwide.
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