Surfactants for the Automotive Sector by Manchester-based Lakeland Laboratories🚗

15 Mar 2024

Lakeland Laboratories has supported global clients across diverse sectors since 1963, with continuous investment in the development and manufacture of speciality chemicals and surfactants which play a key role in many industries, including the automotive sector.

Surfactants for the Automotive Sector by Manchester-based Lakeland Laboratories

From household brands that deliver high-shine cleaning to commercial-grade products suitable for the toughest HGV wash downs, Lakeland Laboratories in Manchester manufactures bespoke surfactants with high and low-foaming applications that make for exceptional performance across well-known and much-loved high street automotive cleaning brands.

Efficient & effective amphoterics & phosphate esters for the automotive sector

Manchester-based Lakeland Laboratories continually invests in the development of our amphoteric and phosphate ester formulas, staying ahead of the automotive sector’s latest technologies and advancements to ensure products keep up with the demands of this ever-changing industry.

Versatile amphoteric surfactants for automotive products:

Fully manufactured in-house, Lakeland Laboratories’ dipropionate surfactants are salt-free and highly versatile, making them a key component in automotive care products.

Lakeland’s hydrotrope amphoteric surfactant provides excellent cleaning performance for our clients in the automotive sector, by effectively lifting dirt, grease and grime from vehicles and enhancing surface protection without causing damage.

Amphoteric surfactants are available in high and low-foaming variants, are powerful emulsifiers and are pH stable in a range of pH, providing corrosion inhibition, anti-static and dispersant properties which are utilised in to good effect in automotive cleaning and care products, whether for private cars or heavy-duty HGVs and commercial vehicles. Lakeland’s amphoteric surfactants are also used effectively in industrial and institutional cleaning, oil field and metal working sectors in particular.

Reliable anti-corrosion phosphate esters for automotive sector clients:

Lakeland Laboratories phosphate ester surfactants are nominally 100% active, and have excellent anti-wear and anti-corrosion properties. Frequently used in the automotive sector, phosphate esters are used in engine oils to improve performance and protect the engine from wear and tear, prolonging the lifespan of the engine components.  

Delivering excellent industrial-strength commercial applications, and together with applications in engine lubrication, phosphate esters promote anti-redeposition of dirt particles, making them ideal for heavy-duty formulations and usage in HGV wash down.

Drying cleanly, Lakeland’s phosphate esters are essential for automotive fleet operators in the preparation of vehicles for MOT as well as encouraging vehicle efficiency and maintaining high corporate standards while on the road.

Our work: Lakeland Laboratories' amphoteric surfactants for international automotive sector client

Lakeland’s automotive sector client manufactures valeting products at its UK-based plant, as well as providing automotive equipment, machinery and infrastructure to its clients.

Delivering excellent industrial-strength automotive applications to meet our client’s needs, Lakeland supplies our AMA amphoteric surfactant product to this international automotive cleaning brand, helping it to create high foaming shampoo and other cleaning products for retail.

Lakeland’s sales and labs team discussed and worked with our automotive client to develop tailored surfactants to meet its specification and support its brand, ensuring consistency and reliability in every batch.

Testimonial from Lakeland's UK automotive sector client, which purchases AMA amphoteric surfactants used in the development of its automotive car cleaning products sold to domestic and international markets.

Surfactants that deliver consistently-excellent performance for the automotive sector

With 60 years of surfactant manufacturing under our belts, Lakeland understands that our work plays a key role in automotive product supply and we pride ourselves on exceptional customer service which delivers tailored surfactants on time, to meet our automotive sector clients' needs, backed by unmatched technical expertise.

Our automotive amphoteric surfactant products are stable with perfumes and dyes, making them ideal for our automotive sector clients, including our manufacturer and retail client that distributes automotive products and equipment internationally, assuring them of excellent product performance and consistent, reliable delivery.

Find out more about surfactants for the automotive sector by Manchester-based Lakeland Laboratories

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 automotive sector, as well as those in industrial, food production, cleaning and manufacturing sectors worldwide.

Request a surfactant sample for your automotive business today!