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Specialty additives · Illinois
Additives for the people who formulate.
Extreme pressure to corrosion protection, metalworking fluid to grease — the chemistry behind better-performing fluids, developed in Illinois and answered in person.
Find your additive
342 products · 46 specialties · Lombard & Harvey, Illinois — or browse by category
Products
Five families of chemistry.
Extreme pressure, corrosion protection, lubricity, emulsification, penetration — whatever the formulation needs, it starts in one of these.
21 specialties · 192 products
Metalworking
Cutting, drawing, forming, grinding, quench — the deepest shelf.
Browse11 specialties · 93 products
Corrosion Protection
Rust protection for every exposure, indoor to salt spray.
Browse9 specialties · 40 products
Lubricant & Grease
Gear, hydraulic, waylube, engine, grease, coolant, chain.
Browse5 specialties · 35 products
Specialty Chemistries
Dyes, defoamers, PAO base stocks, one-off grades.
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Paint Industry
Catalog in preparation.
Learn moreWhy Ideas
What working with us is like.
Formulated with you
Performance, compatibility, stability, or something fully custom — we work the problem with you until the chemistry fits.
Held batch after batch
Approved raw materials, disciplined manufacturing in Harvey. Your reorder matches your qualification sample.
Who we supply
Decades deep in the fluid business.
From the Lombard office and the Harvey plant, Ideas supplies formulators across the United States — and around the world.
Metalworking fluid formulatorsIndustrial lubricant blendersGrease manufacturersSpecialty chemical producersSteel & metal processorsAutomotive fluid producersCoatings manufacturers
How it works
Sample first. Then scale.
01Request a sampleFree, matched to your operation — by phone, email, or the form.
02Qualify on your lineRun it with your fluids, your metals, your process. Documentation comes with it.
03Reorder, unchangedThe formulation is held consistent — batch after batch, year after year.
Start with a sample.
Call (630) 620-2010 or send the spec — we’ll match the chemistry to it.