Celebrating 40 years of brilliance
We are delighted to have reached this major milestone of 40 years in business and do so in a position stronger than ever.
It is with an immense amount of gratitude to our customers, contacts and employees that we celebrate this achievement. Since our beginning, when Jim and Eileen Devine founded the company in 1986, we have strived to respond to market challenges by developing cutting-edge solutions with robust technical capabilities.
Today, with son Dan Devine as Managing Director and daughter Emma Harvey as Financial Director we continue to specialise in water-based chemistry and design products that enhance the performance and sustainability of applications in a breadth of industries including the coatings, construction, agrochemicals and adhesives markets.
We have been on an incredible journey, having started in a small office in Consett to now being in a facility five times the size, but still staying close to our County Durham routes.
A few highlights from the past 40 years
Having the ability to design and manufacture our own portfolio of cutting-edge additives such as DeCAL, DeTOX – a range of titanium dioxide pigments and DeLOUR – a series of pigments and dispersions.
Launching our building and construction division, AptiCem, which offers dry mortar additives, admixtures, defoamers and lithium carbonate replacements.
Bolstering our global presence with facilities in Europe and the U.S. which complement our UK facility and technical centre in Haslingden.
Becoming a UK distributor for global manufacturers, supplying primarily to the coatings and construction industries.
In recent years, to meet challenges in an industry centred around the cost of raw materials, we have also invested heavily in technical capabilities, lab equipment and personnel to push the boundaries of product development. This is something we’ll continue, to drive further innovation with the creation of new products.
Jim Devine commented: “I’m overjoyed that the company has reached this significant milestone, and it’s fantastic that it remains family owned and operated – under Dan and Emma’s guidance I know the company can continue to grow stronger and I’m excited to see what the future brings.
“When I started the company, it was in response to a gap in the market and meeting challenges and today, through our technical capabilities and innovation we continue to respond to these challenges.”
Dan Devine, Managing Director at Devine Chemicals added: “Having worked in the business for 15 years, I’m delighted that I have been able to carry on the work my parents started and to steer the company forward with a fantastic team at my side who have been instrumental in our success.
“I’m pleased at how well the company has responded to macroeconomic challenges which has largely been driven by our ability to work closely with our customers and partners and the strength of our team. This stands us in good stead for the future as I look forward to growing both headcount and sales revenue.”
We look forward to continuing our success with the support of our team, customers and supply chain partners.
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