About us
We are the name behind the sustainable high-performance ingredients and technologies that feature in many of the world’s most successful brands.
Read about our Purpose
About us
We create, make and deliver speciality chemicals that industries and consumers worldwide rely on every day.
Established in 1925, we have built a legacy of innovation, customer focus, and a forward-thinking approach that sets us apart.
Our Purpose, using Smart science to improve lives™, drives everything we do. With a team of over 6,100 passionate employees operating across manufacturing sites, laboratories, and offices globally, we harness cutting-edge science to develop sustainable solutions for unmet needs.
Collaboration is at the heart of our success. By working closely with customers and leveraging the expertise of our unified global team, we continually push boundaries, rethinking challenges to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions.
As a trusted partner across diverse industries, Croda is committed to enhancing everyday life while safeguarding our planet’s future. Whether it’s in beauty and personal care, pharmaceuticals, crop care, or industrial applications, we are proud to play a key role in shaping a better tomorrow through smart science.
Our Purpose
At Croda, our purpose is to use Smart science to improve lives™ through a values-led culture that shapes our work and partnerships. Our knowledge, passion, and entrepreneurial spirit drive the creation of specialty ingredients trusted by industries and consumers worldwide.
Our focus
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Our markets
We develop and supply innovative high-value ingredients that are typically included at low inclusion levels and offer critical functionality to our customers formulations. We are united by our Purpose of using Smart science to improve lives™, with our ingredients delivering a positive impact in all our markets.
Where we operate
Every day our global team, across 37 countries, work together to inspire our customers.
Croda at a glance
At Croda, we are driven by our Purpose, to use smart science to create high-performance ingredients and technologies that improve lives.
Careers
Here at Croda, our people and operations are what make us who we are, we have people across the world, operating in 37 different countries.
Our heritage
Founded in 1925, we continue to build on our heritage every day, with sustainability always central to our thinking, turning exciting and often ground-breaking ideas into practical solutions for our customers.
Ethics
Responsible and ethical behaviour is fundamental to the way we operate at Croda.