A growing, proudly NZ owned and
operated cleaning chemicals manufacturer, developing and manufacturing a wide variety of cleaning and hygiene products, covering contract manufacturing and contract packing.
We are a close knit team of ‘get up and go’ New Zealander’s. Like a lot of Kiwi companies we started out small, with
a dream and vision.
Our leading Kemsol brand is successfully sold throughout NZ and the Pacific Islands and we have a growing number of additional successful brands.
Our formulation starting point is making sure that products are safe in use. We have built a formidable and improving support system, ensuring high environmental standards are met and compliance and safety is at the heart of the program.
Like all good Kiwi companies, Chemical Solutions was started with an idea by someone who was passionate about making it happen.
In our case, the man was Peter Vaughan (our founding Chemist) and the idea was to develop products for the fleet industry that met their needs better than other imported products. He pulled his family around him to help manufacture them, and so the business began.
It all started in the late 1970’s when Peter Vaughan, our founding Chemist went into business for himself as a cleaning chemicals manufacturer after working as an R&D Chemist for a number of New Zealand cleaning product manufacturers. His original company, Chemenox Pacific Ltd started from humble beginnings and built his first factory.
Pete was very concerned about exposure to hazardous products so was always looking at safe raw materials that could achieve great results. He was developing products based on sustainable raw materials such as sugar and fish oil a decade before sustainable surfactants were available in New Zealand.
Chemical Solutions was born in 1991, and the business really took off.
Since then our business has grown, moving to a factory in James Fletcher Drive, a further move to a purpose built facility at Airport Oaks in 2006, then to our new home at Freight Place, Airport Oaks. With extra office/manufacturing and laboratory space the business is now ready for the next stage of growth.
Glasgow Ave
1991 – 1994
James Fletcher Drive
1994 – 2005
Aintree Ave
2005 – 2013
Freight Place
2013 – TODAY
Over 30 years later, the same passion and ideas are evident in the way we run the company today.
We believe strongly in innovation and the need to develop products that meet our customer’s needs. We have a very productive R & D lab with a full-time chemist and technical team on hand to formulate products and monitor our manufacturing quality.
Family values are at the core of much of what we do – many of Pete’s extended family are still involved in the business.
We all see our customers as our most important partners in the business. While this is an easy thing to say, we genuinely believe it and work hard to make sure our customers have a voice in every decision we make.
Our staff share a passion to be the best we can be – whether that is in manufacturing, customer service, sales or accounts. If you feel there are things we can do better,
let us know.
