Homecare & Industrial Cleaning Ingredients
Essential and sustainable ingredients and chemicals to satisfy your homecare and industrial cleaning needs.
Finding the right ingredient for your application can be difficult. Whether searching for a specialty chemical or sustainable ingredient for laundry detergent, glass cleaner or other application, Univar Solutions is here to support your formulation needs.
Your next cleaning innovation starts here
How is the cleaning industry supporting a better world without compromising disinfection, safety, and cleaning performance?
Univar Solutions combines a unique understanding of technical expertise and formulation innovation with a premier portfolio of specialty cleaning ingredients to deliver solutions that support the future of clean.
A dedicated team of homecare and industrial cleaning experts provides ingredient knowledge spanning from traditional to bio-based and natural product options such as surfactants, chelates, silicones, enzymatic and microbial materials, and others to help you with new product development and optimization.
From regulatory and label requirements to sustainable product goals, we understand the challenges and opportunities facing the cleaning industry, how to bring technical solutions forward, and how to optimize manufacturing processes where less material does more. Exploring eco-friendly cleaning ingredients or formulations to meet consumer demands and comply with Clean Label, Safer Choice ingredient listings, and Nordic Swan? Univar Solutions has you covered.
Discover how a partnership with Univar Solutions can contribute to your bottom line and help you achieve your sustainability goals.
Applications in home & industrial cleaning
Automotive
Bathroom
Dish
Hard Surface
Laundry
Medical
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Homecare & industrial cleaning innovations
Innovating ingredients for dish cleaning products and laundry formulation
Experience and expertise for the future of your laundry and dish formulation solutions
Industrial Warewashing Chemicals & Detergent Formulas
Wash, rinse, sanitize. Explore industrial cleaning solutions from Univar Solutions. Find essential chemicals for your commercial kitchen warewashing program.
Formulations for automatic and tunnel car wash cleaning systems
What's driving the future of car wash cleaning? Discover streak-free and sustainable car wash soaps and concentrates for auto car care and tunnel wash systems.
Latest Home & Industrial Cleaning Trends
Green Clean Guidance
Green Clean Guidance: Sustainable Formulation in Homecare
Selecting the right bio-based and naturally derived cleaning ingredients can be challenging. Here's how Univar Solutions can help you solve for sustainability.
Bio Surfactants Guide
Bio Surfactants in Cleaning Applications: Introductory Guide
What are sustainable surfactants? Univar Solutions technical experts discuss key factors to consider when purchasing or formulating with bio-based surfactants.
Concentrated Cleaning
The benefits of concentrated cleaning products
Learn about the trends driving demand for concentrated household cleaning and laundry products and the benefits that concentrated cleaners provide to consumers.
Sustainable Cleaning
Defunkify Sustainable Enzymatic Ingredient Cleaning Solution
Read how we provided formulation guidance and benchmark testing to support the transition from single-use plastic packaging and optimized a new formula with best-in-class enzymes.
Tunnel Car Wash
Top Five (5) Cleaning Factors for Tunnel Car Washes
Tunnel car wash systems vary in design, but they all share 5 common factors for effective car cleaning. Find out more about the top car wash cleaning factors.
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Homecare and industrial cleaning solutions around the world
Specialty lab services
Innovating at the intersection of science, technology and consumer trends, Univar Solutions partners with customers and suppliers to create high-performing products and sustainable formulations.
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Commercial laundry market trends and cleaning solutions
Need to understand the latest industrial laundry market drivers and find solutions that address the health, safety and environmental needs of tomorrow?
On-demand Webinar
Conscientiously Clean: 1,4-dioxane starter formulations and ingredient solutions
The Conscientiously Clean webinar focuses on four starter formulations and ingredient solutions to help achieve optimal 1,4-dioxane levels and meet the NY S4389B regulation.
Sustainability in Home & Industrial Cleaning
Univar Solutions is your partner for sustainability in home care and industrial cleaning applications.
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Cleaning Solutions Expertise
- Eco-friendly formulation expertise
- Bio-based and natural ingredient options
- Regulatory compliance support
- Technical application development
- Performance improvement solutions
- Customized formulation services
- Global ingredient sourcing
Ready to formulate your next cleaning innovation?
Our team of cleaning experts is ready to help you develop sustainable, high-performance solutions for your specific application needs.