We’ve Climbed (Again!) on the 2018 ICIS Top 100 List
For 2018, Coast Southwest has moved up yet again in the ICIS Top 100 list of North American chemical distributors!
For 2018, Coast Southwest has moved up yet again in the ICIS Top 100 list of North American chemical distributors!
2017 saw exciting growth in nearly every sector of specialty chemicals, and it looks like the growth with just keep coming.
We're happy to be celebrating 15 years of innovation and customer service in Texas, and the customers and people who made it possible.
Lisa Jones of Coast Southwest Will Be Speaking at SWSCC Lisa Jones, our Regional Vice President, General Manager in the great state of Texas, will be the guest speaker at the November Chapter Meeting of the Southwest Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SWSCC). Her topic, which she'll undoubtedly deliver upon engagingly and informatively? [...]
Join Us at SCCC Suppliers' Day 17 in Long Beach! We’d be glad to see you if you’re planning to attend the Society of Cosmetic Chemists California Suppliers’ Day 17 event coming up October 25-26 at the Long Beach Convention Center. Even if you hadn’t been planning it, it’s an event that’s well worth your time. [...]
Why We've Joined CICC We're proud and pleased to have become a member of the Chemical Industry Council of California. To understand exactly why we've taken that step, you only have to read over CICC's objectives: Alert member companies regarding public attitudes and governmental intent in matters affecting the industry; Provide a forum for member discussion [...]
Preservative Solutions to Meet Formulating Requirements and Market Demands Preservatives are one of the least glamorous ingredient groups in cosmetic formulas, but are the most critical to making a product function. If a formulator can’t keep a skin cream, shampoo, or eye shadow fresh, nothing else matters. When it comes to personal care ingredients, [...]
Chelates: Removing metal ions in a controlled way Chelates are an important component of most personal care and industrial applications. The key function is to act as an oxidizing agent and sequester free metallic ions, which by themselves can cause stability and micro issues within a system. It is common to add chelates to [...]
Dissolvine® GL-47-S Improves The Performance Of Personal Care Preservatives Going green? Don’t forget your chelate! Derived from corn, Dissolvine® GL-47-S is the natural choice to enhance the performance of those halogen-free, formaldehyde-free, and paraben-free preservative systems available to the chemist who is formulating “green.” Dissolvine® GL-47-S has no biocidal properties by itself, but when formulated [...]
Innovation as a jobs engine in the chemical industry Innovation begets jobs -- just ask anybody in Silicon Valley about that, or any of the numerous communities springing up around the world, where engineers and chemists and other scientific professionals are applying themselves daily to the task of making better products and breakthrough strides [...]