Speciality Chemicals Magazine SEP / OCT 2021 | Page 13

First buys for Verdant

Houston-based Verdant Specialty Solutions has acquired DeForest Enterprises and ParaFlow Energy Solutions from Chemical Services Group of Boca Raton , Florida , in its first deals since being sold by Solvay to OpenGate Capital in April and renamed . Terms were not disclosed . DeForest is a speciality surfactants company with a range of chemistries including low-foam wetting agents , alkaline- , acid- , chlorine- and peroxidestable surfactants , high- and low-foam amphoteric surfactants , hydrotropes , water-soluble corrosion inhibitors and phosphate esters .
ParaFlow , meanwhile , supplies products applicable , for paraffin mitigation in upstream crude oil production and technologies for use in demulsifier applications to assist in solids and iron drop-out , plus the separation and recovery of hydrocarbons from refinery slop oil and crude oil storage tank bottoms . Verdant said that these additions will complement its offer in amphoterics . The two firms have over 100 customers in markets including I & I cleaning , metalworking and metal finishing , oilfield , pigments and inks , construction and auto care .

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