Chemistry Done Better
Researching, Manufacturing, and Selling Specialty Chemicals Across North America.
What if More Chemical Partners Took a Holistic Approach When Solving Challenges in Your Business?
Every industry—be it oil and gas production, forestry, manufacturing, water treatment, or even a brand new industry just starting to emerge—faces its own challenges. Modern innovations mean we can tackle many of these challenges with chemistry. But there’s more to overcoming challenges than simply ordering a tote. To really solve problems you need to take the time to understand the bigger picture and the intricacies of each system or equipment.
The result? Fast and effective solutions that are customized to your unique systems.
We Believe in Chemistry Done Better, For a Better Future.
Established in 1960, we have earned a reputation for excellence founded on a commitment to cutting-edge chemistry, meaningful service, and innovative solutions. That’s because we believe it’s not enough to just create ground-breaking chemistry or to simply deliver it.
Guardian Chemicals is recognized as one of the leading specialized chemical suppliers of over 220 products for multiple applications because we take the time to send our industry experts on-site to understand your challenges. We don’t simply develop solutions and applications that work—we also constantly test to discover product and process improvements, and make sure we are delivering beyond the expectations of all stakeholders.
A Higher Standard of Product Innovation
We look to clients like you for insight on how we can solve the biggest issues facing your industry. We continually invest in Research & Development, extensively test the chemicals we produce, and always look for better application processes.
Environmentally
Committed
We have become industry leaders by developing responsible chemistry for over 60 years. We create numerous products certified to GreenSeal and company ISO 14001 certification.
Efficient &
Timely Service
We understand that time is money. Our knowledgeable team show up onsite informed and ready to advise. We deliver your chemicals, service your equipment, and aren’t afraid to get our hands dirty to solve the problem.
We’re Certified to Deliver Results
We cater to any unique need while staying committed to best-in-class safety and ISO standards.
Frequently Asked Questions About Guardian Chemicals
We research, formulate, manufacture and sell specialty industrial chemistry across North America, with more than 220 products covering cleaning and degreasing, water treatment, oil and gas production chemistry, metal preparation, release agents, defoamers, odour control and sanitation. We manufacture what we sell rather than reselling other people’s chemistry.
Since 1960. That length of time matters mainly because a lot of the industries we serve, including the oilsands, have changed completely over that period, and the product range reflects problems worked through with customers rather than a catalogue assembled at once.
At our plant in Sturgeon County, Alberta, and at our facility in Kissimmee, Florida. Canadian customers are buying Canadian-made chemistry and US customers are buying US-made, which matters where procurement policy or content requirements apply on either side of the border.
Control over the formulation. When a product does not quite suit a system, we can change it, because the formulation and the production run are ours. A distributor can only offer the nearest thing in the catalogue. That is also why our lab can screen chemistry against your actual sample rather than against a standard.
Yes, and it is routine rather than exceptional. Most of our product line started as a custom solution for a specific system. If your temperature, pH, metallurgy or process constraints do not suit an existing product, adjusting it is a normal request.
Oil and gas production, oilsands and refining, mining, wood products and engineered panels, food and beverage processing, manufacturing and metal working, transportation and heavy equipment, plus the water treatment and sanitation needs of commercial and institutional buildings including hospitals, schools, hotels, arenas and data centres.
We operate to ISO standards and hold best-in-class safety practices as a condition of working on the sites our customers run. For a specific certification or a site prequalification requirement, ask and we will provide the current documentation.
On-site support is the core of how we work. Our representatives are technical people who go to site, survey systems, test, and troubleshoot. For larger cleaning and process work we run a structured process called BrightShield that scopes the job with an audit, lab analysis and a validation report against agreed measures.
Yes. Our lab does foulant and deposit analysis, water and fluid analysis, and bench screening of candidate chemistry against a customer’s actual sample, with the incumbent product included as a comparison. Reports are issued on Guardian letterhead and are often what turns a recommendation into a decision.
Yes. We manufacture in both countries, with Canadian operations based in Alberta and US operations in Florida, plus regional stocking and sales representation. Customers operating on both sides of the border get the same products with domestic manufacturing in each country.
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