Quality. Responsiveness. Timeliness.

Colonial Chemical is committed to leading the industry in product quality, responsiveness and average production lead time in the manufacture of specialty chemicals for multiple markets.

99.8%

Delivery Acceptance | YTD (through september 2025)

99.8%

Delivery Acceptance | 2024

PRODUCT QUALITY

  • 23,090 PO product lines shipped in the last 36 months
  • Only 23 documentation issues in the last 36 months
  • Only 52 quality-related complaints in 17,233 shipments in the last 36 months

94.9%

ON-TIME SHIPMENTs | YTD (through september 2025)

93.5%

ON-TIME SHIPMENTS | 2024

RESPONSIVENESS

  • 5,333 Samples shipped YTD in 2.9 days (avg. 2025) − 8,287 samples shipped in 3.1 days (avg. 2024)
  • 432 Regulatory Requests completed YTD in 3.6 days (avg. 2025) − 467 completed (total 2024) in 4.1 days (avg. 2024)
  • Corrective and Preventative Action on all complaints within 11.4 days YTD (avg. 2025) − within 11.3 days (avg. 2024)


20.3

CALENDAR DAYS | YTD (through september 2025)

22.3

Calendar DAYS | 2024

AVERAGE PRODUCTION LEAD TIME

  • 45.3 million pounds shipped YTD (through September 2025) − 64.9 million pounds shipped in 2024 (total)
  • 50% orders available to ship within 4 weeks (through September 2025)


Colonial Chemical is an Approved GMP for Cosmetics | ISO 22716:2007 Manufacturer​

Colonial Chemical is an approved GMP for Cosmetics | ISO 22716:2007 manufacturer. These guidelines provide a system of processes, procedures and documentation to assure a product has the identity, strength, composition, quality and purity that appear on the product label. 

Acquiring GMP for Cosmetics certification means investing in state-of-the-art equipment and technology in addition to the certification costs. Certification requires a rigorous process analyzing various aspects of the company including personnel, organizational structure, documentation and equipment in general. GMP for Cosmetics is widely recognized across the globe.

ISO 9001:2015 – ASQ/ANSI/ISO 9001-2015

Colonial Chemical successfully updated its registration to the ISO 9001:2015 on October 30, 2024. This standard provides our customers the security of knowing that all of our processes have been reviewed, verified and approved by a globally-recognized accreditation body. Our current registration is through November 8, 2026.

Prior to the successful ISO 9001:2015 audit, Colonial Chemical was successfully registered to the ISO 9001:2008 standard. Since 2015, these concurrent successful registrations exhibit our continued commitment to quality, customer service and performance.

Colonial Chemical takes pride in the quality of our products and level of service we provide each customer.