Finetex is a privately held company, headquartered in New Jersey, with manufacturing sites in New Jersey and North Carolina. It is a high quality, technology-based business supplying specialty surfactants and emollients to the personal care, cosmetics and

“Finetex has significant sales in our key target markets of personal care and HI&I, with robust customer positions and a manufacturing base that is capable of delivering products globally,” said Dennis Kerrison, president and chief executive officer of Octel Corp. “The technology base is strong and there is a developing pipeline of new products. This acquisition, together with our recent acquisition of Aroma & Fine Chemicals in the UK, now gives us the critical mass we need to grow and further develop our performance chemicals business on a global basis.”