Everything you need for surface cleaning, paint or metal stripping, pre-treatment, rust prevention, metal coloring and finishing, and chemical polishing!
Founded by Dr. H. B. North and his son-in-law, Fred C. Fay, North Industrial Chemicals, Inc. continues to be family-owned and operated by Jeff Hammel, President and William Hunter, Vice President. Loyal employees are our greatest asset, with an average of over 10 years of service!
Quality
Nationally recognized manufacturers consistently provide NIC with the highest quality, certified chemicals. All aspects of production, from receipt of raw materials to shipment of the final product, are continuously monitored and checked to insure our products are produced to the highest quality standards.
Service
North Industrial Chemical’s employees strive for customer satisfaction. An order received by noon is normally delivered the following business day. Our fleet of tractor trailers, straight trucks and bulk tankers are ready to serve.
... The service, support, and performance from North Industrial Chemical has been unmatched compared to our previous supplier... With our wastewater pre-treatment plant, NIC has been invaluable.
Grant F.
Service on a Personal Level
NIC’s service and expertise are delivered on such a personal level that even as a smaller customer, I feel like the only customer. Only once have they not been able to help with our challenges, and they immediately got us in contact with a third party who could.
Carl G.
Service Like I Never Experienced
I’ve used NIC chemicals in all three breweries in which I have worked. Brewery sizes from a 200K BBL production brewery down to my own brewpub now. The products clean great, are economical, and NIC provides customer service that I have never experienced with other suppliers.
In 1921 Dr. North organized the North Metal & Chemical Company for the manufacture of compounds of tungsten and molybdenum and other rare earth elements. The new company was incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Reorganized in the 1930’s as a commercial production facility, North Metal & Chemical Company became the principal supplier of critically important Tungstic Acid during World War II. Postwar shortages of tungsten ore saw North Metal & Chemical Company move rapidly to the production of alternative molybdenum-based products.
In 1944, with his son-in-law, Fred C. Fay and their wives, the North Industrial Chemical Company, a partnership, was organized for the distribution of industrial chemicals.
Major Plant Expansions and SPC
Development of new applications for molybdenum additives in subsequent decades prompted major plant expansions in 1965 and again in 1977. By 1977, NM&C Co. was the largest domestic producer of the sodium molybdate compounds used extensively in metallurgy, paints, inks, fertilizers, vitamin supplements, and automotive antifreeze.
The advent of inorganic corrosion inhibitors has extended the use of molybdates as water treatment additives for cooling tower systems. However, stringent quality control requirements of this new application dictated a “top to bottom” modernization program at NM&C Co. Completed in 1987, this project virtually rebuilt the plant – increasing manufacturing controls, production efficiency, and overall product quality. 1988 saw the implementation of a full statistical process control (SPC) program.
Today
Today, all aspects of production, from receipt of raw materials to shipment of the final product, are continuously monitored and checked to insure our products are produced to the highest quality standards.