 Corporate Profile
Blachford is a leading manufacturing company providing industries with innovative, custom-designed industrial products. With over eighty years of experience, and five North American manufacturing locations, we serve a wide range of markets including construction and off-highway equipment, commercial vehicles, plastics, steel, rubber, metal-working and wire. The quality management system in all five of our plants has ISO 9001 certification, and four of our plants also have ISO/TS 16949. Both Blachford Inc. and Blachford RP have ISO 14001 accreditation.
Our main product lines share the following characteristics:
- Industrial materials
- Batch process manufacturing
- Specialties rather than commodities
- Mainly mixtures, rather than pure chemicals
- Many are specifically tailored for particular customers
Our main product ranges include the following:
- Lubricants, coatings and corrosion inhibitors used in the production of wire
- Lubricants, coatings and corrosion inhibitors used in the production of cold and hot rolled steel
- Metal working lubricants and compounds, such as corrosion inhibitors and drawing compounds
- Noise reducing materials, such as sound absorbers, sound barriers and vibration damping materials
- Floor covering systems for commercial vehicles
- Process aids and anti-tack agents for rubber
- Lubricants, process aids and heat stabilizers for plastics
- Lubricants for powdered metals
- Gelling agents for oil and gas well fracturing, as well as many other uses
Being a responsible corporate citizen, especially in terms of the health and safety of our employees and customers, is a core Blachford tenet. Our concern extends to the communities where our plants are located, and to the protection of the environment at large. For over a decade, H.L. Blachford Ltd. has met all the requirements of the Responsible Care® program, which is a voluntary industry-wide commitment to the safe handling of our chemicals from inception to disposal. Blachford Corp. in Frankfort, IL is also Responsible Care® certified.
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