AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS
Who We Are
American Chemical Solutions, LLC is a family-owned business that has been providing both green and non-green product solutions to our customers with nearly 20 years of experience.
We are a manufacturer of specialty chemicals, surfactants, chemical intermediates, polymer emulsions and lubricants. It is this feature, the chemistry know-how and manufacturing, that allows ACS. to control cost versus another company. The emphasis at ACS is chemical innovation and new technology.
Our plant located in Niles, Michigan features a 1,000-gallon stainless steel tank with overheads along with a number of additional blending vessels, ranging in sizes from 55 to 330 gallons. Our office, lab and plant are computerized for tracking and information retrieval.
What We Offer
Services available to our customers include lab support for solution analysis and accelerated physical testing of panels and parts.
In addition, system and process engineering services are available, including system design consultation and mechanical drawing, training seminars, and equipment to monitor, control, and maintain processes.
All of these capabilities are tailored by industry specialists to meet unique application requirements in many diverse fields.
Why Choose ACS
Our unique experience, along with the facilities and products we have developed, helped American Chemical Solutions, LLC surpass old technology and, in specific areas, lead the field of metal-finishing.
Our accomplishments in surface-treatment chemistry have enabled us to contribute major improvements to many related products, including cleaners, water-treatments, rust inhibitors and metal forming lubricants.
Our Products
ACS 1100 Inhibitor
Detergents & Cleaners
Detergents & Cleaners
This additive is a product formulated specifically to produce a strongly adherent, uniform metallic copper coating on base metals. The coating not only facilitates the drawing of wire, but also enhances the
characteristics of welding and decorative wire.
Detergents & Cleaners
Detergents & Cleaners
Detergents & Cleaners
This extensive line can be found in laundry and dish washing detergents, all purpose cleaners, disinfectants, vehicle cleaning compounds, heavy duty commercial and industrial cleaners, sanitizers and industrial applications requiring special surface-active properties. Our products offer excellent and economical detergency, foaming, wettin
This extensive line can be found in laundry and dish washing detergents, all purpose cleaners, disinfectants, vehicle cleaning compounds, heavy duty commercial and industrial cleaners, sanitizers and industrial applications requiring special surface-active properties. Our products offer excellent and economical detergency, foaming, wetting, emulsification and biodegradability needed for today’s specialized high-performance products. These products have excellent environmental and human safety profiles, as do many other ACS products.
Metal Working
Detergents & Cleaners
Anti-Microbials
ACS offers a wide range of products including emulsifiers, coolants, (water-based synthetics), lubricity additives and mineral oil replacements. Our coolants exhibit unique smoke points and work excellent for EP lubricity. Lubricity and corrosion protection can be obtained in coolants, cutting and drawing compounds and lubes (water bas
ACS offers a wide range of products including emulsifiers, coolants, (water-based synthetics), lubricity additives and mineral oil replacements. Our coolants exhibit unique smoke points and work excellent for EP lubricity. Lubricity and corrosion protection can be obtained in coolants, cutting and drawing compounds and lubes (water based) that have replaced sulfur and chlorine based straight oils. These water-based products will carry full falex loads. These metalworking fluids, in some applications, do not require a formulated biocide or side additives of biocide to maintain biological control.
Anti-Microbials
Detergents & Cleaners
Anti-Microbials
Our products provide economical yet powerful bacterial, sanitation, disinfection and fungicidal control. From all-purpose cleaners and disinfectants to specialty cleaning compounds for industrial or institutional use, their applications are universal in the control of bacteriological growth. In addition, American Chemical quaternaries ca
Our products provide economical yet powerful bacterial, sanitation, disinfection and fungicidal control. From all-purpose cleaners and disinfectants to specialty cleaning compounds for industrial or institutional use, their applications are universal in the control of bacteriological growth. In addition, American Chemical quaternaries can be used in both recreational and industrial water treatment as an algaecidal and slimicidal preventative, or on fabric, as a softening and sanitizing agent. The efficacy testing on our new products offers extra support data on existing products for registration with the EPA.
Industry Outreach
Automotive
We have created a one-part wet booth deflocculant to denature polyurethane and epoxy paint. The pre-wipes of solvent-based formulas have been replaced with neutral water-based biodegradable formulas, which out-perform as well. We provide processes for thinner gages, HSLA, multi-metal couplings, one-sided galvanize, pre-coated metals, plastics and aluminum. ACS room-temperature neutral cleaners have replaced Hydrocarbon and Trichloroethylene solvents in the automotive industry, representing major energy efficiency improvements and meeting safety and environmental standards.
Fasteners
ACS offers several products specifically formulated for treating and protecting metal fasteners in bulk processing. Our rust inhibitors protect ferrous metal fasteners against corrosion.
Recently, our research has focused on an aqueous one-step coating to eliminate disposal problems and waste treatment, in addition to improving production safety and facility handling.
Metal Forming
American Chemical Solutions’ experience in metal-surface treating led to the accumulation of a wealth of information on coatings and lubricants for the tubing, wire, extrusion and stamping industries. Present innovations include one-step coatings that eliminate copper and dry lube in the wire industry. We also carry a full line of specialized cleaners, rinse conditioners and additives designed to provide the high quality at economical prices. The elimination of a number of costly intermediate processes and equipment is realized, helping you coat efficiently with exceptionally low rejection rates. A one-step lubricant has realized success equal to that of zinc phosphate and stearate lubes.
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT & Manufacturing
Commercial
As an adjunct to our various customer services and comprehensive research programs, American Chemical Solutions has established a Commercial Development Program to satisfy our customers’ process and application needs with new products and services. The Commercial Development Program provides the structure necessary to foresee, manage and direct new product development. This enables American Chemical Solutions to expertly guide a totally new product or technology through all stages of development, resulting in the new process being completely operational in time to meet the needs of our customers.
During the development stage, most products become custom formulated to the specific manufacturing facility. By bringing our customers’ practical experience into focus with the resources available at American Chemical Solutions, LLC we not only solve current problems in the water and surface treatments industry, but also open the doors of opportunity for the future. Continued efforts keep ACS on the leading edge of technology in the industries we serve.
Manufacturing
American Chemical Solutions, LLC. has made major advances in product manufacturing and distribution handling. This is done for uniqueness, consistency, economy and total control of raw materials. To further maintain day-to-day and batch-to-batch product consistency, we examine all incoming raw materials and retain samples of each. We follow these chemicals through the manufacturing processes and sample each outgoing product. For ACS’s more critical and sophisticated processes, our research and customer service laboratories test and analyze each batch, certifying them before shipment. In addition to significant advances in manufacturing technology, we have also introduced a sophisticated, computerized order processing system that greatly reduces the potential for error. This system enables our customer service representatives to expedite your order in the most economical manner. The computer system automatically prints the order, simultaneously printing the shipping instructions, including special packaging, handling instructions and safety precautions. At the same time, the system notifies our production scheduling department of the order, allowing them to monitor inventory requirements. In short, the system helps ensure that your order will not become lost in a paper shuffle.
Advanced manufacturing technologies, and improvements in product quality, are just a few of the important steps we at ACS are taking to better serve our customers.
Our Promise
Our goal is to make quality, environmentally friendly solutions that help our customers to better manage compliance standards within industries and lessen both the cost and added complexities of dealing with hazardous and non-hazardous materials.