When a leading horticultural company became dissatisfied with its current manufacturer, Seacole’s contract manufacturing team provided a scalable, cost-effective solution while ensuring strict quality and regulatory compliance. From formulation and blending to packaging and delivery, our contract manufacturing process helps companies bring high-quality chemical products to market with confidence.
The contract manufacturing process is a solution for many chemical manufacturing challenges across a wide range of industries and end applications. At Seacole, our custom manufacturing capabilities handle every part of the manufacturing process for you, from mixing and blending to quality control, packaging, and delivery.
Here’s a closer look at a contract manufacturing project we completed for a horticultural company.
Contract Manufacturing Customer Background
Our customer is a leader in disease control products for greenhouses and nurseries. Their products feature a patented formula that provides systemic, broad-spectrum disease control for ornamental plants as well as vegetables, fruits, and herbs. Their products must meet strict standards for safety as well as performance.
A Horticultural Chemistry Challenge
After years of success serving the horticulture industry, our customer had become dissatisfied with its current manufacturer. They were looking for a partner who could deliver exceptional quality and cost savings while adhering to the strict regulations that govern the chemicals used on edible plants. The company required a contract manufacturing partner for its two flagship products.
Our Contract Manufacturing Process Delivered a Solution
We initiated our contract manufacturing process with a meeting with the customer. Seacole’s technical team reviewed the customer’s needs as well as the technical and regulatory requirements for the products in question. Our regulatory team reviewed packaging and label design to ensure labeling met federal and state requirements.
Once these details were finalized with the customer, Seacole’s laboratory team got to work on formulations while our production team developed a plan for blending the products at scale. The formulations went through several stages of review and quality assurance until it was exactly right. Only then did we ask for the customer to approve the formulation for full-scale production.
The Result
With approvals in place, the customer placed and received their first purchase order, one of many Seacole has fulfilled since our partnership began. The customer has saved money by working with Seacole as a contract manufacturing partner. Our technical and regulatory teams offer additional value to ensure their products met safety standards and the company’s own high expectations for quality.
About Seacole’s Contract Manufacturing Process
Seacole provides custom blending services to meet customer needs across a wide range of end applications, from horticultural products to parts cleaning chemistries to clean room floor soaps.
Seacole’s experienced technical team guides you through the custom blending process to cost-effectively blend and package an existing product formula, modify an existing formula, or create an entirely new product. Our team members draw on their years of experience and technical expertise in more than 2,000 chemistries to meet the specifications of each project. You can learn more about our contract manufacturing capabilities on our website.
If you have a chemistry challenge, we’d love the opportunity to develop a custom blended solution for you. Contact us today to learn more about our process and what we can formulate for you.
Contract Manufacturing Process FAQs
What is contract manufacturing for chemical products?
Contract manufacturing is a service in which an experienced partner like Seacole manages the production of your chemical products, including formulation, blending, quality control, packaging, labeling, and distribution.
What can benefit from Seacole’s contract manufacturing services?
Seacole serves a wide range of industries, including horticulture, surface finishing, industrial cleaning, transportation, agriculture, medical manufacturing, and other specialty chemical markets.
Can Seacole manufacture my existing formula or help develop a new one?
Yes. Seacole can blend your proprietary formula, improve an existing formulation, or work with you to develop an entirely new chemistry based on your performance and application requirements.
How does Seacole ensure quality and regulatory compliance?
Every project undergoes rigorous formulation testing, quality assurance, and regulatory review to ensure the finished product meets customer specifications as well as applicable federal and state labeling and safety requirements before full-scale production begins.
