What Power Chemical does

Power Chemical Corporation is a privately held, custom formulator and manufacturer of metalworking and industrial chemicals, founded in 1975 and headquartered at a single facility in Gallatin, Tennessee. The company produces a comprehensive portfolio organized into six categories — metal cleaning (acid and alkaline cleaners such as PCC 1225, PCC 312, PCC 1404, De-Rust, Rinse Aid 800), conversion coating (311 iron phosphate line and zirconium-based 511 HFZ), rust prevention (RP 611, RP 912, RP 913 polymer-based and organic inhibitor systems), drawing and stamping compounds, cutting and grinding fluids (Power Kool 400/401/403/500/501/615, Power Kut 404/600, Power Sol 603), and industrial cleaners (PCC 105, PCC A-Plus, Citrasolve 414, leak-test soaps). Underlying capability is formulation chemistry tailored to customer-specific process conditions rather than commodity chemical supply, with all manufacturing consolidated at the Tennessee site.

The company serves metalworking manufacturers, fabricators, and processors across the U.S., with horizontal segmentation covering the full metalworking chain (cleaning, pretreatment, lubrication, rust protection, post-process cleaning). Differentiators emphasized in the company's own positioning are custom formulation (closing performance gaps left by commodity products), responsive lead times that reduce customer on-site raw-material inventory, and lean single-site cost management enabling competitive pricing on standard SKUs. Notable technical positioning includes nitrite-free synthetic fluids targeted at titanium and stainless-steel machining and a zirconium-based conversion coating as an alternative to traditional iron phosphate.

The business model is direct B2B chemical product sales: quote-based pricing (not publicly disclosed), with dedicated customer-service and sales phone lines as the primary commercial interface and the company website as the main digital presence. There is no disclosed distributor or e-commerce channel, no app or software/API offering, and no certified management team data in the source material. Ownership appears independent with no parent company, no PE/VC backing, and no disclosed institutional investors. Pricing is opaque (quote-driven), the customer base is unnamed, and revenue is not publicly disclosed; the company operates as a niche, relationship-driven specialty chemical formulator in a regional-to-national U.S. footprint.

Name

Power Chemical

Legal name

Power Chemical Corporation

Website

https://powerchemicalcorp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Power Chemical Corporation is a privately held, custom formulator and manufacturer of metalworking and industrial chemicals, founded in 1975 and operating from a single facility in Gallatin, Tennessee, serving metal manufacturers and fabricators across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Chemicals

NAICS

Chemical Manufacturing (325), Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (32518)

SIC

Industrial Inorganic Chemicals (2810), Industrial Organic Chemicals (2860)

akta.pro primary industry

Water Treatment & Process Specialty Chemicals (IMAEABAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

pH Control, Antiscalants & Corrosion Inhibitors (IMAEAJAN)

Keywords

• Metalworking chemicals
• Industrial cleaners
• Rust preventers
• Cutting fluids
• Conversion coatings

Headquarters

HQ city

Gallatin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Chemical Product Sales: Sale of custom-formulated and standard industrial chemicals including metal cleaners, cutting fluids, rust preventers, conversion coatings, drawing compounds, and industrial cleaners. Products are manufactured at the Gallatin, TN facility.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Power Chemical Corporation is a custom formulator and manufacturer of metal-working and industrial chemistries. The company produces cleaners, drawing and stamping compounds, cutting and grinding fluids, rust preventers, phosphatizers, rinse aids, pH control, and testing soaps, along with a broad line of general industrial cleaning products. All products are formulated and manufactured at the company's headquarters in Gallatin, Tennessee.

Product overview

Power Chemical is a custom chemical formulator and manufacturer serving the metal-working industry. The company offers a unified portfolio of specialized chemical products organized into six core categories: Metal Cleaning (acid cleaners, alkaline cleaners, and specialized cleaners like PCC 1225, PCC 312, De-Rust, PCC 1016LT/1017LT, Rinse Aid 800), Conversion Coating (iron phosphate and zirconium-based coatings including 311 Iron Phosphate, 311A, and 511 HFZ), Rust Prevention (polymer-based and organic inhibitor rust preventers such as RP 611, RP 913, RP 912), Drawing and Stamping (lubricants and compounds), Cutting and Grinding (semi-synthetic and synthetic fluids including Power Kool 400/401/403/500/501/615 and Power Kut 404/600, Power Sol 603), and Industrial Cleaners (degreasers, equipment cleaners, and specialty products including PCC 105, PCC 5150MC, PCC A-Plus, Citrasolve 414). All products are custom-formulated and manufactured at the company's headquarters in Gallatin, TN.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Power Kool: Line of water-soluble cutting and grinding fluids for metalworking operations
• Power Kut
• Power Sol
• PCC
• RP Series

Products and services

• PCC 1225

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Quaker Houghton: Quaker Houghton is the largest global supplier of metalworking fluids and specialty chemistries, with a product portfolio that directly overlaps Power Chemical's cutting/grinding fluids, cleaners, and rust preventers. As a public, multi-site incumbent it represents the dominant competitor Power Chemical faces in industrial chemical sales.
• Henkel (Adhesive Technologies): Henkel's Adhesive Technologies division offers Bonderite metal pretreatment, conversion coatings, and surface treatment chemistries that directly compete with Power Chemical's 311 iron phosphate and 511 HFZ zirconium products. As a global conglomerate, Henkel competes across all of Power Chemical's metalworking categories from a position of vastly greater scale and R&D budget.
• BASF (Surface Treatment / Chemetall): BASF's surface treatment business (historically Chemetall) supplies metal pretreatment, cleaning, and corrosion-protection chemistries directly overlapping Power Chemical's conversion coating and metal cleaning product lines. As one of the world's largest chemical companies, BASF competes on breadth, technical service, and global account coverage that Power Chemical cannot match.
• Walter Surface Technologies: Walter Surface Technologies supplies a broad portfolio of metalworking products including cutting fluids, cleaners, and surface treatment chemistries, with a strong direct-sales channel to industrial end-users. Its go-to-market model and product breadth are comparable to Power Chemical, but at significantly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Master Fluid Solutions: Master Fluid Solutions is a specialty manufacturer of metalworking fluids (cutting and grinding) headquartered in the U.S. Midwest, with product lines that directly compete with Power Chemical's Power Kool, Power Kut, and Power Sol fluids. As a focused mid-sized peer it is the closest comparable direct competitor in cutting/grinding fluid chemistry.
• Cortec Corporation: Cortec Corporation is a U.S.-based specialty chemical manufacturer focused on corrosion inhibitors, rust preventives, and vapor-phase corrosion protection (VpCI). Its product range directly overlaps Power Chemical's RP Series rust preventers, and it shares the mid-sized, customer-formulation positioning characteristic of Power Chemical.
• Hubbard-Hall: Hubbard-Hall is a privately-held U.S. specialty chemical manufacturer offering custom-formulated metal finishing chemicals, cleaners, and rust preventatives. Its business model — custom formulation for industrial customers with a comparable mid-sized footprint — closely mirrors Power Chemical's positioning and target customers.
• Kyzen Corporation: Kyzen specializes in precision cleaning chemistries for metalworking, electronics, and industrial applications. Its cleaning-product line directly overlaps Power Chemical's PCC metal cleaners and Citrasolve bio-based solvent, making it a comparable niche player in industrial cleaning chemistry.
• ChemTrend (Zyvax): ChemTrend (which acquired Zyvax) specializes in release agents, mold lubricants, and metalworking process chemicals for composites and metal fabrication. Its product range and customer base overlap Power Chemical's drawing/stamping compounds and custom metalworking chemistry offerings.

Emerging players

• Shepherd Chemical Company: Shepherd Chemical is a privately-held specialty chemical manufacturer producing inorganic and organic metal-based chemicals, including corrosion inhibitors and metal treatment products. While its portfolio extends beyond metalworking into catalysis and pigments, its specialty-chemical custom-formulation model is comparable to Power Chemical's approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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