Aldon

What Aldon does

Aldon is a privately held specialty chemical manufacturer headquartered in Avon, New York, founded in 1963 and operating for 62 years. The company produces over 7,000 laboratory chemicals across 13,000+ configurations under private label, custom blends, and contract manufacturing arrangements for customers in K-12 education, colleges and universities, biotech, biopharma, microbiology, and testing laboratories. Its product portfolio is anchored in two pillars: the Innovating Science® line of 500+ NGSS-aligned educational science kits, and bulk lab chemicals with custom kitting, blending, filling, packaging, and labeling services. The company also operates the Chemical Inventory Management System (CIMS), a proprietary safety and compliance software platform deployed in schools.

Aldon holds ISO 9001:2015 certification and provides GHS-compliant Safety Data Sheets, enabling it to serve regulated buyers. Revenue mechanics are primarily catalog/B2B sales of chemicals and educational kits, supplemented by contract manufacturing fees and custom kitting services. The company has announced a Digital Lab Notebook targeted for 2026 release, signaling an entry into digital lab workflow tools adjacent to its core chemistry business. Aldon has publicly committed to carbon neutrality by 2050 and ships globally, though no specific international market data is disclosed.

The company is privately held with no disclosed funding rounds, M&A activity, executive leadership, or revenue figures. Strategic positioning rests on regulatory compliance (ISO 9001:2015), SKU breadth, 62 years of formulation expertise, and the embedment of CIMS in school districts as a switching-cost anchor.

Name

Aldon

Legal name

Gateway Chemicals Ltd DBA Aldon Corporation

Website

https://aldon-chem.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Aldon is a private ISO 9001:2015 certified chemical manufacturer offering 7,000+ laboratory chemicals, custom blending and contract manufacturing, and the Innovating Science® line of 500+ NGSS-aligned educational kits for K-12 schools, colleges, biotech, and testing labs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Chemicals Manufacturing

NAICS

Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (325991), Resin and Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (32521)

SIC

Plastic Material, Synth Resin/Rubber, Cellulos (No Glass) (2820)

akta.pro primary industry

Raw Materials & Critical Reagents Supply (Media/Resins/Cytokines) (HLAGAGAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Hazardous Materials & UN-Certified Bulk Packaging (IMALAGAH)

Keywords

• Custom chemical manufacturing
• Private label chemicals
• Contract chemical packaging
• Educational science kits
• Laboratory reagents

Headquarters

HQ city

Avon

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Private Label Lab Chemicals: Offering over 7,000 laboratory and industrial chemicals and blends in over 13,000 sizes and configurations for customers' branded chemical product lines with custom configurations and in-house production of customized color labels.
2. Chemical & Life Science Contract Manufacturing: Global shipping and custom chemical packaging services including chemical packaging, repacking, liquid or powder filling, from microliters/micrograms to 2000 pound super-sacks and 275 gallon totes. Includes life science capabilities such as biological media and freeze-dried cultures.
3. Innovating Science Educational Kits: Complete educational kits for classroom use from elementary through college aligned to NGSS standards. Offering over 500 kits including AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology & CTE Reagents, and more. Also includes Digital Lab Notebook.
4. Custom Kitting: Tailored custom kitting solutions with customized chemicals, powders, liquids, and sourced lab equipment or parts. Streamlines order fulfillment and project management.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Aldon is an ISO 9001:2015 certified chemical manufacturer that produces tailor-made chemical compounds and formulations, offering over 7,000 laboratory and industrial chemicals in more than 13,000 sizes and configurations. The company also provides private label chemical manufacturing, contract packaging/filling services from microliters to 2,000-pound super-sacks, the Innovating Science line of NGSS-aligned educational science kits (over 500 kits), and custom kitting for schools, testing labs, biotech labs, and microbiology labs.

Product overview

Aldon is a chemical manufacturing company offering four core product lines: (1) Lab Chemicals and Private Label - private label chemical manufacturing with over 7,000 chemicals in 13,000+ configurations with in-house labeling; (2) Chemical & Life Science Contract Manufacturing - packaging, filling, and formulation services with capabilities from microliters to 2,000-lb super-sacks; (3) Innovating Science® Educational Kits - over 500 NGSS-aligned science education kits for K-12 through college; and (4) Custom Kitting - tailored kit assembly combining chemicals, reagents, and equipment. Supporting services include Chemical Inventory Management System (CIMS) for schools, Chemical Contract R&D with analytical testing capabilities, liquid filling, powder blending, solution formulation, and labeling services. The company operates ISO 9001:2015 certified manufacturing with 62 years of experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Innovating Science®: Educational kits and science education products for K-12 and college classrooms, aligned to NGSS standards.

Products and services

• Lab Chemicals and Private Label

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Ward's Science: Direct peer in K-12 and college educational science kits, preserved/specimen supplies, and lab chemicals. Comparable product overlap with Aldon's Innovating Science kits and lab chemical portfolio, serving the same education and life science buyer base.
• Carolina Biological Supply Company: Direct peer in educational science kits, biological cultures, preserved specimens, and lab supplies for K-12 and higher education. Closely comparable to Aldon across both the educational kit and life science contract manufacturing lines.
• Flinn Scientific: Direct peer in K-12 STEM educational kits, lab chemicals, and safety/chemistry curriculum solutions. Highly comparable NGSS-aligned kit offering and customer base to Aldon's Innovating Science catalog.
• Spectrum Chemical: Direct peer in lab chemicals, custom chemical manufacturing, and private label/blending services. Closely comparable custom blending, packaging, and repackaging capabilities to Aldon's contract manufacturing line.
• Thomas Scientific: Direct peer in lab supplies distribution, chemicals, and private label products for education, government, and industrial buyers. Comparable SK breadth and education/government channel overlap with Aldon.

Broad incumbents

• Fisher Scientific (Thermo Fisher Scientific): Broad incumbent in lab chemicals, supplies, and life science products globally. Overlaps with Aldon's lab chemical and life science contract manufacturing offerings but serves a much broader portfolio across pharma, biotech, and academia.
• Sigma-Aldrich (MilliporeSigma / Merck KGaA): Broad incumbent in laboratory chemicals, reagents, and analytical standards globally. Direct competitive overlap with Aldon's lab chemical portfolio but at much greater scale and breadth across research and biopharma.
• VWR (Avantor): Broad incumbent in lab supplies, chemicals, and distribution serving research, education, and industrial customers. Comparable customer segments and product mix to Aldon, with significantly broader scale and digital procurement infrastructure.
• Cole-Parmer (Antylia Scientific): Broad incumbent in lab supplies, chemicals, and life science instruments. Comparable customer base and product overlap with Aldon's lab chemicals and contract manufacturing lines, though with broader instrumentation focus.

Emerging players

• Reagents.com: Emerging direct-to-customer private label chemical and lab supply brand. Represents the modern, transparent-pricing, e-commerce model that contrasts with Aldon's traditional phone/quote sales approach in the same private label chemical space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Aldonchem
• Facebookfacebook.com/aldonchem
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aldon-corporation

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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