Crysta-Lyn Chemical Company

What Crysta-Lyn Chemical Company does

Crysta-Lyn Chemical Company is a privately held specialty organic chemicals manufacturer founded in 1992 and headquartered in Endicott, New York. The company develops, synthesizes, and supplies ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared dyes — over 400 catalog SKUs spanning Visible Dyes, NIR Dyes, Fluorescent Dyes, and Water Soluble Dyes — used in automotive (LIDAR filters, UV protection, holography), medical (fluorescent labeling, bioimaging), optics (wavelength filters, waveguides), renewable energy (photovoltaics, battery coatings), graphic design (laser ablation), and electronics (photolithography, OLED) applications. Its technical core is multi-step organic synthesis of complex light-interactive molecules, paired with high-yield separation and purification, and a full analytical QC stack (UV/Vis/NIR spectroscopy, FTIR, HPLC, wettability, thermal and structural characterization) for every batch.

Crysta-Lyn sells primarily through direct customer engagement — website inquiry forms and phone — under a quote-based pricing model. Most products are made to order, with select high-volume items stocked. Beyond catalog sales, the company offers three contract service lines: custom dye synthesis for trial and proprietary compounds, analytical chemistry services for quality evaluations, and contract manufacturing/scale-up for commercial volumes. Customers request quotes by specifying solvent system, absorbance range, product form, working temperature, wavelength, fluorescence, color, stability, and chemical compatibility. The company is investing in a new production facility and plans to hire additional staff. It collaborates with Binghamton University for research and access to advanced analytical instrumentation, and partners with material companies for application development and testing.

The firm is founder/management-owned, with President and Head R&D Chemist Frank Goroleski (organic dye synthesis since 1987, with Crysta-Lyn since 1999) and Vice President Brad Galusha (in chemicals and coatings since 1983, with Crysta-Lyn since 2003). No external investment, parent company, or public-listing signals are present; revenue, customer logos, and pricing are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Crysta-Lyn Chemical Company

Legal name

Crysta-Lyn Chemical Company

Website

https://crystalyn.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Crysta-Lyn Chemical Company is a privately held, Endicott-based specialty organic chemicals manufacturer founded in 1992 that synthesizes and supplies over 400 UV, visible, and near-infrared dyes for automotive, medical, optics, renewable energy, electronics, and industrial imaging customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Binghamton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Specialty Dye Sales: Sale of specialty organic chemicals including UV, visible, and near infrared dyes. Products are sold as standard catalog items (over 400 dyes) and custom synthesized products. Most NIR dyes are made to order, while several high volume products are held in stock.
2. Custom Synthesis Services: Contract services for custom dye synthesis, including trial quantities of new proprietary chemicals for customer internal evaluation. Provides multi-step synthesis of complex organic molecules tailored to specific customer requirements.
3. Analytical Chemistry Services: Tailored chemical analysis services to assist with quality evaluations to reduce product testing cycle times and costs for customers.
4. Contract Manufacturing: Scale-up manufacturing for custom developed dyes or desired dye structures to meet commercial production requirements and project schedules.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Crysta-Lyn Chemical Company develops, synthesizes, produces, and supplies ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared specialty organic dyes for imaging and adjacent industries. It maintains a catalog of over 400 dyes and complements these with contract services for custom synthesis, analytical chemistry quality control, and scale-up contract manufacturing.

Product overview

Crysta-Lyn Chemical Company is a specialty chemical manufacturer offering a portfolio of four core dye product lines — Visible Dyes, Near Infrared Dyes, Fluorescent Dyes, and Water Soluble Dyes — supported by an extensive catalog of over 400 specialty organic chemicals. These products cover the ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared spectra of light and are used across diverse industries including automotive, medical, renewable energy, graphic design, optics, and electronics. The portfolio is complemented by three service offerings: Custom Dye Synthesis for developing proprietary chemicals to customer specifications, Analytical Chemistry Services for quality control using UV/Vis/NIR spectroscopy, HPLC, FTIR, and other methods, and Contract Manufacturing for scaling up custom dyes to commercial production volumes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Visible Dyes Ultraviolet and visible spectrum dyes soluble in various solvents, used in optical shields, lenses, plastics, graphics, photovoltaics, and optical storage applications.
• Near Infrared Dyes Near infrared absorbing dyes ranging from 700 nm to over 1000 nm, highly absorbing across the NIR spectrum, used as thin films, coatings, and inks for IR blocking, laser absorbing, thermal transfer, bioimaging, nanomaterials, optoelectronics, and photovoltaics.
• Fluorescent Dyes Fluorescent dyes available in both solvent and water systems, emitting in the ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared spectra, used in fluorescence imaging, photovoltaics, quenchers, markers, OLED, and light transformer applications.
• Water Soluble Dyes Water-soluble ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared dyes used in textiles, direct solution colorants, and bio-related applications including medical, graphic, and industrial uses.
• Custom Dye Synthesis Specialty chemical synthesis services offering multi-step synthesis of complex organic molecules, including trial quantities of new proprietary chemicals for internal evaluation and tailored chemical analysis services to reduce product testing cycle times and costs.
• Analytical Chemistry Services Quality control analysis services including UV/Vis/NIR spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, FTIR structure analysis, HPLC, melting point determination, and particle size control to ensure high purity materials.
• Contract Manufacturing Scale-up manufacturing services for custom developed dyes or desired dye structures, delivering commercial production of end-user products and scaling up volumes to meet product performance requirements.

Quantifiable outcome

• Crysta-Lyn produces dyes with high purity and absorptivity across the UV, visible, and NIR spectrum
• +2 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Binghamton UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCrysta-Lyn collaborates with Binghamton University to develop new products, publish papers, and access top-of-the-line analytical equipment. This partnership supports product innovation and provides research capabilities.
• Material Companies (unspecified)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCrysta-Lyn has partnered with material companies to develop new products and test applications of current products. These partnerships focus on product development and application testing for specialty dyes.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Exciton Inc: Exciton is a specialty chemical manufacturer focused on UV, visible, and NIR absorbing and emitting dyes for laser, optics, and bioimaging applications, making it the closest direct competitor to Crysta-Lyn's core dye chemistries.
• Alfa Chemistry: Alfa Chemistry supplies specialty organic chemicals, dyes, and intermediates with custom synthesis offerings for research and industrial buyers, overlapping Crysta-Lyn's catalog and contract manufacturing position.
• DayGlo Color Corp: DayGlo manufactures fluorescent pigments and dyes for plastics, inks, and security applications, directly overlapping Crysta-Lyn's fluorescent dye portfolio used in imaging, security, and OLED/display end-markets.
• Strem Chemicals: Strem is a specialty chemicals manufacturer supplying organic dyes, catalysts, and high-purity intermediates to research and industrial customers, with comparable custom synthesis and small-batch scale-up capabilities.
• Santa Cruz Biotechnology: Santa Cruz Biotechnology supplies specialty organic dyes, fluorescent probes, and bioimaging reagents to research and industrial customers; comparable to Crysta-Lyn's fluorescent and water-soluble bio-related dye lines.
• Tokyo Chemical Industry (TCI): TCI manufactures and supplies specialty organic chemicals, including dyes, reagents, and custom synthesis services across UV/Vis/NIR spectra, with global catalog distribution that mirrors Crysta-Lyn's specialty dye catalog-plus-custom-services model.

Broad incumbents

• LGC Group: LGC Group produces reference materials, organic standards, and specialty chemicals (including dye intermediates) for life sciences and industrial customers, giving it partial overlap with Crysta-Lyn's custom synthesis and analytical services.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Fisher offers a wide range of fluorescent dyes, probes, and specialty chemicals through its Life Sciences Solutions segment, overlapping Crysta-Lyn's bioimaging and analytical dye portfolio at much broader scale.
• MilliporeSigma (Sigma-Aldrich): MilliporeSigma operates the broadest specialty and reagent chemicals catalog globally, including organic dyes and custom synthesis, competing with Crysta-Lyn across catalog breadth and scale rather than niche depth.
• Honeywell Research Chemicals: Honeywell's Specialty Chemicals business manufactures and supplies high-purity reagents and organic intermediates, including dyes, for research, electronics, and industrial customers across a much broader portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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