Superior Oil

What Superior Oil does

Superior Industrial Solutions, Inc., operating as Superior Oil, is an Indianapolis-headquartered chemical products and services provider founded in 1932. The company organizes its offering around three product lines — Chemicals & Solvents; Composites & Fiberglass Materials; and Recycling & Waste Management — supported by six service capabilities: custom manufacturing, toll blending, research and development, inventory management, solvent recycling, and hazardous/non-hazardous waste disposal. Core technical assets include full distillation capability for flammable solvents and temperature-controlled products, high-shear liquid resin processing, in-house testing, specialized R&D labs, dedicated delivery fleet, tank telemetry systems, and a Part B-permitted treatment, storage, and disposal facility for hazardous waste.

The business is sales-led and consultative, deploying non-commissioned sales representatives alongside degreed chemists, compliance experts, and quality managers to serve enterprise industrial customers across printing/flexible packaging, coatings, automotive remanufacturing, and truck manufacturing. Multiple disclosed customers report 20+ year supplier relationships, indicating deep operational embedding. Revenue is generated across a mix of streams: one-time product sales of chemical raw materials, solvents, cleaners, fiberglass reinforcements, resins, and composites; professional services for custom manufacturing, toll blending, and R&D; managed services for inventory management and waste disposal; and transaction-based solvent recycling that recovers 90% of customers' spent solvents. Distribution is domestic only, executed via a dedicated fleet and on-site service delivery, with pricing conducted on a contact basis (no public pricing).

Superior Oil is privately held under its long-standing legal name, holds ISO 9001-2015 certification, and shows no disclosed institutional ownership, subsidiaries, parent company, or external funding. The input data contains no disclosed revenue figures, headcount trends, M&A, partnerships, product launch events, leadership changes, or AI/ML capabilities, leaving growth, valuation, and technology-modernization dimensions largely undefined.

Name

Superior Oil

Legal name

SUPERIOR INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS, INC.

Website

https://superioroil.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1932

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Superior Oil is an Indianapolis-based chemical products and services provider, founded in 1932, supplying solvents, composites, custom manufacturing, toll blending, solvent recycling, and hazardous-waste disposal to industrial enterprise customers across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Chemical Distribution

NAICS

Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (324), Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (3241)

SIC

Wholesale-Chemicals & Allied Products (5160), Miscellaneous Chemical Products (2890), Chemicals & Allied Products (2800)

akta.pro primary industry

Used Oil, Lubricants & Industrial Fluids Recovery/Recycling (IMAIAFAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Oilfield & Refining Specialty Chemicals (IMAEABAI), Used Oil & Oily Waste Management (Collection, Re-refining, Disposal) (BPALAFAI)

Keywords

• Industrial chemical distribution
• Solvent recycling services
• Toll blending manufacturing
• Hazardous waste disposal
• Composite fiberglass materials

Headquarters

HQ city

Indianapolis

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, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Chemical & Solvent Products: Sale of chemical raw materials and high-performance formulations including solvents, cleaners, and blends.
2. Composite & Fiberglass Materials: Sale of fiberglass reinforcements, resins, gel coats, catalysts, fillers, pigments, and related composite materials.
3. Custom Manufacturing Services: Production of custom chemical products with full distillation capabilities for flammable solvents, water-based products, liquid resins, and temperature-controlled products.
4. Toll Blending Services: Degreed chemists work with customer formulas to develop products, with full-service facility for packaging and labeling.
5. Solvent Recycling: Environmentally safe recovery of 90% of customers' spent solvents with ability to return recycled products to market.
6. Hazardous & Non-Hazardous Waste Disposal: Processing of spent materials in compliance with government and environmental regulations at Part B-permitted treatment storage and disposal facility.
7. Inventory Management Services: Supply chain efficiency through tank telemetry, on-site visits, and dedicated fleet deliveries to reduce customer need for excess inventory.
8. Research & Development Services: Expert staff manage R&D opportunities through every phase of technical process, developing solutions that add value.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Superior Oil is a chemical and composite products and services provider that manufactures and distributes industrial chemicals, solvents, cleaners, fiberglass reinforcements, resins, gel coats, and related composite materials. The company also operates a Part B-permitted treatment, storage and disposal facility for hazardous and non-hazardous waste, and provides solvent recycling that recovers 90% of customers' spent solvents.

Product overview

Superior Oil is a chemical and composite products and services provider offering three distinct product lines—Chemicals & Solvents, Composites & Fiberglass Materials, and Recycling & Waste Management—that work in tandem with six complementary services (Custom Manufacturing, Toll Blending, Research & Development, Inventory Management, Solvent Recycling, and Haz & Non-Haz Waste Disposal) to deliver comprehensive industrial solutions for manufacturing, supply chain, and compliance support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Chemicals & Solvents

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% of customer spent solvents are recovered through solvent recycling services

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Brenntag: Global chemical distribution leader offering specialty and commodity chemicals plus value-added services including recycling. Overlaps with Superior's chemicals distribution and recycling offerings, but at vastly larger scale.
• Clean Harbors: Largest North American hazardous waste disposal and environmental services company with an integrated Safety-Kleen used-oil and solvent recycling business. Comparable on solvent recycling and Part B-permitted TSDF operations, though far broader and public.
• Univar Solutions: North American chemical distribution and services platform with specialty and industrial chemical portfolios. Comparable on chemical products distribution and complementary waste/recycling service offerings, though broader and public.

Direct peers

• Hydrite Chemical: U.S. custom chemical manufacturer and toll blender offering formulated cleaners, solvents, and processing chemicals across industrial end-markets. Highly comparable to Superior's custom manufacturing, toll blending, and chemical formulations line.
• Safety-Kleen (Clean Harbors): Specialist in used oil and spent solvent collection and re-refining with route-based service. Directly comparable to Superior's 90% solvent recycling loop and dedicated fleet delivery model.
• KMG Chemicals: Specialty chemicals manufacturer serving industrial and electronics markets with formulated solvents and high-purity chemicals. Comparable on specialty solvent manufacturing and industrial applications focus.
• Heritage-Crystal Clean: Provider of used oil and solvent recycling plus hazardous waste services with its own TSDF network. Directly comparable to Superior's solvent recycling (90% recovery) and Part B-permitted waste disposal business.
• Quad Chemical: Specialty chemical blender and distributor serving printing, flexographic, and industrial markets. Directly comparable on solvent/cleaner formulations, flexible packaging customer base, and custom blending services.
• Hubbard-Hall: Specialty chemical manufacturer and distributor supplying cleaners, surface treatment chemistries, and custom formulations to industrial customers. Comparable on specialty chemicals manufacturing, toll blending, and consultative sales motion.
• Maroon Group (Barentz): Specialty chemicals distributor focused on formulated solutions, custom blending, and lab support across coatings, adhesives, and composites. Comparable on composites/fiberglass materials, specialty formulations, and custom blending.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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