Productos Químicos y Derivados

What Productos Químicos y Derivados does

Productos Químicos y Derivados SA de CV (PQD) is a privately held Mexican specialty chemical manufacturer founded in 1963 and headquartered in Guadalupe, Nuevo León. The company produces two main product families: a broad surfactants portfolio covering anionic, amphoteric, nonionic, and cationic surfactants along with thickeners, rheological modifiers, custom blends, alkanolamines, and industrial additives for cleaning and personal care product formulators; and a metalworking lubricants line comprising cooling fluids, direct cutting fluids, forming fluids, corrosion preventives, and metal finishing products for industrial manufacturers. Underlying technology centers on conventional and specialty chemical formulations rather than proprietary platforms or patented IP, with ISO 9000 certification obtained in 2008 serving as the primary external quality validation.

The business operates on a direct sales model supported by technical advisory services, organized around two named product-line advisors (Roberto García for surfactants, Carlos Guerra for lubricants) who guide customers from needs identification through product selection and implementation training. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, consistent with B2B specialty chemical sales to formulation and metalworking customers. The company's own stated ambition is to be "the most technically advanced" specialty surfactant and industrial lubricant manufacturer in Mexico, and it markets the combination of technical service, 60+ years of market presence, and nationwide customer base ("hundreds of satisfied customers throughout the country") as its principal differentiators.

Operationally, PQD serves exclusively the Mexican domestic market with no disclosed export activity, parent company, subsidiaries, outside funding, M&A history, or strategic partnerships. The company is small (11–50 employees), operates without publicly disclosed financials, and demonstrates no AI/ML, API, or digital platform capabilities in the available data. Its competitive positioning rests on incumbency, domestic proximity to formulators and metalworkers, and hands-on technical support rather than proprietary technology, scale advantage, or data assets.

Name

Productos Químicos y Derivados

Legal name

PRODUCTOS QUÍMICOS Y DERIVADOS SA DE CV

Website

https://pqd.mx

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Productos Químicos y Derivados is a privately held Mexican specialty chemical manufacturer founded in 1963, producing conventional and specialty surfactants for cleaning and personal care formulators and industrial lubricants for metalworking manufacturers across Mexico.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Industrial Chemicals

NAICS

Surface Active Agent Manufacturing (325613), Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (3259)

SIC

Miscellaneous Chemical Products (2890), Chemicals & Allied Products (2800)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty Surfactants & Performance Additives (IMAEABAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Surfactants & Detergent Intermediates (LAB/LAS, Ethoxylates, Sulfonates) (IMAEADAL)

Keywords

• Industrial surfactants manufacturing
• Metalworking lubricants supply
• Specialty chemical formulations
• Cleaning product chemicals
• Industrial lubricant manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Las Americas

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Productos Químicos y Derivados (PQD) manufactures and supplies specialty chemical products across two main lines: surfactants for cleaning and personal care product formulators (anionic, amphoteric, nonionic, and cationic surfactants, thickeners, rheological modifiers, custom blends, alkanolamines, and industrial additives) and industrial lubricants for metalworking operations (coolants, direct cutting fluids, forming fluids, corrosion preventives, and metal finishing products). The company combines product manufacturing with direct technical advisory services from opportunity identification through product selection and implementation training.

Product overview

Productos Químicos y Derivados (PQD) offers two main product lines: Surfactants and Lubricants. The Surfactants portfolio includes anionic, amphoteric, nonionic, and cationic surfactants, thickeners and rheological modifiers, custom blends and specialties, alkanolamines, and industrial additives for cleaning and personal care formulations. The Lubricants line provides coolants, cutting fluids, forming fluids, corrosion preventives, and metal finishing products for industrial metalworking applications. The company positions itself as a technically advanced specialty chemical supplier with over 60 years of market presence in Mexico.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Surfactants (Surfactantes) Wide variety of conventional and specialty surfactants for cleaning products and personal care formulations. Includes anionic, amphoteric, nonionic, and cationic surfactants, thickeners, rheological modifiers, custom blends and specialties, alkanolamines, other raw materials, and industrial additives, designed for formulators seeking cost-efficient performance aligned with formulation objectives.
• Industrial Lubricants (Lubricantes) Superior performance industrial lubricants for metalworking operations including coolants (fluidos refrigerantes), direct cutting fluids (fluidos de corte directo), forming fluids (fluidos para formado), corrosion preventives (preventivos de corrosión), and metal finishing products (acabado de metales), engineered to deliver consistent performance across diverse metalworking applications.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Croda International: Specialty surfactant and personal care ingredients producer serving cleaning and personal care formulators with a strong specialty and custom-blend offering analogous to PQD's formulation emphasis.
• Stepan Company: U.S.-listed specialty surfactant manufacturer producing anionic, cationic, nonionic and amphoteric surfactants for cleaning and personal care — directly comparable to PQD's surfactants portfolio.
• Quaker Houghton: Global leader in industrial metalworking fluids (cutting, forming, corrosion preventive, coolant chemistries) — directly comparable to PQD's lubricants product line.
• Pilot Chemical Company: Privately held U.S. specialty surfactant and antimicrobial manufacturer with a focus on custom blends and customer-specific formulation, mirroring PQD's service-oriented specialty model.

Broad incumbents

• Lubrizol (Berkshire Hathaway): Diversified specialty chemicals business with metalworking additives, surfactants and performance chemicals portfolios that overlap both halves of PQD's offering.
• Clariant AG: Specialty chemicals group with a significant industrial and consumer care surfactants business, comparable in formulation sophistication and market positioning to PQD.
• BASF SE: World's largest chemical company with deep surfactant, personal care, and industrial lubricant/metalworking chemical portfolios — a broad overlapping incumbent against PQD's two product lines.
• Evonik Industries: Global specialty chemicals producer with a substantial surfactants and additives business serving cleaning and personal care markets, competing broadly with PQD in specialty chemistries.
• Solvay SA: Belgian chemicals group with a specialty surfactants, peroxides and industrial process chemicals portfolio that overlaps PQD's surface chemistry and process chemicals offering.

Regional players

• Grupo IDESA: Mexican petrochemical and specialty chemical producer with surfactants and specialty intermediates businesses; competes with PQD in the same domestic Mexican market and customer segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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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