NOVOCHEM WATER TREATMENT

What NOVOCHEM WATER TREATMENT does

NOVOCHEM WATER TREATMENT is a privately held specialty chemicals supplier focused on water treatment, headquartered in Culemborg, Netherlands, with 11-50 employees. Its web presence at novochem.aquaprox.com indicates that the brand operates as a sub-brand or affiliate within the Aquaprox group, suggesting access to the parent's formulation, sourcing, and distribution footprint in European industrial and municipal water treatment chemistry. The firm functions as a small, focused entity within a larger specialty chemicals platform rather than as a standalone large enterprise.

Beyond the firmographic and brand-affiliation signals, no further first-party detail is documented in the available data. There is no published product catalog, technology stack, customer list, leadership roster, or financial disclosure in the input set, so the operating model (formulation vs. distribution, captive manufacturing vs. tolling, direct sales vs. channel) cannot be specified from the evidence provided. Investors should treat the company as a small, Netherlands-based specialty water treatment chemicals operator affiliated with Aquaprox, with the parent-group relationship being the principal observable strategic anchor.

Name

NOVOCHEM WATER TREATMENT

Legal name

ICROM

Website

https://novochem.aquaprox.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

NOVOCHEM WATER TREATMENT is a privately held, Netherlands-based (Culemborg) specialty chemicals supplier with 11-50 employees, operating as a sub-brand under the Aquaprox group to serve industrial and municipal water treatment customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Treatment Chemicals

akta.pro primary industry

Water Treatment & Process Specialty Chemicals (IMAEABAN)

Keywords

• Water treatment chemicals
• Industrial water solutions
• Water purification products
• Chemical treatment services
• Process water chemistry

Headquarters

HQ city

Culemborg

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Custom API Development: Custom development services for new chemical entities (NCEs) and generic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, providing tailored solutions from early-stage development through to commercial manufacturing.
2. Custom API Manufacturing: GMP manufacturing of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients for clinical programs and commercial supply, including small scale (clinical) and large scale (commercial) production capabilities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

NOVOCHEM WATER TREATMENT is a Netherlands-based provider of water treatment chemical solutions, operating under the Aquaprox group via the novochem.aquaprox.com domain. The firm focuses on chemical-based water treatment products and services for industrial and process water applications.

Product overview

ICROM is an API CDMO (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization) offering integrated services as a single provider. The portfolio includes Custom Development and Custom Manufacturing as core services for NCEs and generic APIs, supported by Integrated Technologies. The product lines span Commercial APIs (produced in the upcoming THE CUBE facility) and New Developments (including clinical-stage APIs manufactured in the GMP Clinical Scale Plant with 100L-400L reactors). The company leverages over 50 years of experience providing high-tech solutions for complex molecule synthesis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• HolodiagcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerICROM has acquired Holodiag, expanding its capabilities and market presence in the pharmaceutical CDMO sector.
• SpillominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerICROM announced a new partnership with Spillo, representing a strategic collaboration in the pharmaceutical manufacturing space.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Solenis: US-headquartered specialty chemicals producer serving water treatment and process industries with treatment chemistries, scale inhibitors, and biocides; comparable in offering depth and customer mix.
• Kemira: Finnish specialty chemicals leader with a large water treatment chemicals segment (coagulants, flocculants, biocides); directly comparable product portfolio and end-market focus on municipal and industrial water treatment.
• SNF Group: French specialty chemicals company and global leader in polyacrylamide-based flocculants and coagulants used in water and wastewater treatment; closely comparable in chemistry and target customers.
• Kurita Water Industries: Japanese specialty chemicals and water treatment company supplying boilers, cooling, process, and wastewater treatment chemicals to industrial and municipal customers; directly comparable in product and customer profile.

Broad incumbents

• Ecolab (Nalco Water): Global water and hygiene services leader through its Nalco Water segment, offering treatment chemicals, monitoring, and service programs to industrial and institutional customers; comparable in end markets though much larger and broader.
• Veolia Water Technologies: Global water services and technology provider offering treatment chemicals alongside equipment and services; broader portfolio than NOVOCHEM but overlapping in municipal and industrial water treatment chemistries.
• Aquaprox Group: Parent/affiliated Dutch-Benelux water treatment chemicals group under whose ecosystem NOVOCHEM operates; directly comparable in product category (coagulants, flocculants, treatment chemicals) and serves as the platform for NOVOCHEM.
• Nouryon: Dutch-headquartered specialty chemicals producer (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) with a portfolio spanning water treatment chemistries and adjacent process chemicals; geographically proximate and overlapping in product lines.
• SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions: Water treatment chemicals and services provider (now operating under Veolia post-merger activities) supplying specialty chemistries to industrial and municipal customers; comparable in product offering though much larger in scope.
• BASF Water Solutions: Division of BASF supplying water treatment chemicals (coagulants, flocculants, membrane cleaners) for municipal and industrial applications; comparable in chemistry portfolio though embedded in a much larger diversified chemical enterprise.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses2 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/novochem-water-treatment

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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