Company Profile
Company Overview
The Shepherd Chemical Company develops and manufactures metal-based chemistries that create value and brighten lives. Our specialty chemicals are essential to technologies for consumer safety, environmental sustainability, advanced product performance and industrial process efficiency.
Partnering with industries from airbags and tires to fragrance and personal care, from petrochemicals and polyurethanes to lubricants and catalysts, Shepherd collaborates on both standard and custom co-developed metal chemistries.
45% of our portfolio is custom co-developed and manufactured for proprietary applications across the globe. We have a passion for innovation and over 100 years of expertise in working with our customers from initial concept to packaged product.
Eight of the top ten global chemical companies trust Shepherd.
Company History
Shepherd has been developing, manufacturing and selling specialty metal based chemicals for over 100 years. Our history is characterized by a commitment to long term relationships with customers, suppliers, employees and the communities where we work. We are engaged in the perpetual pursuit of new customers with whom we can create value and new applications for our capabilities. Shepherd’s headquarters are located on the same site that Lee Shepherd purchased in 1919 and the in same city, Norwood, where we were first chartered in 1916. We are still owned and led by the same family and their passion for serving our customers and our associates energizes everything we do.