Silicone Ingredients for Personal Care

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3790 Sunset Avenue
Waukegan, IL 60087
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AB Specialty Silicones offers the personal care marketplace an extensive line of silicone based ingredients as well as the ability to custom formulate raw materials and blends to specifically suit your needs. Read More...

New: Vinyl Gum Blends

To meet industry demand, we are adding a line of silicone emulsifiers to our personal care offerings. These products are easy to use and offer flexible manufacturing capabilities, including cold processing. They are high performance and meet the need for superior aesthetics and delivering enhanced actives.

A highly desirable benefit in skin care products is added hydration and the ability to moisturize. Silicone emulsifiers allow for high water content formulations which meet the number one consumer need, combating dry skin. These emulsifiers also thicken the end product and help keep overall formulation costs down. Silicone emulsifiers are recommended for use in skin care, antiperspirant & deodorants, and color cosmetics. Product Line Details

New: D5 Free Emulsifier

Due to the growing regulatory concerns about the environmental safety of cyclopentasiloxane, commonly known as D5, this new emulsifier offers similar performance without the hassle. Emulsifiers are easy to use and offer flexible manufacturing capabilities, including cold processing. They are high performance and meet the need for superior aesthetics and delivering enhanced actives.

A highly desirable benefit in skin care products is added hydration and the ability to moisturize. Silicone emulsifiers allow for high water content formulations which meet the number one consumer need, combating dry skin. These emulsifiers also thicken the end product and help keep overall formulation costs down. Silicone emulsifiers are recommended for use in skin care, antiperspirant & deodorants, and color cosmetics. Product Line Details

News

  • January, 2019

    We have completed the purchase of another location further expanding both storage and production capabilities. The addition comes on the heels of a year full of growth and improvements in 2018 when we expanded storage and production, added equipment enhancing capabilities, unveiled a new top-of-the-line laboratory, launched their new website, and introduced many new and innovative products to the marketplace.

     The new location provides AB Specialty Silicones with an additional 40,000 square feet of production, warehouse, and office space. The continuous expansion of the Waukegan, Illinois corporate campus now comprises of four buildings and over 240,000 square feet that includes their headquarters, manufacturing, research & development and warehouse locations. Press Release