For over 36 years, Buckman have provided expert knowledge and advanced chemical products to the pulp & paper, sugar, water treatment and leather industries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Over 180 products are manufactured from its Hammarsdale facility, with more than 245 people employed nationally.

The main industry sector is Manufacturing, with products supplied to the Agriculture, Mining, Manufacturing, Utilities, Sugar and Paint industries.

Buckman is a speciality chemical product and service provider to the Pulp & Paper, Industrial Water Treatment, Metals and Mining, Sugar, Paint, Leather and Utilities industries. Buckman is a leading chemical company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary chemical products for industrial use on an international basis.

Creativity and innovation remain key words and constant challenges at Buckman. Our early microbicides for the pulp and paper industry were just the beginning of a line of propriety chemicals, which now number over 200 and are widely used by many industries globally.

The continuing research program (international and local R&D) has developed an impressive array of algaecides, bactericides, dispersants, defoamers, fungicides, flocculants, and corrosion and scale inhibitors. These products have been designed to solve industrial problems in a number of applications

The Buckman Group, has 10 manufacturing sites in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and operates in 108 countries.