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The future of innovative ingredients

As Croda celebrates 100 years of delivering Smart science to improve lives™, we’re also looking ahead. Our Vision Report, ‘Navigating the Future of Innovative Ingredients’, is a forward-looking guide to the trends that will reshape the speciality ingredients industry across the next quarter-century.

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Smart science

Innovation drives us to achieve our Purpose, from the ingredients we create and how we operate, to the natural, renewable raw materials that we use.

Innovation

Through our product portfolio we have access to the broadest range of formulation ingredients and formulation know-how, which allows our customers to get the best performance out of their products.

Our centenary

2025 is Croda’s centenary year which provides an excellent opportunity to celebrate our rich history and reflect on the strong foundations it gives us for future success.

2024 Reporting

We are pleased to announce the launch of Croda’s 2024 Annual Report and Sustainability Impact Report. Built on a strong foundation of Purpose, culture, and a proven business model, Croda continues to focus on delivering sustainable value. Explore our latest reports here.

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2024 Reporting

Access Croda's latest annual report for comprehensive insights into our performance and strategic direction. Stay informed with our investor resources.

Sustainability Impact Report

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Full year results announcement 2024

25 February 2025: Croda International Plc today announce their full year results for year ending 31 December 2024.

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Croda launches animated timeline to showcase 100 years of innovation

13 February 2025: Croda today launches an animated historical timeline to mark its centenary year.

Our centenary

2025 is Croda’s centenary year which provides an excellent opportunity to celebrate our rich history and reflect on the strong foundations it gives us for future success.

Our heritage

Founded in 1925, we continue to build on our heritage every day, with sustainability always central to our thinking, turning exciting and often ground-breaking ideas into practical solutions for our customers.

Our timeline

View our timeline to discover how we became the global leader in naturally resourced, speciality chemicals.

Our Markets

We develop and supply innovative high-value ingredients that are typically included at low inclusion levels and offer critical functionality to our customers' formulations. We are united by our Purpose of using Smart science to improve lives™, with our ingredients delivering a positive impact in all our markets.

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Consumer Care

Consumer Care combines our businesses closest to consumers, offering innovative, sustainable solutions for home care, beauty, personal care, and fragrance. Our expertise enables us to provide tailored formulations to meet global consumer demands.

Life Sciences

We provide high-quality healthcare solutions, protect crops, and enhance seeds, supporting global health and crop sustainability. Our growing range of technologies ensures we deliver high value to customers worldwide.

Industrial Specialties

Industrial Specialties serves our retained businesses in coatings, textiles, fibers, water treatment, and niche industrial markets, providing essential formulation ingredients and sustainable solutions from key Croda manufacturing sites worldwide.

A Career at Croda

Croda’s culture is about great people coming together to share different perspectives and approaches. We look for individuals who are passionate about overcoming some of the world’s biggest challenges; we each play an important role either creating, making, promoting, or delivering our innovations, safely.

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Current vacancies

At Croda, our people are our difference. We are committed to using Smart science to improve lives™ while driving a sustainable future. Join our team and be part of a responsible, inclusive culture where your contributions make an impact.

Life at Croda

Celebrate the amazing people who make Croda International unique. Dive into inspiring stories, innovative projects, and the value of Together that drives our mission Smart science to improve lives™.

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Our brand evolution

In 1925, our founders, entrepreneur George Crowe and chemist, Henry Dawe, embarked on a venture with little more than an idea, a vision and a belief in the power of innovation. Their idea was to make lanolin, which is formed by refining the natural grease of sheep's wool.

It is this partnership between science and nature, of sustainability and innovation – that has always been at the heart of Croda, throughout our centenary journey. One that has led us from being a small family firm to becoming the global business we are today.

Therefore, our evolved brand not only honours our amazing legacy, but also reflects the kind of business we have become, with an incredibly powerful Purpose, Smart science to improve lives™.

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Our latest news

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First quarter 2025 sales update

23 April 2025: Croda International Plc (“Croda” or the “Group”) today provides an update on its sales performance in the first quarter of 2025 (the three months ended 31 March 2025). 
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Croda cuts ribbon at new lipids facility Pennsylvania

Croda opens advanced lipids manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania

18 March 2025: Croda today announces the opening of a pioneering new lipids manufacturing facility in Lamar, Pennsylvania, USA. Our investment in this new site reinforces Croda’s commitment to drive innovation in drug delivery systems for next-generation therapeutics.
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2024 full year results

Full Year Results 2024

25 February 2025: Croda International Plc (“Croda” or the “Group”), the company that uses smart science to create high-performance ingredients and solutions that improve lives, announces its full year results for the year ended 31 December 2024. 
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100 years of smart science

Croda launches animated timeline to showcase 100 years of innovation

13 February 2025: Croda International Plc (“Croda”), the company that uses smart science to create high-performance ingredients and solutions that improve lives, today launches an animated historical timeline to mark its centenary year.
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Our Purpose

Smart science to improve lives™

Our Purpose is to use Smart science to improve lives™, enabled by our distinctive values-led culture that governs how we work with one another and guides our relationships with all of our partners. We combine our knowledge, passion and entrepreneurial spirit to create, make and sell speciality ingredients that are relied on by industries and consumers everywhere.
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Where we operate

Every day our global team, across 37 countries, work together to inspire our customers.
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Our markets

We develop and supply innovative high-value ingredients that are typically included at low inclusion levels and offer critical functionality to our customers formulations. We are united by our Purpose of using Smart science to improve lives™, with our ingredients delivering a positive impact in all our markets.
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Sustainability

Sustainability spans every area of our business and is a crucial way we add value to our customers.
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