Hawkins Inc

Hawkins Inc blends manufactures and distributes chemicals and other specialty ingredients in the United States and internationally It operates through three segments Industrial Water Treatment and Health and Nutrition The Industrial segment offers industrial chemicals products and services to agriculture chemical processing electronics energy food pharmaceutical and plating industries This segment primarily provides acids alkalis and foodgrade and pharmaceutical salts and ingredients It also receives stores and distributes various chemicals such as liquid caustic soda sulfuric acid hydrochloric acid urea phosphoric acid aqua ammonia and potassium hydroxide In addition this segment manufactures sodium hypochlorite and agricultural products as well as various foodgrade and pharmaceutical products that include liquid phosphates lactates and other blended products repackages water treatment chemicals and bulk industrial chemicals and performs custom blending of chemicals and contract and private label bleach packaging The Water Treatment segment offers chemicals equipment and solutions for potable water municipal and industrial wastewater industrial process water and nonresidential swimming pool and agriculture water The Health and Nutrition segment offers ingredient distribution processing and formulation solutions to manufacturers of nutraceutical functional food and beverage personal care dietary supplement and other nutritional food and health and wellness products Its products portfolio includes minerals botanicals and herbs vitamins and amino acids excipients joint products sweeteners and enzymes The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Roseville Minnesota