More than just a chemical supplier

Swachem Namibia (Pty) Ltd was established in 1979 as the chemical arm of the SWACO Group of Companies — a Namibian family of businesses that has beenon the move since 1933. 47 years later, the red Swachem trademark still stands for the same thing: the chemical you need, in stock, with someone behind the counter who knows what it does.

We are an importer, distributor and agent — three words that matter in a country where almost every industrial chemical crosses a border to get here. Importing directly means genuine wholesale pricing; distributing from two stocked depots means today, not in three weeks; and holding agencies for brands like Woodoc, Henkel, NCS Resins, Sicomin, Efekto, Biodyne, Pekay and ACE means the technical backup comes with the product.

Today 23 Namibians run the business across ourWindhoek head office in the Southern Industrial Area and ourWalvis Bay depot at the coast. Between them they serve every corner of the country: the mines of the central belt and the Namib uranium province, the fishing factories of the coast, the farms of the north, the municipalities treating some of the world’s scarcest water, and the workshops, lodges, schools and homes in between.

The 2024 catalogue closes with a sentence we mean: “If you did not find what you were looking for, please do not hesitate to contact our sales team to source it for you.” Sourcing the unfindable is half the job of a chemical supplier in Namibia — and after 47 years, our order book knows where to look.