Used as a coagulant during the water purification process, wastewater treatment and paper manufacturing.
Available in25 kg
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Commodity Chemical Suppliers in Namibia
The bulk staples every factory, farm and municipality in Namibia runs on: caustic soda, soda ash, aluminium sulphate, copper sulphate, borax, urea and the wider raw-material range behind them. Swachem imports these directly and holds them at both branches, which is the difference between a 25 kg bag over the counter today and a three-week wait on a South African order. The section also carries the industrial raw materials — glycols, glycerine, silicates, surfactant feedstocks and fertiliser salts — that local blenders and manufacturers build their own products from.
Associated Chemical Enterprises (ACE)Bases & AlkalisFertilisers & Agricultural SaltsIndustrial Raw MaterialsOxidisers & Reducing AgentsOils, Lubricants & Waxes
Typical applications
- Soap and detergent manufacture (caustic, silicates, surfactant feedstocks)
- Water purification (aluminium sulphate, lime, soda ash)
- Agriculture: fertiliser salts, copper sulphate, agricultural lime
- Drain cleaning and fat removal (caustic soda)
- Taxidermy and hide work (borax, salt chemistry)
- Antifreeze and coolant blending (monoethylene glycol)
- Wood preservation (creosote)
Why buy from Swachem
- Direct imports — genuine wholesale pricing on bags and drums
- 25 kg / 50 kg bags, 500 g retail packs, and full-pallet supply
- Food-grade options (propylene glycol, dextrose, acetic, citric) where processes demand them
- Consistent sourcing — the same spec bag after bag
Featured commodity chemicals products
From the 2024 catalogue — descriptions and pack sizes as published.
Used as a cleaner in the plastic manufacturing industry, motor, fertilizers, textile.
Available in22.5 kg25 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Borax Granular Tech Dek
IndustrialTaxidermies use this to get the fat off from the skin.
Available in25 kg
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Excellent drain cleaner, can be used to clean fat from raw hides. Also used in the road-making industry.
Available in25 kg5 kg500 g
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Mainly used in Labs for product testing and experiments.
Available in25 kg
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Used in swimming pools — collects dust and makes it easier to clean your pool. Also a fungicide and algaecide.
Available in25 kg
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Primers for metal surfaces that prevent rust.
Available in25 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Preserving of wood products. Termite repellent.
Available in25 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Glycerine
TechGlycerine (glycerol) — the workhorse humectant and carrier: soap and cosmetic makers use it to keep bars mild and creams moist, food and pharmaceutical producers as a sweet, safe carrier and moisture-holder, and workshops for everything from hydraulic fluid blending to keeping clay and leather supple.
Available in25 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
MEA (Monoethanolamine)
IndustrialMonoethanolamine (MEA) — the neutralising amine local detergent blenders reach for: it converts sulphonic acid into the salt that becomes liquid detergent, boosts alkalinity in cleaning formulations, and serves industry as a scrubbing and metalworking-fluid component.
Available in25 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Monoethylene Glycol Ind
IndustrialMonoethylene glycol (MEG), industrial grade — the base of engine antifreeze and coolant: fleet workshops and blenders dilute it to the strength Namibian conditions need, and industry runs it in closed-loop heat-transfer and chilled-water systems.
Available in25 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Polyethylene glycol PEG 6000 — the higher-molecular-weight PEG used as a binder and excipient in tablet making, a base in cosmetic and ointment formulation, a ceramic and mould-release aid, and a water-soluble lubricant wherever an easily-rinsed wax is wanted.
Available in25 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Used in the chemical industry, mining, manufacturing of different compounds, fertilisers, in potassium soaps and in detergents.
Available in25 kg
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Purple crystal used in labs for product testing and experiments.
Available in500 g25 kg
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Propylene glycol, food grade (mono propylene glycol / MPG) — the food-safe glycol: a carrier and humectant in food and beverage production, the base for food-plant heat-transfer and glycol chilling systems, a pharmaceutical and cosmetic solvent, and the fluid in fogging and misting applications.
Available in25 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Helps create a variety of products across many industries, such as building, automotive, home, cleaning, energy, beverage, food and glass, bake-ware, industrial, water treatment, oil and gas.
Available in25 kg
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Used to produce soaps, rayon, paper, dyes and petroleum products.
Available in25 kg
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Mainly used for the manufacture of detergents and in the kraft process of paper pulping.
Pack sizes on request
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Used in dry cells as an electrolyte.
Available in25 kg
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Used to treat or prevent minor skin irritations such as burns, cuts and diaper rash.
Available in25 kg
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
The full commodity chemicals range
The deeper range from our master product list — stocked or sourced on request. Ask for grades, pack sizes and bulk pricing.
Bases & Alkalies (pH Increasers)
Ammonia Solution Ind. 25%
Industrial ammonia solution used in cleaning compounds, fertilisers and process work.
Lime - Hydrated White - Water Treatment
Hydrated lime for pH correction and softening in water treatment plants.
Lime Hydrated Slaked White
General-purpose hydrated (slaked) lime for building, agriculture and industry.
Potassium Hydroxide Flakes 25kg
KOH flakes for soap manufacture and industry, 25 kg bags.
Sodium Bicarbonate
Bicarbonate of soda — buffering, cleaning, food and feed applications.
Sodium Carbonate (Dense, Light)
Soda ash in dense and light grades for detergents, glass, water treatment and pH correction.
Trisodium Phosphate
Heavy-duty alkaline cleaner and degreaser; paint-prep washing and industrial cleaning.
Binders & Thickeners
Sodium Silicate (Liquid 300kg, general)
Water glass — binder, sealer and detergent builder.
Fertilizers & Nutrients
Potassium Chloride CP
CP-grade potassium chloride for laboratory and formulation use.
Urea Granulars (50kg, 500G, 1kg)
Granular urea — nitrogen source for agriculture, licks and industrial processes.
Urea Prills N46% Industrial
Industrial urea prills, 46% nitrogen, for agriculture and industrial use.
General Industrial Chemicals
Calcium (Likely Calcium Carbonate or similar bulk calcium compound)
Bulk calcium compound for industrial use.
Dextrose Monohydrate Fd (Food additive, also industrial uses)
Food-grade dextrose for food production and fermentation.
Paradichloronbenzene 25kg (Odor neutralizer, mothball ingredient)
PDB blocks and crystals — odour control and moth protection.
Pine Oil 85% (Solvent, fragrance, cleaning agent)
Pine oil 85% for disinfectant and cleaner manufacture.
Procool 219kg (Likely a coolant or heat transfer fluid)
Industrial coolant / heat-transfer fluid, 219 kg drums.
Sodium Sulphate
General Industrial Chemical product from Swachem’s industrial raw materials range. Ask our counter for grades, pack sizes and application guidance.
Oils & Lubricants
Armohib (corrosion inhibitor)
Corrosion inhibitor for acid cleaning and pickling baths.
Bitumen Solution (Adhesive/sealing, but also used as a raw material)
Adhesive/sealing, but also used as a raw material.
Servosoft Ditallow 175kg (Fatty acid derivative, often for lubricants or soaps)
Fatty-acid derivative for softener and soap manufacture.
Oxidizers & Reducing Agents
Sodium Metabisulphite (Reducing agent, preservative)
Reducing agent and preservative for food, wine and water treatment.
Sodium Perborate (Oxygen bleach)
Oxygen bleach for laundry and cleaning formulation.
Sodium Percarbonate (Oxygen bleach)
Solid hydrogen peroxide — oxygen bleach for laundry powders.
Commodity Chemicals: your questions answered
What pack sizes does caustic soda come in, and which should I buy?
Caustic soda flakes are stocked in 25 kg bags for industry, with 5 kg and 500 g packs for smaller users, exactly as the 2024 catalogue lists. Soap makers, abattoirs and workshops degreasing heavily go through 25 kg bags; a lodge or household clearing drains is better served by the 500 g pack. Caustic is aggressively hygroscopic — in coastal air especially, buy what you will use within a few months and keep the bag sealed inside a bin or drum.
Is your aluminium sulphate suitable for potable water treatment?
Yes — we stock iron-free granular aluminium sulphate, the grade municipalities and NamWater-type plants use as a primary coagulant for drinking water. It is the same product that clears turbidity in settling tanks before filtration and chlorination. For plant-scale programmes we supply it alongside hydrated lime for pH correction and soda ash for alkalinity, so the whole coagulation train comes off one order.
Do you sell urea for agriculture, and in what forms?
We stock urea prills N46% industrial and granular urea in 50 kg bags, with 1 kg and 500 g packs for small-scale use. Irrigation schemes and the maize triangle use it as a straight nitrogen source; feedlots use controlled amounts in ruminant licks; and industry uses it in resins and as a diesel-exhaust fluid feedstock. Tell us the application when you order — the right form (prill vs granular) differs between spreading, dissolving and lick-blending.
Why do local detergent blenders buy their raw materials from Swachem?
Because the whole formulation is on one floor: SLES 25 and 70, sulphonic acid, CDE, nonionic surfactants, caustic for saponification, soda ash and sodium sulphate as builders, plus perfumes, dyes and preservatives. Swachem imports these directly, so a Windhoek or Walvis Bay blender is not paying a middleman margin on top of South African freight. Small blenders can start with 25 kg packs and scale to drum quantities on the same spec.
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