as lse crda industry chemicals founded 1925 headquarters snaith east riding of yorkshire uk key people anita frew chairman steve foots ceo products speciality chemicals for personal care health care crop care lubricant additives coatings and polymers geo technologies polymer additives home care industrial chemicals revenue 1 081.7 million 2015 1 operating income 264.2 million 2015 1 net income 181.1 million 2015 1 number of employees 4 239 2015 2 website www.croda.com croda international plc is a british speciality chemicals company based at snaith in the east riding of yorkshire . it is listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse 100 index . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded by george crowe in 1925 at rawcliffe bridge to manufacture lanolin a natural protective fat present in sheep s wool which must be washed out before the wool can be woven under the name croda a combination of the first few letters of his surname with that of his partner a mr dawe . 3 in 1927 philip wood became the first manager of the croda lanolin factory . philip swiftly refined dawe s production process and in the 1930s he gradually developed a wider range of product applications for lanolin . when philip died in 1949 aged 46 the board decided to run the business by committee with philip s son sir frederick wood appointed sales director . in 1950 fred relocated to new york to set up a new office with some success . in 1953 fred returned to the uk and was appointed croda s managing director aged just 27 . 4 under fred wood s management croda experienced a sustained period of rapid growth . leading cosmetics companies started using its products in the 1950s and at that time it also began to expand internationally it moved to its present location in 1955 . 3 it was first listed on the london stock exchange in 1964 . 3 it expanded rapidly in the 1960s acquiring united premier oil in 1967 and british glues & chemicals in 1968 . 3 in 1990 it developed lorenzo s oil a product famously used to treat adrenoleukodystrophy . 3 in 1998 it bought westbrook lanolin . 3 more recently it has concentrated on speciality chemicals and in 2006 it announced that it had reached a deal with ici to acquire ici s uniqema for a total consideration of 410 million . 5 operations edit the company s products include the hq of croda international in the late 17th century cowick hall lying midway between west and east cowick in the east riding of yorkshire surfactants which are used as ingredients for cosmetic creams and lotions . dietary supplements containing speciality lipids such as omega 3 oils . fatty acid amides which add slip to plastic surfaces so plastic bags can be peeled apart easily . these products are sold to other manufacturing companies . croda has factories in the united kingdom france spain italy the netherlands the united states brazil singapore india indonesia korea and japan . references edit a b c preliminary results 2015 . croda international . retrieved 8 march 2016 . sustainability report 2015 . croda international . retrieved 24 march 2016 . a b c d e f croda international plc. our history croda . croda.com . retrieved 27 september 2016 . sir frederick wood . the telegraph . 20 march 2003 . retrieved 20 september 2014 . personal finance how to grow your wealth and spend less money telegraph . telegraph.co.uk . retrieved 26 march 2015 . external links edit official site yahoo profile british glues & chemicals john p birchall v t e ftse 100 companies of the united kingdom ftse 250 3i admiral group anglo american antofagasta ashtead group associated british foods astrazeneca aviva bae systems bhp billiton bp babcock international barclays barratt developments british american tobacco british land bt group bunzl burberry capita carnival centrica coca cola hbc compass group crh croda international dcc diageo direct line group dixons carphone easyjet experian fresnillo gkn 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