About Element Solutions Inc.
Element Solutions Inc. is a global specialty chemicals technology company whose operating businesses formulate products and provide technical services for manufacturing and other industrial processes. Its technologies are used to enhance the performance of products across several large end markets. The company describes its work as enabling products of everyday life, from smartphones and in-car electronics to luxury goods and energy production.
The company’s offerings span electronics and specialty chemicals. In electronics, its expertise includes printed circuitry, semiconductor applications and electronics assembly. Its chemistry and material process technologies support the manufacture of electronic circuitry and related products. The company also serves communication infrastructure, automotive systems, consumer electronics, and other electronics-intensive markets.
Element Solutions’ specialty offerings address industrial surface finishing and other processes, including applications in offshore energy. Its high-technology products and services are sold across industries such as communications, automobiles, and industrial finishing. The company’s operating businesses work with customers on solutions intended to support manufacturing processes and improve the performance of the products those customers make.
Element Solutions serves business customers and manufacturers in multiple industries. The company says customers rely on its innovation and market expertise in fast-moving markets, and that its technical sales teams are located near key markets to support customer relationships and product innovation. It reports operating 60 manufacturing and research and development sites in 18 countries, with direct operations in more than 30 countries and distribution relationships in over 20 additional countries.
The company’s history brings together operating businesses with long-standing experience in specialty chemicals and related markets. Element Solutions Inc. was incorporated in 2013, according to its investor FAQ. The current company name and corporate structure encompass businesses whose individual histories extend further back. The company is headquartered in Miami Beach, Florida.
Element Solutions describes itself as results-oriented, with a focus on innovation and service. Its stated priorities include customer success, operational excellence, commercial reliability, and market-leading innovation. It also describes a culture organized around five principles—Challenge, Commit, Collaborate, Choose, and Care—including ambitious goals, accountability, teamwork, employee judgment, and concern for customers, colleagues, and the wider environment.
The company says it partners with customers and original equipment manufacturers to develop tailored solutions, and works with governments, industry groups, and universities on commercially viable products intended to meet environmental standards. Its stated strategy also emphasizes talent development and a meritocratic workplace, including training and career development. These are company-described priorities rather than a guarantee of any particular employee experience.
