Hawkins is a formulator, manufacturer, blender, distributor, and sales agent for more than 500 industrial chemicals and 600 reagent grade laboratory chemicals. If you drink tap water in the Midwest, make processed cheese, or undergo kidney dialysis, chances are that Hawkins was involved in some way.

Thousands of pharmacies, water treatment facilities, food and dairy producers, manufacturers, research labs and many other organizations depend on Hawkins for the chemical products they need. These products range from potassium carbonate to chlorine to FCC grade citrates and phosphates.


Geographic Range

Hawkins is headquartered in Minneapolis. Three terminal facilities in St. Paul receive, store, distribute and in some cases manufacture products. Thirteen branch offices throughout the Midwest serve customers from Nebraska to Illinois.


Delivery

Hawkins operates a fleet of trucks, trailers, tankers and tractors from its extensive warehouse space in Minneapolis and St. Paul. The Hawkins delivery network, including its 13 branch facilities, allows the company to respond to special needs and requirements of customers throughout its large delivery area.


Service

From the moment contact is made with a customer or potential customer, Hawkins works to provide the best service possible--whether it’s arranging for a holiday delivery, making arrangements for a rare products, or simply just delivering on time every time. The proof? Many of our customers have been with Hawkins for more than 20 years.


Innovation

Since its inception in 1938, Hawkins has pioneered a number of chemical services and products:

	The first bulk-tank truck delivery of liquid caustic soda, and the construction of multi-million-gallon caustic storage tanks at its terminals.
	The first to repackage refrigeration-grade anhydrous ammonia in cylinders in the upper Midwest.
	The first repackaging of chlorine in one-ton containers and in 150-pound cylinders in the upper Midwest.
	The acquisition of a fleet of modern stainless-steel tank trailers in single and double chemical compartment configurations.
	Developed and patented process for manufacture and delivery of Cheese-Phos®, a liquid form of monosodium phosphate that is stable at room temperature, easier for cheese producers to handle, and makes better cheese.
	The addition of large storage facilities for sodium silicate, aqua ammonia, potassium hydroxide, ferric chloride, and propionic, citric, hydrofluosilicic, phosphoric, hydrochloric, and sulfuric acids.
	A new, 59,000-foot facility in St. Paul that features state-of-the-art receiving, repackaging and manufacturing operations.

Our mission is to exceed our customers' expectations as a high-quality, service-oriented chemical supplier. We will adapt quickly to the changing chemical needs of customers with a keen focus on technical expertise, teamwork, safety, profitability, and responsible care of the environment and of our community.

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