Profile: JLK Industries is a supplier of specialty chemicals. Our products include defoamers, natural polymers, surfactants, synthetic polymers and treated silica. The defoamers are used for killing/suppressing foam. This comes in four main forms such as oil based, water based, concentrates and silicone based defoamers. We provide the basic defoamer building blocks to the formulating chemist. Our defoamer components include hydrophobic silica, emulsifiers, hydrocarbon oil, oil/silica blends and amorphous precipitated silica. Our natural polymers include xanthan and guar. The xanthan gum is a naturally produced hydrocolloid that finds application in many industries. Its main use is as a rheology modifier/thickener. These are widely applied in mineral slurries, paints, clearers, cosmetics, water based lubricants, pigments, dyes, metalworking fluids and highly alkaline aqueous systems. Guar gum derives itself from the ground endosperm of the guar plant. The guar plant produces a drought resistant legume. Surfactants are the most widely used specialty chemicals. These surface active agents find application in almost every industry. We offer sulfosuccinates, phosphate esters, amine ethoxylates, castor oil ethoxylates, fatty acid esters, fatty acid ethoxylates, and other specialty products. Our surfactant product lines include sodium dioctyl sulfosuccinates, phosphate esters, polyethylene glycol esters, alkanolamides, stearates, amine oxides and amphoterics.