Orica Consumer Products (OCP) is a manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer products used in home improvement, architectural maintenance and construction. Products include paints and woodcare products, household cleaning and car care products, and lawn and garden care products.
The business operates in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and China.
OCP manufacturers and markets icon brands that include Dulux, Berger, British Paints, Walpamur, Cabot’s, Feast Watson, Integrain, Acratex, Selleys, Rota Cota, Poly, Turtle Wax, Yates, Thrive, Zero and Dynamic Lifter in Australia and New Zealand. An extensive range of powder coatings is manufactured and marketed in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region.
Chemnet is Orica’s chemical trading solutions business, supplying the market from all sources including:
- own manufacture
- external manufacture
- as a distributor or agent
The business is based in Australia and operates in New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Fiji, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Irian Jaya, Myanmar, Laos, Peru, Chile and the United Kingdom.
Markets serviced include food, beverage, dairy, pharmaceutical, fragrance, cosmetics, aromatics, personal care, flavours, mining, agriculture, pulp and paper, printing, plastics, refrigeration, metal, engineering, surface coatings, building and construction, automotive, dry-cleaning, footwear, cosmetic, wire and cable, appliances and containers.
Orica’s Chemical Services business is divided into three business units: Watercare, Industrial Chemical and Mining Chemicals.
Watercare products are used by municipal customers for creating safe drinking water and treating sewerage and by individual customers in water and process applications.
The Industrial Chemicals business comprises Adhesives and Resins and Specialty Chemicals. Adhesives and Resins services markets that include wood panels, timber and fibre insulation. Specialty Chemicals produces explosive emulsifiers and is also a niche manufacturer of specialty surfactants, personal care additives, pulp and paper dyes and agricultural chemicals.
Mining Chemicals is based in Australia and exports products to Asia, Africa and the Americas, as well as supplying the local Australian industry. It is the world’s second largest producer if sodium cyanide.