U.S.-Based Specialty
Materials and Chemical Manufacturing Company
Who We Are: A Leader Among Chemical Manufacturing Companies in Ohio
Current Chemicals is a U.S.-based specialty materials manufacturer and chemical company in Cleveland, Ohio. We partner with innovators to create custom chemistries and strengthen the supply chains behind them.
Backed by 75+ years of expertise in phosphors, critical and rare earth materials, and application-specific formulations, we take ideas from lab to large-scale production to power technologies such as luminescent displays, EV motors, and wind turbines.
What Drives Us
We’re innovators like you, and are here to offer solutions to common scale-up challenges:
- Security and risk mitigation – Secure, U.S.-based supply chain for rare earths and critical materials that supports stable, reliable chemical manufacturing.
- Innovation – Our driving purpose is to co-develop materials with innovative partners.
- Go from grams to kilograms – Overcome the critical gap between lab and mass materials production to scale successfully.
Why Current Chemicals
Collaboration Beyond the Lab
We help customers secure their supply chains, achieve regulatory compliance, and protect proprietary information with a U.S.-based chemical manufacturing footprint that reduces exposure to global trade risks. As a full-service partner, we support R&D-driven organizations from lab trials through pilot scale to commercial volumes.
U.S.-based reliability
75+ year legacy
R&D partnerships with IP protection
Trusted with infrastructure and security initiatives
Our History
Our Legacy as a Trusted Chemical Company in Cleveland and Beyond
For more than 75 years, the team behind Current Chemicals has advanced the research, scale-up, and production of specialty materials that power the technologies around us. Originally the chemical division of GE Lighting, we supplied luminescent compounds for lighting technologies and built a reputation for being trustworthy, agile, and innovative.
Our scientists, engineers, and technicians expanded beyond lighting, applying rare earth processing and specialty chemistry capabilities to solve complex challenges across industries. We invested in our facilities and gained decades of specialized expertise by developing custom formulations with startups, scaling processes for researchers, and supporting government and energy initiatives.
In 2026, we became an independent company to focus on rare earth compounds and luminescent materials, as well as other specialty organic and inorganic compounds. Our purpose is to partner with innovators to create custom chemistry solutions that power technologies such as LED TVs, EV batteries, wind turbines, and more.
Company policies
Resources for Customers, Suppliers, & Partners
Current Chemicals is committed to responsible business practices that align with our company’s values. We strive to provide our partners with transparent communication regarding how we conduct business.
