Driving Innovation through Toll Manufacturing
Collaborative Solutions for Product Development and Scale-Up
Toll manufacturing is a popular service for any who works with the chemical industry. Chemical production and processing often requires very specialized equipment, and personnel who have gone through an extensive certification process. This can be a hard barrier for many companies to overcome, especially for those who don’t have the budget or time to set up an in-house production facility.
This is where toll manufacturing comes in. Through a toll contract, a company can outsource part or all of the production of a chemical product to a third party for an agreed fee or toll. The company will provide all of the raw materials or semi-finished chemicals to the toll manufacturer, or the toll manufacturer can source the raw materials, and then the toll manufacturer will process them according to specifications. This differs from contract manufacturing, where the third party manufacturer takes on all sourcing and production responsibilities. Instead, the source company takes responsibility for the quality of the raw materials and their vendors, while the toll company is responsible for the final product’s quality.
A collaboration through toll manufacturing also offers opportunities for new product development, production optimization, and production scaling to demand. For one thing, the toll manufacturer will already have all of the equipment and systems in place to process whatever chemical products for their partner. They also have the expertise to examine the production process for each product and determine ways to make it more efficient, allowing their partners to get their products to market faster, and improving the efficiency overall. As production efficiency increases, the scale at which they can make a product will increase too, which is especially helpful for companies anticipating growing demand for their products.
Toll manufacturing is also a type of on-demand production. Companies looking to outsource chemical processing can do so on a need basis, without having to invest in the equipment, personnel, and certifications. This helps to keep their production costs lower and allows the source company to better focus their attention on new product development and innovation, while the toll company takes care of any specialized production on their behalf.
About Gellner Industrial, LLC
Gellner Industrial is the premier supplier of water-based acrylic polymers, setting the bar for our industry time and time again. We are a specialized chemical company, and offer toll manufacturing services to all of our customers, creating products for a wide range of coatings, paints, printing inks, and more. Check out our website to view our full range of products and services.
