About Catalyst

We are a privately owned Chemical Supplier to the Printing Ink, Converting, Adhesives & Surface Coating industries since 1994. Yvonne Lockwood is the CEO, and she continues to lead the business into high growth. Some key aspects of Catalyst:

  • Financially strong and secure
  • Australian strength, Export focus expanding into Asia
  • Independent. Not motivated by other business interests, just by our Partner's needs
  • Professionally managed with strong business ethics
  • A leader in the supply & distribution of Industrial Ethanol
  • Small enough to be agile and independent of mind, large enough to be highly competitive in our business segments

But what makes us unique?

There are 3 key defining attributes that make us unique vs. other competitors:

  1. We will do whatever is humanly possible to develop our relationship with you, Customer or Supplier, into a Partnership
  2. Morally and legally, we will always do what is right
  3. Thinking and acting 'Innovation'. (Many companies talk about innovation, few truly do this. Click on this link to see some examples of Catalyst's 'Innovation')

Partnerships with Catalyst

We will treat you as a Partner right from the beginning of our relationship, and believe that, over time, the true benefits of being a partner with Catalyst will become compelling for us both.

We have a number of true business Partners that we value above all else. Simply put, Catalyst believe that it's not short term actions or pricing that matter, it's how strong our relationship stays over the long term.

Read more about the value and importance of Partnerships in testimonials from some of our existing Partners

Doing what's right

Too often the challenge for companies and the individuals within them is to choose between what is 'right' and what action might be a short term gain, more profitable or even just easier. At Catalyst we judge ourselves on this every moment of every day.

From the top down, every decision and every action is a choice of every employee of what is 'right'. Quite often this means we may pay a higher price or make a bit less profit, but in the long term, we know it is what our Customers/Partners, the Government and the world we live in would expect of us.

Can you say the same is true of all your business Partners?

Innovation at Catalyst

For us, Innovation means not only developing new products, but also developing new ways to meet our Partner's needs in a service and process manner. When we take costs out of our business or increase our service to you, in a new way, this is also Innovation.

New product Innovation is a big part of our business. Some of our largest Partners purchase products that were developed by Catalyst to uniquely meet their needs. Feel free to talk to us about your own unique needs, we love a challenge.