
The Chemical Industries Master Catalogs
For more than 25 years, SpecialChem has been aggregating, digitizing, standardizing and maintaining chemicals' data to build its famous Master Catalogs.
- 400,000+ commercial chemical products
- 6,000+ suppliers globally
- 300,000+ chemical substances
- 250+ regulations and inventories monitored
- 260+ brand and retailer restriction lists tracked
- Millions of data points
- Hundreds of attributes
- Dozens of proprietary taxonomies
Continuously maintained through AI-assisted workflows and expert validation, these Master Catalogs provide the trusted foundation behind our Data Services and Product Master Data initiatives.
A unique chemical data asset designed to accelerate Product Master Data creation, enrichment and maintenance.

A flexible, on-demand approach to chemical data
We can edit your Product Master Data
We transform your existing information into structured and usable Product Master Data. No matter how chaotic your current data is.
- Collection from ERPs, pdf documents, spreadsheets and technical files
- Structuring based on your data model and governance rules
- Taxonomy definition and data modeling support
- AI-assisted extraction and processing
- Validation by chemical experts
Initial population and ongoing maintenance of your Product Master Data in ionicPIM.
The speed of AI combined with the reliability of chemical experts.


We can complete your Product Master Data
We enrich your existing data with high-value chemical intelligence coming from the SpecialChem Master Catalogs, including:
- Regulatory attributes
- Product atlernatives
- Competitive products
- Generic substance profiles
- Product popularity
- Technical and application-related information
Making the Product Master Data managed in ionicPIM more complete, actionable and ready for digital, regulatory and AI-driven use cases.
Populate ionicPIM with high-quality chemical datasets
Leverage the complete SpecialChem Master Catalogs or customized subsets to accelerate the creation and enrichment of Product Master Data in ionicPIM.
Available datasets include:
- Cosmetics Ingredients
- Coatings Ingredients
- Adhesives Ingredients
- Plastics & Elastomers
- Polymer Additives
- Food Ingredients
- Pharma Ingredients
- Animal Feed
- HI&I Ingredients
Integrated directly into ionicPIM, where Product Master Data can be governed, enriched and continuously maintained before being distributed across your digital ecosystem.
Access trusted chemical data at a fraction of the cost and effort required to build and maintain it internally, while benefiting from SpecialChem's continuous data maintenance processes.

Data edition and integration services
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AI-assidsted data entry
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Multi-source data management
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Product data enrichment
Hybrid data entry process to fast track data edition
Rely on the latest AI technologies to rapidly edit and enrich your product data. Get 100% confidence with human verification process.
Organize all your product data in one place
Collect product info from different sources (ERP), files, spreadsheets. Edit it internally or get our help in enriching and structuring the data.
Transform static product characteristic into dynamic and searchable values
Regroup all product technical, marketing, regulatory data and structure into a rich product dataset. Unify values, claims, units, nature of attributes to guarantee a coherent source of knowledge across your organization.
Examples of chemical data we help structure and maintain
Product Data
- Product and grade names
- Suppliers
- CAS and INCI identifiers
- Standardized chemical families and classifications
- Standardized applications and end-markets
- Standardized performances and claims
- Standardized quantitative properties
- Regulatory compliance and certifications
- Sustainability attributes
Substances Regulatory Status
- CAS number
- Names
- Presence in positive inventories
- Regulatory status and restrictions
- Presence in brands' restriction lists
- Daily changes monitoring
Commercial & Market Intelligence
- Product alternatives and competition
- Product popularity
- Generic substance profiles

