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Formulation &
product development
Develop or refine chemical products around the performance, stability, cost and manufacturing requirements that matter to your business.
New productsReformulationScale-up
Independent chemical consulting · Australia wide
Better chemistry.
Built for the real world.
Practical formulation, product development and troubleshooting for businesses that make chemical products — from the first lab trial to a reliable production process.
Independent by design.
Advice shaped around your product, your suppliers and your manufacturing goals.
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01 / WHAT WE DO
Make your chemistry work harder.
A good formula has to do more than work in a beaker. It needs to perform consistently, make commercial sense, suit available raw materials and translate into a process your team can repeat.
HEKA Scientific gives manufacturers and growing brands access to experienced chemical development support without needing to employ a full-time chemist.
02 / SERVICES
From a tricky problem
to a better product.
Focused technical support for the challenges that slow down product development, production and growth.
Formulation &
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Troubleshooting
& optimisation
Investigate performance issues, instability, processing difficulties or opportunities to reduce cost without losing the properties your customers need.
Root causeCost reductionValidation
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Raw materials &
supply chain
Assess raw-material options, compare supplier alternatives and help build a practical sourcing strategy for dependable product supply.
SourcingAlternativesCost-in-use
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Manufacturing
& scale-up support
Bridge the gap between lab work and production with batch planning, process guidance, trial support and quality-focused problem solving.
Process transferProduction trialsQC support
03 / AREAS OF FOCUS
Chemistry for
real applications.
HEKA works across selected industrial and consumer chemical applications, with a practical focus on cleaning and coatings-related products.
Ask about your application ↗A↗
Cleaning & hygiene
Commercial and industrial cleaning, surface care, degreasing and specialty cleaning formulations.
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Coatings & surface treatments
Product development and troubleshooting for selected coatings, surface-care and protective-treatment applications.
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CASE & specialty formulations
Relevant experience in adhesives and polymer chemistry, with project scope assessed to match the specific technical need.
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Emerging chemical brands
Independent technical support for businesses that need a product, supplier or manufacturing plan — without a full in-house R&D team.
04 / HOW WE WORK
Independent advice.
Practical outcomes.
Your project should move forward with clarity — from defining the problem to deciding what to test next.
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Understand
We define the application, target performance, constraints, timeline and commercial priorities.
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Investigate
We review the current formula or process, identify likely causes and map out practical options.
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Test & refine
Where appropriate, we plan trials, compare options and document what the results tell us.
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Implement
We help translate the selected solution into clear next steps for sourcing, validation or production.
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Your product. Your choices. HEKA’s independent model is designed to give you flexibility in selecting suppliers and manufacturing partners. Project ownership, deliverables and any intellectual-property arrangements are agreed upfront.
05 / ABOUT HEKA
Technical depth.
Commercial thinking.
HEKA Scientific was founded by Dr Henrik Kalmer, who holds a PhD in Polymer Chemistry and has worked in the chemical industry across Germany, Japan and Australia.
Product experience. Our technical background includes polyurethane adhesives, cleaning and hygiene products, coatings and surface treatments, and specialty chemical formulations.
Technical capabilities. Our work spans research and development (R&D), product development, formulation and reformulation, troubleshooting, cost optimisation, raw-material sourcing, scale-up and manufacturing support. We combine technical depth with practical production and commercial considerations.
Based in Queensland
Servicing Australia-wide
PhD · M.Sc. · B.Sc.Polymer Chemistry (PhD); Chemistry (M.Sc. and B.Sc.)
DE · JP · AUInternational industry experience
Lab → plantDevelopment to production
06 / START A CONVERSATION
What are you
trying to solve?
Tell us a little about your product, process or technical challenge. We can work out whether HEKA is the right fit and what a useful next step would look like.