GEO Specialty Chemicals

THE OPPORTUNITY

Enact completed the acquisition of Geo Specialty Chemicals in December 2025 as a non core carve out from the US Chemicals group, CPS Performance Materials. Geo has operated from its site in Hythe, Southampton since the 1960s and produces a range of performance chemicals across two divisions; Performance Intermediates and Contact Lens. 

Geo is headquartered in Hythe across a 53 acre chemical manufacturing plant and supplies a range of blue-chip chemicals business across the globe. Over recent years, the business has faced difficult market conditionals related to the wider downturn across the European Chemical Sector.

THE IMPACT SO FAR

Geo is a leading UK manufacturer of silicone and non silicone contact lens products, supplying the world’s larger contact lens manufacturers. The business also supplies other specialty chemicals which service a range of sectors across construction, automotive and food manufacturing.

Enact’s investment is focused on stabilising the business as it is carved out of the parent group and reviewing its business model as a standalone business post completion. Since its initial investment, Enact has strengthened the existing management team with a new Financial Director, Andrew Willson.