Who are we?

How can we help make the world a better place thanks to our pure industrial products?

Humens is a major player in the specialty mineral chemistry sector, formulating and manufacturing original mineral products such as sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium silicate, and Nabion®.
As a manufacturer of industrial chemical products, Humens serves pharmaceutical, health, human food, animal feed, cosmetics, environmental, and detergent industries. Our outreach is international.
What has our goal been since we started our mineral chemistry business in 1855? To make chemical products with the highest possible level of purity while keeping environmental impact to the minimum.

Our locations / Our distribution network

East of france
Novacarb production site
Novabion production site
Limestone quarry
Salt Fields
United Kingdom
Representation office
Lyon (France)
Bureaux administratifs
India
Representation office
Indonesia
Representation office
Singapore
Novabay production site
Japan
Representation office

Our 3 production sites

France
France
Singapore
400
makers
3
production sites
300
M€ net sales
400
customers
30
countries served
2
investment projects for the energy transition
Humens is finalizing its Novawood project: construction and launch of a biomass cogeneration plant enabling the company to reduce its CO2 emissions by 150,000 tons per year.