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John Hogg Technical Solutions is a chemical technology company based in Trafford Park Manchester. Formed in 1981, it offers fuel marking services, chemical markers and solvent dyes to the petroleum, lubricant and speciality chemical industries.

It is wholly owned by the John Hogg Group, based in Northern Ireland.

= History =

1890-1989
John Hogg was founded in 1890 as a flax trader in Belfast, expanding into Belgium and mainland UK in the early 21st century. A decline in the flax trade following the two world wars prompted the company to diversify into other industries. The group still produces linen today through its subsidiary, Ulster Weavers.

In the late 1950’s the then chairman of John Hogg, William H Webb, entered into discussions to open a number of franchised Shell-Mex and BP fuel stations along the northern coast of Antrim. These discussions turned towards fuel distribution, with John Hogg becoming the exclusive distributor of SMBP middle distillates for Northern Ireland in 1959.

The company continued to expand the fuel distribution business into the north west of England and Wales as exclusive distributors of Shell fuels following the de-merging of the SMBP joint marketing venture in 1976.

Following the relocation to the Trafford Park site in 1981 John Hogg expanded its product range to petroleum dyes and markers, which are used to prove that excise has been paid on taxed fuel products.

1989-2010
Further expansion of the dyes and markers market into Hong Kong in 1989 brought the company to the global stage.

In 1994, the Dyeguard® range of solvent dyes for fuels, greases and lubricants was launched and the name John Hogg Technical Solutions was adopted.

The market expanded significantly following the Euromarker legislation in 2002, with JHTS taking a leading role in introducing the new marker/dye mixtures for addition into heating oils in the European market.

John Hogg acquired the fuel dyes and markers arm of BASF in 2010, including the Sudan®, COVERTRACE® and Kerotect® brands.

2010-Present
John Hogg continued to globalise over the early 2010’s, selling into 69 different countries as of 2019.

In 2019, the company launched its PURECHAIN® Ecosystem for fuel marking, combining marker chemicals with IoT enabled detectors, an app and data analytics capabilities.