Metalworking Fluids

DuBois Gets Heatbath

May 27, 2015

DuBois Chemicals acquired Heatbath Corp., including its Park Metallurgical business, for an undisclosed amount in a deal that will enhance Dubois indu ...

Southern Chinas Amer Lubricant Technology Co. has seen its business grow at an annual clip of 20 percent and is now building its third blending plant ...

Swiss metalworking fluids manufacturer Blaser Swisslube AG opened a research and development center in Hong Kong last week to help it grow in the Asia ...

If the federal agency prevails, some of the most effective extreme-pressure agents in metalworking will vanish from the U.S. market by next May.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency stated it could eliminate mid- and long-chain chlorinated paraffins in U.S. commerce as early as May 2016 usi ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is approving revisions to Ventura County Air Pollution Control Districts portion of Californias implementatio ...

The next big date for the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals initiative comes in June 2015 when new substance and mi ...

Asia accounted for 40 percent of the globe's U.S. $8.8 billion in demand for metalworking fluids in 2013, Frost & Sullivan concluded in a recent analy ...

Frost & Sullivan estimated the global metalworking fluids market will reach $12.1 billion revenue in 2020, up 37.5 percent from $8.8 billion in 2 ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Significant New Rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act for alkanes C12-13, chloro, a short-chai ...

Many metal removal fluids are diluted with purified water to form long-life emulsions. But is the price of purity more breakage of drills, reamers and ...

Dow Chemical agreed to sell Angus Chemical to private equity investment firm Golden Gate Capital for $1.2 billion. Subject to approvals, the transacti ...

Eastern Oil Expands

November 12, 2014

Lubricants and metalworking fluids manufacturer and distributor Eastern Oil Co. completed a 10,000 square foot facility expansion and renovation proje ...

Base stock selection deserves more attention from formulators of metalworking fluids and other industrial lubricants, an industry insider said at a re ...

Global demand for metalworking fluids has remained relatively flat since 2007. Demand in Europe reflects this trend where metalworking fluid consumpti ...

Nigeria held its first Lubricant Summit in Lagos in August to discuss the state of the industry and plan the sectors future. Attendees paid particular ...

Utah Lands MWF Maker Oemeta

October 15, 2014

Germany-based biobased metalworking fluids manufacturer Oemeta plans to build its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Utah. Oemeta is truly excited for ...

A recent report from the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council upheld the listing of formaldehyde as known to be a human carcinogen i ...

DuBois Hooks Angler

August 20, 2014

DuBoisChemicals acquired Angler Industries for an undisclosed price – a deal it says will strengthen its industrial cleaning, surface treatment ...

The global metalworking fluids market will grow at 2.3 percent per year, and reach 2.5 million tons by 2017, predicts Kline & Co. Wonder who the domin ...