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The combination of Quaker Chemical and Houghton International positions
Quaker Houghton as a global leader in industrial process fluids for the metal
and metalworking customers. Armed with an expanded products and services
portfolio, the company plans to broaden its horizons across a wide spectrum
of customer segments including steel, automotive, mining, industrial parts
manufacturing, aerospace, and tube and pipe.

POONAM PEDNEKAR Q uaker Chemical (1918) efit from Quaker’s strength in The beginning
Chief Copy Editor and Houghton Interna- specialty greases, high-pressure Quaker Chemical began its jour-
Magic Wand Media Inc tional (1865) had, in die casting, mining specialties, ney in India in 1997 with head-
poonam.pednekar@ their individual capacities, surface treatment and bio-based quarters in Kolkata and in a
magicwandmedia.in built reputations as technology lubricants. Quaker customers, on span of nearly 25 years estab-
and customer-centric compa- the other hand, will have access lished its brand presence across
nies. The combined entity to Houghton’s quenchants, forg- a wide range of industries as a
Quaker Houghton has a history ing oils, offshore hydraulic fluids, provider of process fluids, chem-
of 250 years and is looking for metal finishing products, and icals, specialties, and technical
cross-selling opportunities and a broader metal removal fluids expertise. Today, it has regional
continued market growth. portfolio. The combination of offices in Bengaluru, Chennai,
Quaker Houghton offers metal Quaker Chemical and Houghton Pune, and Gurugram to serve
cutting and forming fluids, cor- International nearly doubles the markets in southern, western
rosion protection fluids, spe- size of either company. Together and northern regions.
cialty hydraulic fluids, and it employs around 4,000 associ- Tridib Majumder, Managing
steel and aluminum rolling oils. ates serving around 15,000 cus- Director, Quaker Houghton
Houghton customers will ben- tomers worldwide. India, takes us through the

Source: Quaker Chemical India Ltd

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