# QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP

Summary updated: 2026-10-02T12:05:57.236222Z
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## Overview

Quaker Chemical Corporation, which operates as Quaker Houghton, is a specialty-chemicals company focused on industrial process fluids and related chemical-management services. Its products include metalworking and metal-forming fluids, rolling lubricants, hydraulic fluids, corrosion inhibitors, and surface-treatment solutions, serving industries such as metals, automotive, aerospace, mining, and manufacturing. [1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P54416853)[2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P91907112)

The company operates in more than 25 countries across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia/Pacific, and maintains approximately 30 laboratory facilities worldwide. [1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P54416853)[3](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P51341451) Quaker Houghton reported FY2025 net sales of $1.89 billion; its investor overview describes a workforce of approximately 4,400 employees. [4](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P50612770)[5](https://investors.quakerhoughton.com/financial-information/quarterly-results) The company describes its mission as delivering innovative and sustainable fluid solutions that create customer value while improving profitability and product quality and minimizing risk. [6](https://home.quakerhoughton.com/product-stewardship/)
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## Products & services

Quaker Chemical Corp. (Quaker Houghton) offers industrial process fluids and specialty chemicals alongside technical expertise, customized services, and process support. Its product lines include metal-removal and cleaning fluids; corrosion inhibitors; metal-drawing and forming fluids; die-cast mold releases; heat-treatment fluids and quenchants; metal-forging fluids; hydraulic fluids; surface solutions; specialty greases; offshore subsea energy-control fluids; rolling lubricants; and rod- and wire-drawing fluids. Surface-treatment chemicals are also identified in the company’s FY2024 product-line description. [7](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P145044233)[8](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P145044434)[9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P81131739)

Specific offerings include QUAKERCOOL® 740, a boron-free emulsifiable fluid for ferrous machining and grinding, and QUAKERCOOL® 730 TP, a mineral-oil-free microemulsion for demanding machining and grinding with resistance to microbiological growth. HOCUT® 4260 is a water-soluble fluid for low- to heavy-duty machining and grinding, including high-speed machining of aerospace materials; HOCUT® 767 is a synthetic, general-purpose medium-duty fluid for ferrous machining and grinding. QUINTOLUBRIC® 888 46 is a fire-resistant HFD-U hydraulic fluid; the company reports 86.5% biodegradability after 28 days under OECD 301C. FERROCOTE® I 6130 is a corrosion-preventive oil and prelube for steel and aluminum sheet or strip, providing transport and indoor-storage protection as well as forming and stamping lubrication, applied by rolling or spraying. [10](https://store.quakerhoughton.com/quakercool-740-na)[11](https://store.quakerhoughton.com/quakercool-730-tp-na)[12](https://store.quakerhoughton.com/hocut-4260-na)[13](https://store.quakerhoughton.com/hocut-767-na)[14](https://home.quakerhoughton.com/quintolubric-888-46-2/)[15](https://home.quakerhoughton.com/wp-content/hub/Files/TDS_FERROCOTE%20I%206130.pdf)

The FY2025 annual report gives the following product-line shares of consolidated net sales: metal-removal fluids, 19.0% in 2025, 22.4% in 2024, and 23.6% in 2023; rolling lubricants, 18.3%, 20.5%, and 19.5%; hydraulic fluids, 12.2%, 14.2%, and 14.1%; and surface solutions, 10.9%, 5.2%, and 5.0%. The Q2 2026 report does not provide a product-level revenue split. [16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T12133217)
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## Geographic presence

Quaker Chemical Corp. (Quaker Houghton) operates in more than 25 countries, organized into the Americas, EMEA, and Asia/Pacific geographic segments. [17](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P34094126) In FY2025, net sales were $865.3 million in the Americas (45.8% of total), $548.1 million in EMEA (29.0%), and $475.2 million in Asia/Pacific (25.2%). [18](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T8478150)

The company’s corporate headquarters is in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. [19](https://home.quakerhoughton.com/contact/) Its manufacturing footprint includes a site in Zhangjiagang, China. [20](https://investors.quakerhoughton.com/news-releases/news-release-details/quaker-houghton-opens-new-manufacturing-site-and-expanded-lab) The company reported approximately 4,700 full-time employees worldwide at year-end 2025; no geographic breakdown of employees was identified. [21](https://home.quakerhoughton.com/investor-annual-report/2025-annual-report-and-form-10-k/)
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## Business segments

Quaker Chemical reports three geographic reportable segments: **Americas, EMEA, and Asia/Pacific**. These are regional segments rather than distinct product businesses; the company’s product lines are not assigned to separate reportable segments. Its 2026 second-quarter reporting continued to show the same three segments. [17](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P34094126)[22](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T16586697)

The company’s offerings include metal-removal, cleaning, forming and rolling fluids; corrosion inhibitors; die-cast mold releases; heat-treatment and forging fluids; hydraulic fluids; surface solutions; specialty greases; and offshore energy-control and rod/wire-drawing fluids. These products serve industrial markets including steel, aluminum, automotive, aerospace, mining and metalworking, and are described company-wide rather than as segment-specific portfolios. [23](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P33304693)[2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P91907112)

By FY2025 net sales, **Americas** contributed approximately **46%** ($865.3 million), **EMEA** approximately **29%** ($548.1 million), and **Asia/Pacific** approximately **25%** ($475.2 million), calculated from reported segment sales totaling $1,888.6 million. [18](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T8478150)[18](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T8478150)[18](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T8478150)[18](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T8478150)
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## Company history

Quaker Chemical was organized in 1918 and incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1930. [24](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P94262992) It entered China in 1995 through a joint venture to produce and market its products, then acquired its partner’s 40% interest in 2006 and announced a new facility in Shanghai. [25](https://investors.quakerhoughton.com/news-releases/news-release-details/quaker-chemical-corporation-announces-acquisition-partners)

In 2011, Quaker acquired G.W. Smith & Sons, a producer of die-cast and metalworking lubricants and machining fluids. [26](https://investors.quakerhoughton.com/news-releases/news-release-details/quaker-chemical-acquires-gw-smith-sons-inc) Quaker and Houghton International announced a combination agreement in 2017 and completed the combination in 2019, adopting the Quaker Houghton name; Houghton’s business traced its roots to 1865. [27](https://quakerchemicalcorp.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/quaker-chemical-and-houghton-international-combine) [28](https://home.quakerhoughton.com/industrial-process-fluids-combine/) In November 2024, Joseph A. Berquist became CEO and president and joined the board. [29](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P12237338)
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