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the board ceo and president products metalworking process chemicals coatings and other chemical products number of employees 1 711 website www.quakerchem.com quaker chemical corporation quaker is an american chemical company that was founded in 1918 . it is headquartered in conshohocken pennsylvania . approximately 60 % of the company s sales are conducted internationally with a global presence in 19 countries and 29 locations worldwide . 1 contents 1 products 2 history 3 subsidiaries 4 operating locations 5 motorsports 6 mobile app coolantool 7 advertising 8 references 9 external links products edit among various other chemical products it produces hydraulic fluids and chemicals for metalworking and coating with a corporate slogan declaring it s what s inside that counts . they produce fluids and maskant coatings to support a variety of metal stocks and machining processes as well as alushield and quakerol hot and cold rolling oils and quintolubric fire resistant hydraulic fluids . 2 other quaker chemical products include can manufacturing aluminum and steel can cleaners and coolants as well as quakerol necking lubricants tab lubricants and cupping lubricants 3 die casting die slick die lubricants plunger lubricants cleaners corrosion preventives metal removal fluids hydraulic fluids robotic greases and release agents primary metals and aluminum quakerclean cleaners pickle oils qwerl temper fluids quakerol and tinnol cold rolling oils primecoat surface treatments greases corrosion preventives and more automotive aerospace and general manufacturing quakertek greases quakercool and quakeral coolants cleaners and quakerdraw metal forming fluids bearings quakercut cutting honing & lapping oils cleaners quintoplex and quakertek greases hydraulic fluids and metal removal fluids pit and quarry dustgrip dust suppressants greases and hydraulic fluids for crushers conveyor systems rail cars stockpiles and haul roads 4 mining minetech industrial lubricants dustgrip dust suppressants quintolubric hydraulic and longwall fluids and industrial lubricants tube and pipe quakercoat specialty coatings drawing & pilger lubricants fire resistant quintolubric hydraulic fluids ferrocote and drycote corrosion preventives greases hot rolling oils and forming sizing threading & cutting fluids history edit on november 11 1918 quaker chemical corporation was founded as quaker oil products corporation . its business consisted of the manufacture and sale of oil products chiefly for lubrication and for the textile industry . on october 20 1930 quaker reorganized and changed its name to quaker chemical products corporation . the company incorporated in the commonwealth of pennsylvania . during this time quaker expanded its scope with products for the metalworking industry . in 1947 quaker entered into the steel market . in august 1962 quaker chemical products corporation changed its name to quaker chemical corporation to better suit the scope of its activities which include process engineering and services as well as the development manufacture and sale of industrial specialty chemical products . what followed was the beginning of multiple company acquisitions . at the beginning of the 1960s quaker established its first european subsidiary in the netherlands . quaker chemical b.v. in uithoorn manufactures and markets quaker products to industries in the eec . in 1964 quaker expanded into europe and formed a u.k. subsidiary quaker chemical limited . quaker also entered into a joint venture in australia quaker chemical australasia pty. limited . in 1967 quaker entered into a joint venture in japan nippon quaker chemical ltd. finally 1968 saw quaker enter into a joint venture in mexico tecniquimia mexicana s.a. de c.v. on may 3 1972 quaker completed its initial public offering ipo making shares in the company available to the public for the first time . the mid 1970s saw the launch of the innovative quintolubric polyol ester line of fluids . in june 1978 quaker made its first major u.s. acquisition selby battersby & co. a manufacturer of flooring systems for industrial commercial and institutional buildings and marine decking materials . in 1987 quaker enters the aerospace coating market with acquisition of ac products inc. in california . the 1990s saw quaker expand into markets in france china and brazil and celebrate two milestones . first in 1993 quaker celebrated 75 years in business . the second saw quaker file an application to list its common shares for trading on the new york stock exchange nyse under the ticker symbol kwr . . 5 first nyse trade occurs on august 23 1996 for 100 shares . the decade was capped off with quaker entering into a joint venture in india quaker chemical india limited . on april 29 2002 quaker s new corporate worldwide headquarters opened in conshohocken pennsylvania usa . in 2002 quaker acquired multiple assets including quima international llc forming q2 technologies llc epmar corporation and quaker chemical south africa pty ltd. throughout the first decade of the new millennium quaker continued with additional strategic acquisitions . in 2010 quaker entered the motorsports world by forming a partnership with the sarah fisher hartman racing sfhr team to develop new greases for indycar . in september 2012 quaker debuted its new integrated marketing campaign it s what s inside that counts encompassing an updated brand identity logo and tagline . the following year quaker launched a new website . in april 2014 quaker launches coolantool a mobile application that facilitates the monitoring processes of metalworking fluids and organization of the data results in a number of ways . from 2010 to the present quaker has continued its organic growth as well as made many global acquisitions including companies in the hot rolling business specialty greases surface treatments and die casting lubricants . subsidiaries edit quaker s subsidiaries include summit lubricants ac products inc. epmar g.w. smith and sons tecniquimia mexicana mexico np coil dexter italy q2technologies kelko quaker chemical sa venezuela and most recently ecli products llc . 6 operating locations edit quaker has multiple operating locations in the asia pacific region including quaker chemical china co. ltd. asia pacific headquarters quaker chemical australasia pty. limited quaker chemical india limited nippon quaker chemical ltd japan and quaker thailand ltd. quaker also has a significant presence in the europe middle east and africa region including quaker chemical b.v. emea headquarters netherlands quaker chemical limited england quaker chemical s.a. france and spain npcoil dexter industries s.r.l and quaker italia s.r.l moscow representative office of quaker chemical b.v. and two quaker chemical south africa pty. locations . quaker s locations in north america include ac products inc. and epmar corporation california quaker chemical corporation bingham farms and detroit plants summit lubricants inc. new york g.w. smith & sons inc. ohio quaker chemical corporation middletown ohio plant q2 technologies llc texas h.l. blachford ltd. licensee canada tecniquimia mexicana s.a de c.v. mexico and the corporate headquarters in conshohocken pa . quaker also has operating locations in south america including quaker chemical s.a. argentina kelko quaker chemical s.a. venezuela and quaker chemical ind stria e com rcio ltda the south american headquarters located in brazil . motorsports edit quaker is an official sponsor and technical partner of sarah fisher hartman racing . the partnership was formed to develop new greases that would reduce mechanical loss of energy and extend the life of the bearings . the brand has been involved in indycar racing since 2011 . the driver of the sfhr no. 67 car is 22 year old josef newgarden the firestone indy lights series 2011 champion . mobile app coolantool edit in 2014 quaker chemical released a mobile application called coolantool . the app provides a simple tool to monitor metalworking cutting fluids . additionally it allows to user to register cnc machines and keep track of coolant concentration and ph values displayed in graphs . advertising edit it s what s inside that counts is the tagline of quaker chemical corporation . 7 the logo was updated along with the tagline to depict fluid inside of a piece of manufacturing equipment . the logo and tagline has been used on most products and materials since the company rebranded itself in september 2012 . the quaker logo and color scheme is readily seen on the company s drum barrel . references edit quaker chemical corp kwr . reuters.com . retrieved 20 february 2014 . hydraulic fluids . quaker chemical corporation . retrieved 12 december 2014 . can making industry overview pdf . quaker chemical corporation . retrieved 12 december 2014 . pit and quarry industry overview pdf . retrieved 12 december 2014 . kwr us bloomberg profile . bloomberg l.p. retrieved 20 february 2014 . quaker acquires ecli products llc specialty grease business . quakerchem.com . retrieved 23 september 2014 . quaker corporate insert pdf . quakerchem.com . retrieved 4 february 2014 . external links edit quaker chemical official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title quaker chemical corporation & oldid 743815046 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangechemical companies of the united statescompanies based in conshohocken pennsylvaniaamerican companies established in 1918hidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from february 2014articles lacking in text citations from february 2014all articles lacking in text citations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout 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