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About Quaker Chemical Corporation

Quaker Chemical Corporation is a leading global provider of process chemicals, chemical specialties, services, and technical expertise to a wide range of industries – including steel, automotive, mining, aerospace, tube and pipe, coatings, and construction materials. The company’s focus is on metalworking process chemicals, which include fluids used for machining and grinding, drilling, milling, drawing, forming, cleaning, protective coatings and corrosion prevention.

The company is ISO 9001 and 14001 certified at many of its manufacturing facilities. Quaker’s products are environmentally friendly and designed for safe handling and use, and many are easily recyclable. Quaker’s business model incorporates various channels to market, including Chemical Management Services (CMS) for large manufacturers, direct sales to customers, and sales through Value Added Representatives (VARs). The company’s premium specialty products have high performance characteristics, helping manufacturers achieve cost reductions in many areas of their processes.

Quaker has been providing products to the automotive industry around the globe for over 40 years. Customers in the automotive industry include virtually all of the major global automobile manufacturers and their parts suppliers all over the world. Quaker has been providing CMS to this industry for over 15 years, and today is an industry leader.

Quaker’s integrated approach to reduce customer costs is apparent in its CMS programs, currently in place throughout the automotive industry. This program provides customers with dedicated, on-site Quaker associates under contract to the customer to manage all chemicals in the facility, including procurement and usage. These contracts guarantee process improvements and savings to the customer through a combination of product and process optimization. Quaker’s focus on the chemical elements of the process, where we are the expert allows the customer to focus on the manufacturing activity, where they are the expert. This combination drives the customer’s profitability. Quaker has over 200 associates working in this capacity full-time in automotive plants in North America, Europe, Asia, and South America.

Quaker has over 1300 associates around the world, with 600 located in North America. Approximately 300 of these associates serve the automotive industry. The company, headquartered in Conshohocken, PA, reported annual revenue of $545 million for 2007. Quaker was founded in 1918, went public in 1972, and was listed on the New York stock exchange in 1996.

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