Condat SA
HQ FR
Specialty-lubricant maker; a leader in wire-drawing lubricants (Vicafil) and tunneling/forging fluids.
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Wire drawing lubricants
Specialty oils, soaps, or dry lubricants applied during wire drawing to reduce friction, prevent die wear, and maintain wire surface quality. Die replacement and lubrication are significant factors in wire drawing economics. Typically sodium stearate compounds for wet drawing, borax for dry drawing.
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Companies
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What depends on it
Goods that need this input
1 essential American goods rely on wire drawing lubricants somewhere upstream in their supply chain.
Where it comes from
Source countries
Share of global supply, by country.
| Country | Share of supply |
|---|---|
| DEGermany (Federal Republic of Germany) | 31% |
| CACanada | 25% |
| JPJapan | 12% |
| BEBelgium | 6% |
| FRFrance | 4% |
| GBUnited Kingdom | 4% |
| ESSpain | 3% |
| CHSwitzerland | 3% |
| ITItaly | 2% |
| NLNetherlands | 2% |
| MXMexico | 2% |
| KRSouth Korea (Republic of Korea) | 2% |
Who makes it
Supplier companies
5 companies produce wire drawing lubricants.
Eti Maden
HQ TR
Turkish state-owned enterprise (est. 1935) — the world's largest boron producer and exporter. Controls approximately 70% of global boron mineral reserves. Supplies boron compounds (including B₂O₃ feedstock) to pharmaceutical glass manufacturers globally. EU quality standards certified.
Fuchs SE(FPE.DE)
HQ DE
World's largest independent lubricant maker; metalworking and wire-drawing fluids.
Quaker Houghton(KWR)
HQ US
Global leader in industrial process fluids / metalworking fluids incl. wire-drawing lubricants (2019 Quaker + Houghton merger).
Rio Tinto Boron (formerly US Borax)
HQ US
American borate mining operation (Boron, Kern County, California; Rio Tinto subsidiary since 1968 acquisition of US Borax, itself founded 1872); the world's largest open-pit borax mine, located in the Mojave Desert of California. The Boron mine — locally known as the '20 Mule Team Borax' mine after the historical method of transporting borax from the Mojave — has been continuously operating since 1872, making it one of the oldest mining operations in California. Rio Tinto Boron is the second-largest global boron producer after Turkey's Eti Maden, producing refined boric acid, anhydrous borax, and B2O3 from deposits that underlie the California desert. The town of Boron, California (population ~2,500) exists primarily as the community built to house the mine's workforce. US Borax was the company behind the Borax household cleaning brand ('20 Mule Team Borax' cleaner) — the same California desert mining company whose product whitened Victorian-era laundry also supplies the boron that makes pharmaceutical vials thermally stable.