Fuchs SE(FPE.DE)
HQ DE
World's largest independent lubricant maker; metalworking and wire-drawing fluids.
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Metalworking & Metal-Forming Process Fluids
The rolling oils, machining coolants, quenchants and forming lubricants required to physically shape metal. A steel coil cannot be cold-rolled and an aluminum sheet cannot be rolled to gauge without rolling fluid; hardening requires quenchants; machining requires coolant. A specialized, often custom-formulated chemistry layer led globally by Quaker Houghton, with Fuchs, BP/Castrol and others.
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Source countries
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Companies
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Goods affected
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Claims on record
What depends on it
Goods that need this input
2 essential American goods rely on metalworking & metal-forming process fluids 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) | 43% |
| CACanada | 17% |
| FRFrance | 9% |
| GBUnited Kingdom | 7% |
| JPJapan | 4% |
| MXMexico | 4% |
| BEBelgium | 3% |
| CHSwitzerland | 2% |
| SESweden | 2% |
| ESSpain | 1% |
| KRSouth Korea (Republic of Korea) | 1% |
| ATAustria | 1% |
Who makes it
Supplier companies
2 companies produce metalworking & metal-forming process fluids.
Quaker Houghton(KWR)
HQ US
Global leader in industrial process fluids / metalworking fluids incl. wire-drawing lubricants (2019 Quaker + Houghton merger).