Stoke-On-Trent-based Fuchs Lubricants UK has bought the business and assets of CNC Fluids, a supplier of metalworking fluids based in Bristol.
Richard Halhead, managing director of Fuchs (UK), said: "This strategic acquisition strengthens our commitment to the UK and further diversifies our product and customer base."
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Grab a sandwich and shut the door - your lunch will be better spent by participating in this STLE Webinar: OSHA's New GHS Haz Com Regulations: Challenges for Metalworking Formulators. You don't have to be the guy that writes the HAZCOM Program for your company to benefit from learning the use of the European Chemical Agency's classification system. This webinar will give formulators a head start in understanding how metalworking products will be classified under the new rules.&
About 70 percent of the Earth's surface is water-covered. We all understand that salt water from the ocean would not be good for mixing with metalworking fluids, but there is plenty of fresh water around so why be concerned? Metalworking fluid demands good quality water for stable emulsion. How does salt or hardness affect mixing of metalworkng fluids? What are the permissible limits of chlorine and chlorides? STLE's John M.
(From Workopolis.com) Ehhh- whadda say? Want to work with Jerry Byers? Here's your chance.
(From Environmental Expert.com) Ed Chambers, President of EC2, has devoted his career to helping prevent needless exposure to hazardous microbial contaminants and pathogens. EC2 has performed thousands of environmental and indoor air quality (IAQ) investigations in everything from residential to industrial environments.
Gulf Oil has purchased Houghton International for a billion dollars. Gulf Oil is part of the Indian conglomerate Hinduja Group, which is controlled by the billionaire Hinduja brothers. The Hinduja Group is based in Hyderabad, India. Houghton reported a pretax profit of $132 million for the 12 months ended September 30, on revenue of $858 million. Remember when you asked for that $20 discount per drum, and they told you they would be losing money if they did that? Their success is from having an excellent (Death Match Winning) product line, a
The October edition of Manufacturing Engineering presents this nice article discussing issues related to increasing the life of the coolant. Several systems are discussed, including: Prab Guardian coolant recycling systems, the Eriez Sump Doc, the JK Industries HydroClean coolant filtration system, Jorgensen Conveyers UVS Ecologic (conveyers), and John Hart USA (chip briquetting system). Manufacturing Engineering is an SME publication. Visit
This popped up on Craig's list - "Established midwest distributor seeking EXPERIENCED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE St Louis/area based salesperson to cover St Louis and approximate 100 mile radius of city. Knowledge and experience in selling lubricants and metalworking fluids required. Full time, salaried and commissioned position includes 401K; paid life/health insurance, disability ins paid; vacation, paid time benefits, vehicle reimbursement." So - who got canned?
HARVEY, IL, March 27, 2011 – FUCHS LURBICANTS CO., and its parent, FUCHS PETROLUB, AG, are pleased to announce that ECOCOOL S 761 B has received approvals by two of the world’s leading aircraft engine manufacturers. These approvals are the latest addition to an ongoing list of approvals for ECOCOOL S 761 B, including prestigious Boeing BAC 5008, Lockheed Martin EMAP G34.62, and Bell Helicopter.
The November 2012 issue of TLT provides a Q&A session with Certified Metalworking Fluids Specialist Richard Butler titled "Condition Monitoring of MWFs" but that topic is only covered briefly. On page 17, the interviewer and Mr.
