Metalworking Fluids Keeping Pace

As end-user industries shift toward lighter-weight, non-ferrous metal solutions offering characteristics similar to iron and steel, and with increasing emphasis on environmentally-friendly products, U.S. demand for metalworking fluids is changing. Manufacturers are not only removing chlorinated, phenolic, and tri-azine compounds from their formulations, they are developing new products custom made for technology trends and niche markets such as high-speed machining. Versatility, says a new Frost & Sullivan report, is the key to survival in the increasingly competitive metalworking fluids market.