Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. and Quaker Chemical Corporation have joined forces to offer companies in the metalworking industry a unique blend of high-quality products and environmental services from both companies.
Safety-Kleen is the nation's premier provider of cleaning, environmental and oil re-refining solutions, and its customers include more than 440 of the Fortune 500, government agencies and thousands of smaller manufacturers and service providers. Quaker Chemical 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. Both companies are ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 compliant.
"By combining both our product and geographic strengths, Safety-Kleen and Quaker have created an unparalleled North American service infrastructure for the metalworking industry," said Safety-Kleen CEO and president Frederick J. Florjancic. "Together, we can now economically bring to our existing customers, as well as those that have not traditionally been served by one of us individually, the best product and service offerings of both Safety-Kleen and Quaker Chemical."
Under the unique "Metalworking Fluid Management" program designed by Safety-Kleen and Quaker, the customer's manufacturing costs will be reduced by:
- Supplying premium Quaker coolants and maintaining them at optimum concentration levels to ensure top performance across the full range of metalworking operations; turn-key services also include portable coolant filtration, coolant sump cleaning, coolant replenishment and spent coolant disposal.
- Increasing manufacturing line efficiency by reducing downtime to rework parts, recalibrate machines or clean CNC/machine tool sumps, while improving both the quality and finish of parts.
- Providing customized CNC/machine tool maintenance based on actual customer manufacturing processes and schedules, including service on nights and weekends.
- Analyzing customer-specific metalworking requirements and concerns, such as metal types, cutting processes and temperatures, water hardness, etc., in order to design complete solutions tailored to individual customer needs.
Safety-Kleen's North American network of more than 160 facilities and service centers will now be augmented by Quaker's extensive network of "value-added resellers," allowing the two companies to deliver unmatched service to all metalworking facilities, regardless of size.
"This combination of superior products and services, backed up by a very strong network of experienced, local personnel and facilities, means all of our customers now have the best products available to them, as well as the reliability of local service capacity," said Mike Barry, Quaker's senior vice president and managing director for North America.
