2. We serve customers in
many different industries
including:
→ Aerospace
→ Automotive
→ Bearings
→ Cans
→ Construction
→ Defense
→ Food Beverage
→ Forging Stamping
→ Hardware
→ Heat Treatment
→ Machine Job Shop
→ Machinery
→ Marine
→ Medical Devices
→ Mining
→ Non-Ferrous
→ Offshore Technology
→ Packaging
→ Spring Wire
→ Steel
→ Wind Energy
HoughtonCORporateoverview
Where Houghton Serves You
Houghton is the largest and fastest-growing company serving the worldwide metalworking and
industrial fluids market. We are also the most experienced — enjoying the longest history of service
success. Our unique combination of advanced lubricant technology and 150 years of expertise in
manufacturing engineering enables us to solve your toughest fluid challenges and reduce your
operations costs. Our products and services will meet and exceed your requirements.
Houghton International
Houghton is recognized as the world’s number one supplier of specialist industrial metalworking
fluids and fluid management services. The company was founded in 1865 and is today a global
company represented in 35 countries with 13 manufacturing plants and over 2000 employees.
Our headquarters are in Pennsylvania, USA.
Houghton provides global coverage to companies in metal working, automotive, steel and a variety
of other industries as the premier supplier of industrial fluids and chemical management services.
We help our customers around the world find new ways to save on overall process chemical and
disposal costs while continually improving their production and part quality.
As the leading provider of industrial process fluids, we have an extensive range of metalworking
fluids from standard lubrication oils through to the most highly advanced soluble cutting fluids.
We maintain our industry leadership by continually growing our product portfolio to meet our
customers ever increasing needs. Product innovative is at the forefront of everything we do
and it is this approach to continuous improvement that drives our success.
Detroit MI
Rouen, France
Mumbai, India
Manchester, England
Carrollton, GA
Valley Forge, PA
Dortmund, Germany
Global Headquarters
RD
Manufacturing
Shanghai, China
Shenzhen, China
Melbourne, Australia
Bangkok, Thailand
Turin, Italy
Barcelona, Spain
Houghton provides a global
network of fluids experts with a
singular purpose…
Improving your operations. We do that by delivering innovativetechnologies
and chemistries, and by providing our highest-qualityspecialty chemicals,
lubricants, services and all related processfluids to
solve your toughest challenges.
We form Fluid Partnerships Making a World of Difference to:
→ Implement new fluid technologies that reduce your
operation costs and increase plant efficiency
→ Develop innovative chemistries that extend the life and
performance of your equipment
→ Bring you new fluid processes that improve the quality
of the parts you deliver to your customers
→ Connect you to a global network of experts who help
reduce your carbon footprint to create cleaner,
healthierand safer environments and improve
employee well-being
→ Bring you available chemical management
servicesthat guarantee yearly cost savings
3. Houghton equipment
portfolio:
→ Storage Bulk Storage
→ Coolant mixing
distribution
→ Oil distribution
→ Tramp oil removal
→ Fines separation
→ Machine separation
→ Machine cleaning
→ Spray lubrication
→ Water treatment
→ Swarf briquetting
→ Fluid recycling
→ Waste disposal
→ Wash systems
→ Mist extraction
→ Absorbents
HoughtonCORporateoverview
Houghton offers a full
range of innovative products:
Houghton offers a series of specialized fluids for all applications, from the
transformation of metals up to the machining, forming and finishing.
We provide hydraulic fluids and every lubricating products, including
greases ensuring greater operational efficiency of your machines. Houghton
is recognized as the leading brand for fire resistant fluids.
Our activities focus on markets such as steel and production of non-ferrous
metals, manufacturing of automobiles and auto components, bearings,
aerospace, energy, manufacturing, packaging, machinery and equipment
or construction materials as well as mining and offshore.
A complete range of high performance soluble cutting
fluids meeting latest EHS requirements. Suitable for
both hard and soft water. Multi-metal compatible.
Brands: Hocut / Adrana / Sitala / Metalina
/ Houghto-Grind
dustry leading neat oil technology for a broad
range of applications including gear machining,
gun drilling, broaching, honing and turned
parts. Specialist products are also available for
applications such as tool grinding, valve stem
grinding and mist-applied micro-lubrication.
Brands: Cut-Max / Garia / Macron
A complete range of aqueous and solvent
cleaners. Our aqueous rnage include both
biocide and boron free fluids for all types of
spray wash and immersion applications. Solvent
degreasing products are non chlorinated and
aromatic free.
Brands: Houghto-Clean
Our metal protection range offers a choice of mineral
oil based, solvent based or water based rust preventives
with varying degrees of corrosion protection, ranging
from short term inter-operational to long term outdoor
to suit specific applications. Within each category a
variety of protective film types are available with in
most cases a dewatering capability.
Brands: Rust Veto / Ensis
Houghton has an extensive range of heat treatment
products ranging from both cold and hot quenching
oils to synthetic polymer quenchants, for all
quenching applications. Our products have numerous
global industry approvals from OEM’s and
customer references.
Brands: Aqua-Quench / Voluta
/ Houghto-Quench / Mar Temp
Houghton has lead the way in both lubrication and
Fire Resistant Hydraulic Fluids. Our complete portfolio
of high technology and world-class brands has
earned approvals, certifications and endorsements
from key international standards bodies and major
OEMs. Houghton Fire Resistant Hydraulic Fluids are
recommended benchmarks for a wide variety of users.
Brands: Houghto-Drive / Sta-Put
/ Houghto-Safe / Hydra-Vis / Cosmolubric
/ Hydrolubric / Isocor
Houghton’s deformation and forming portfolio provides
a wide range of water-soluble products and neat
oils to cover all materials and thicknesses. Product
viscosities range from 500 mm²/s @ 40°C down to the
evaporating range with viscosity of 1.5 mm²/s.
Brands: Cindol / Cindolube, Fenella Oil,
Fenella Fluid, Houghto-Draw / Hydro-Draw
/ Tube-Draw / Tandemol
Soluble Cutting Fluids
Neat Cutting Oil
Degreasing / Cleaning
Metal Protection
Heat Treatments
Fire Resistant Fluids General Lubrication Forming Products
FLUID MANAGEMENT EQUIPMENT
To support customer reduce fluid usage, minimise costs and deliver operational efficiencies, we also
supply a range of equipment including mixers, distribution systems, recycling units, tramp oil removers,
waste processing systems, air filtration units and swarf briquetters. Our dedicated Engineering team
have over 20 years experience of delivering value based solutions to our customers.
HOUGHTO-TREND TM
This state of the art software program was developed in house by Houghton to support our Fluidcare
operations. The system is totally autiable and allows users to quickly identify both performance and cost
trends for any given system or POA.
Features
→ User name and password controlled
→ Centralised data and system design
Management functions
→ Task Scheduling
→ Coolant and water based fluids testing
→ Lubricant top ups
→ Data and action logging
→ Reports and trend analysis
For coolant management, we record all test results for individual machines using Houghto-Trend,
generating management reports acceptable to HSE, showing coolant condition at any time and enabling
trends to be displayed and reports generated.
In terms of lubrication management, Houghton can collate data generated during top-ups and provide
reports by application point, highlighting top leakers, cost analysis reports etc.
HOUGHTON - TREND
Safeguarding
Manufacturing Health
4. HoughtonCORporateoverview
Houghton
Houghton is market leader worldwide in fluid management, nowhere more
so than in the UK where we employ over 150 technicians on customer premises
in FLUIDCARETM
contracts ranging from simple coolant monitoring by a qualified
Service Engineer to multi-skilled site teams working 24 hours per day, seven
days per week, on a variety of fluid, lubrication swarf, filtration and waste
management duties.
Fluid management has been core Houghton business for more than 20 years
and today FLUIDCARETM
programs account for more than 40% of UK turnover.
Safety is Houghton’s number one priority. To this end we have standard QEHS and
operational management systems in place at all of our FLUIDCARETM
sites. We also
have a dedicate FLUIDCARETM
Health Safety manager to ensure we maintain
and continually improve our safety standards.
Our customers recognise the importance of service commitment in today’s
marketplace where products must be safer to use, work harder and last longer
with minimum machine downtime. Our field specialists and FLUIDCARETM
programs are an essential part of customers operations as these factors are
rapidly replacing price per litre as key selection criteria for production fluids.
HoughtonCORporateoverview
“In the last 10 years Houghton
FLUIDCARE’s TM Chemical Management
Programs have globally saved customers
a combined exess of
$100 Million
utlising our CVR approach.
HOUGHTON EQUIPMENT SOLUTIONS
To optimise the performance and maximise the working life of our fluids, which will deliver cost
minimisation and operational efficiencies. Houghton have developed a range of equipment to support
our fluids in use. Our equipment offering is designed to support the fluid through the complete life cycle
of fluid use from storage to fluid disposal.
Storage - To ensure compliance with storage requirements our equipment range
incorporates a comprehensive range of storage options for both internal and
external applications for both bulk and containers
Fluid Mixing - Houghton’s equipment offering also incorporates equipment for fluid mixing,
to ensure that water mixed fluids are correctly mixed to the required
concentration, these can then be connected to distribution systems to move
the mixed fluid to point of use either as direct fill or providing filtration
on a bypass basis
Fluid in line treatment - Once the fluid is in use we have effective methods to deal with tramp oil
and fines contamination along with fluid recycling, either manually or fully
automated systems
Mist Filtration - Also during the use of the fluid we can deal with the issue of mist
generation, capable of providing bespoke solutions to remove mist / smoke
from the workshop
Waste Management At the end of the fluids life we also have options to treat the waste streams
solutions - to minimise the volumes to be sent for disposal.
Benefits of FLUIDCARE
→ Guaranteed cost savings
→ Fixed price contracts
→ Fluids maintained in good
condition
→ Longer fluids service life
→ Less product usage
and waste
→ Less machine downtime
→ Environmental
improvements
→ Lower maintenance costs
→ Continuous improvement
programme
→ Improved health and
safety for operators
→ Manufacturing free to
concentrate on production
→ Investment in equipment
infrastructure
→ Compliance with
HSE guidance
Customer
Collaboration
Education and
Training
Environmental
Compliance
Innovative
Chemistry
Increased
Productivity
Reduced
Total Cost of
Ownership
Continuous
Improvement
Sustainable
Solutions
TM
TM
EHS Compliance
→ Dedicated product stewardship programme
→ Dedicated EHS management system
→ Compliance with EHS guidelines
→ Houghto-trend dedicated reporting tool
Innovative Technology
→ Technology compliant to upcoming
changes in legislation
→ RD investment continuous improvement
→ Approvals and references
Product training for Customer operators
Houghton University
Induction and refresher training given
to all Houghton site personnel
Increased Productivity
→ Increased system life
→ Increased machine up-time
→ Potential to increase cutting speeds
Reduced Total Cost of Ownership
→ Direct and indirect cost savings
→ Reduced tooling costs
→ Lower maintenance costs
→ Reduced waste costs
Formalised review program
KPI’s
Cost saving projects
Partnership approach
Joint RD projects and testing
Sharing of best practice
Customer Collaboration
Continuous Improvements
Education and Training
Sustainable Solutions
Leading technology and controlling
within specification
Fluid recycling Segregation
Waste Treatment
In line filtration
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5. Europe Headquarters
Houghton Plc.
Beacon Road, Trafford Park,
Manchester, M1 1AF, UK
www.houghtonintl.com
Phone: +44 (0)161 874 5000 • Fax: +44 (0)161 874 5001
Corporate Headquarters
Houghton International Inc.
Madison Van Buren Avenues
P.O. Box 930 • Valley Forge, PA 19482-0930
Phone: 610-666-4000 • Fax: 610-666-1376
info@houghtonintl.com
www.houghtonintl.com
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