About Quaker HoughtonTM

We are the global leader in 

industrial process fluids

, continually improving and innovating so the world’s 

steel

aluminum

automotive

aircraft

machinery

 and 

industrial parts manufacturers

 can stay ahead in a changing world. Our 

chemists

engineers

 and 

industry experts

 partner with our customers to continually improve their operations so they can run even more 

efficiently

, even more effectively, whatever comes next.
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We are proud to serve the following industries: 

Quaker Houghton Metal Product Line Non-Ferrous Steel Aluminum

METALS

Non-Ferrous

Steel

Quaker Houghton Metalworking Product Line Aerospace & Defense Industrial Transportation – Components Transportation – OEM Tube & Pipe

METALWORKING

Aerospace & Defense

Industrial

Transportation – Components

Transportation – OEM

Tube & Pipe

Quaker Houghton Specialty Product Line Can Energy Greases Metal Finishing Mining Specialty Coatings

SPECIALTY

Can

Energy

Greases

Metal Finishing

Mining

Specialty Coatings

Quaker HoughtonTM Leadership

Joseph A. Berquist

Chief Executive Officer and President

Joseph A. Berquist was named Chief Executive Officer and President of Quaker Houghton and appointed to the Board as a director on November 18, 2024.

Mr. Berquist, who has been employed by the Company since 1997, most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer from January 2023 until November 2024. Prior to that role, Mr. Berquist served as Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, and Managing Director, Global Specialty Businesses, from September 2021 through December 2022. Additionally, he served as Interim Managing Director of EMEA, from August 2022 through December 2022. Prior to his appointment to Executive Vice President, Mr. Berquist served as Senior Vice President, Global Specialty Businesses and Chief Strategy Officer from August 2019 until September 2021. Throughout his tenure at the Company, Mr. Berquist has served in various leadership positions of increasing responsibility across the entirety of the business. Mr. Berquist holds a B.E. in chemical engineering from Youngstown State University and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.

Click the image below to see each executive’s biography:

Jeewat Bijlani

Executive Vice President,
Chief Strategy Officer

Tom Coler

Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer

Jeff L. Fleck

Senior Vice President,
Chief Supply Chain Officer

Anna Ransley

Senior Vice President,
Chief Digital Information Officer

Dr. Dave Slinkman

Senior Vice President,
Chief Technology Officer

Robert T. Traub

Senior Vice President,
General Counsel,
Corporate Secretary