Quaker Chemical

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Quaker Chemical Corporation (Quaker) is an American chemical company that was founded in 1918. It is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. With its global presence in 21 countries and 35 locations worldwide, the company has over 50% of net sales outside of the United States.Quaker manufactures process fluids for use in the steel, aluminum, metalworking, automotive, mining, aerospace, tube & pipe, can making, and other industrial processes. On August 1, 2019, Quaker combined with Houghton International to form Quaker Houghton.

Quaker Chemical has been a target of short sellers for a while. The current short interest of 10.26% is roughly at the average of the last 12 months (10.89%).