Oil-based lubricants favored for more efficient machining.

This is another exclusive Man--Modern applications news interview with an industry leader: Channing reeder, marketing manager, for Chevron Lubricant and Specialty Products Company.

MAN -- Modern Applications News: Would you explain Chevron's position in the metalworking fluids market?

Channing Reeder: "From the mid-1980s, when Chevron acquired Gulf, the company has been quite large in metalworking. Chevron had a complete line and kept that line intact. Up to about two years ago, we were running coherent product lines: the old Gulf metalworking fluids that had their own nomenclature, and Chevron with their own system. We also acquired Amoco Lubricants in 1998. Altogether, we are between 1% - 2% total fluids in the whole metal-removal category, oil- and water...

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