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How solutions for lubricants and metalworking fluids support the moments that matter
Behind every smooth start up, every precise cut, every powerful lift, and every mile traveled, these materials are doing the quiet work that keeps the world moving. They protect, cool, clean, and enable by supporting the machines and tools that keep industries productive, and people connected. Materials that Matter highlights these everyday victories, showing how smart solutions make the difference between downtime and momentum.
Here, we share the stories and innovations shaping what’s next in lubrication and metalworking.
Where Our Expertise Creates Impact
Lubricants
Across manufacturing, energy, construction, and processing environments, industrial lubricants keep equipment running smoothly by reducing friction, controlling heat, and preventing wear. They enable productivity, minimize downtime, and extend equipment life.
Metalworking Fluids
Metalworking fluids make it possible to cut, form, and finish metals with precision. They cool, clean, lubricate, and protect, which ensures process stability and enabling the high quality surfaces, tolerances, and productivity modern manufacturing demands.
Greases
Greases deliver long lasting lubrication where oils can’t — providing stability, sealing, and protection under heavy loads, slow speeds, extreme temperatures, and challenging conditions.
Discover the innovations that make materials matter
Sustainability in Lubricants, Metalworking Fluids, Greases, and Other Specialty Additives
Our sustainable solutions bring purposeful innovation to help formulators reduce environmental impact while elevating performance, efficiency, and long‑term equipment reliability.
Learn more: Sustainability in Lubricants, Metalworking Fluids, Greases, and Other Specialty Additives
HX1 Additives for Food-Grade Lubricants
Our HX‑1 additive solutions deliver trusted, compliant, and high‑purity materials that support safer food‑processing environments and enable manufacturers to achieve exceptional performance where it matters most.
Learn more: Advancing specialty solutions for lubricants and metalworking fluids industries
Advancing specialty solutions for lubricants and metalworking fluids industries
Our specialty metalworking innovations combine advanced materials with deep technical expertise to help manufacturers optimize processes, extend tool life, and drive meaningful progress across demanding applications.
Learn more: Advancing specialty solutionsHave you met our Technical Superheroes?
Across lubricants and metalworking applications, challenges are rarely straightforward. A metalworking fluid must balance cooling and lubricity. A grease must stay stable under pressure and temperature. A finished lubricant must deliver efficiency, cleanliness, and extended drain intervals. These are the problems our technical teams solve every day.
With deep formulation expertise and hands on application knowledge, they help customers bridge innovation and practical performance.
Explore our industry page to learn more about our supplier partners and comprehensive product offering
Explore our industry page to learn more about our supplier partners and comprehensive product offering
Resources
Across everything above, we keep it simple and connected. When you’re ready for specifications, formulations, or supplier lineups, you’ll find them on our dedicated industry pages.
NOTICE: All product information is provided in good faith and is believed to be accurate as of the date of publication based on information received from the supplier and secondary databases. However, Univar Solutions is not able to verify whether third-party data is accurate, complete, and up-to-date and assumes no responsibility, obligation, or liability for the information provided. NO GUARANTEES OR WARRANTIES ARE GIVEN AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SUCH AS THOSE OF MERCHANTABILTIY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED. Customer is solely responsible for determining whether products and/or the information provided are appropriate for Customer’s use, and Customer assumes all risk and liability in acting on the information provided.
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