Biocides

Troy to Merge with Arxada

November 10, 2021

Metalworking fluid biocides producer Troy and Arxada, a lubricants and biocides manufacturer, will merge their businesses, expanding the manufacturing ...

Lubricants and biocides manufacturer Arxada and Troy, a producer of metalworking fluid biocides, will merge their businesses, expanding the manufactur ...

Lanxess acquired Itibanyl Produtos Especiais Ltda., a leading Brazilian manufacturer of biocides, including some used in metalworking fluids and lubri ...

New techniques, technologies and trends suggest the metalworking fluids market is entering a period of change. One company shares how its preparing fo ...

South Korea's new Act on Safety Control of Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides regulation took effect Jan. 1. Industry sources disagree about whet ...

Biocides are under great scrutiny by European Union regulators for their harmful impact on humans and environment. Besides the high cost of registerin ...

A Canadian proposal to lower application rates for a formaldehyde-free biocide based on a mixture known as CMIT/MIT has drawn opposition over concerns ...

Concerns about health, safety and the environment are forcing metalworking fluid formulators to find alternative biocides to replace boric acid, boron ...

Metalworking fluid formulators must find ways to keep microbes out as regulations creep in limiting the use of tried and true biocides.

Bad News for Biocides?

May 22, 2014

As EPA and the National Research Council exchange shots over formaldehydes effects on human health, metalworking fluids are caught in the crossfire.

From prevention to remediation, here are the basic tools and knowledge you need to get the upper hand on microorganisms in lubes and metalworking flui ...

From metalworking fluid design to tankside treatment to final disposal, theres a lot to ponder when embarking on a biocide treatment program.

Canadian and European regulators are all taking whacks at biocide use - and metalworking fluids are feeling the heat.

Facing Down Microbes

May 7, 2014

How well do phenolic compounds hold up against microbes such as bacteria, fungi and viruses in metalworking fluids? For the first time, a challenging ...

Lonza will shut down its biocide plant in Swords, Ireland, in June as part of a corporate cost-cutting effort, the company announced Thursday in its f ...

Lonza will acquire 100 percent of Arch Chemicals shares for $47.20 per share in a transaction valued at $1.4 billion. Both Basel, Switzerland-based L ...

Do you know of or work at a machine shop or metalworking facility where biocides are used to control harmful microbes or fungus in the machining fluid ...

Dow Biocides on Monday announced it would increase its U.S. production capacity for glutaraldehyde by 60 percent as of January 2009, when it expects t ...

Dow Biocides has announced price increases for biocides used in metalworking fluids, and Dow Chemical has announced a price hike on a type of glycol u ...