---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-028760"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KWR"
cik: "0000081362"
company_name: "QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP"
filed_at: "2025-03-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T04:28:44.866233+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Quaker Houghton acquires Dipsol Chemicals for ~$153M (23B JPY) to expand advanced solutions

## Summary
- Purchase price ~$153M (23B JPY); ~10.5x Dipsol's trailing 12-month adjusted EBITDA of ~$15M.
- Dipsol had ~$82M revenue over trailing 12 months; ~450 employees globally.
- Deal expected to close in Q2 2025, subject to regulatory approvals; funded via existing credit facility.
- Acquisition adds surface treatment and plating technologies for automotive and industrial markets.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-028760
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KWR
- cik: 0000081362
- company_name: QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP
- filed_at: 2025-03-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000110465925028760/0001104659-25-028760-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000110465925028760/tm2510675d1_8k.htm

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