Hangsterfer's Laboratories

What Hangsterfer's Laboratories does

Hangsterfer's Laboratories, Inc. is a family-owned U.S. manufacturer of metalworking lubricants and coolants, headquartered in Mantua, New Jersey and founded in 1937. The company formulates and produces coolants, cutting fluids, grinding oils, EDM fluids, rust preventives, way oils, hydraulic fluids, and specialty lubricants serving the full breadth of metalworking operations including cutting, grinding, honing, drilling, milling, and forming.

The product portfolio spans roughly 150 SKUs organized into named series, including CC Series soluble/synthetic coolants, Hard-Cut and Aldraw neat cutting oils, Crystal Cut and Crystal Brite EDM fluids, Rust Coat preventives, Way Oil series, Missile Lube aerospace/defense lubricants, Antiwear hydraulic oils, and a broad set of additives (antifoams, defoamers, pH boosters, biocides). Specialized offerings include gas-to-liquid (GTL) and next-generation (NG) cutting oils for high-speed machining, biostable coolants (BioOne) for extended sump life, and aerospace/defense-grade lubricants covering missile component manufacturing and rifle barrel rifling.

The business model is B2B and distribution-led: products reach end users primarily through a domestic network of local distributors, complemented by direct technical-support engagement via the company's customer portal (customer.hangsterfers.com). Pricing is quote-based with engineering consultation for product recommendations. The company remains privately held under family ownership with 101-250 employees, with no disclosed revenue, external funding, acquisitions, or ownership-change events in the available record.

Name

Hangsterfer's Laboratories

Legal name

Hangsterfer's Laboratories, Inc.

Website

https://customer.hangsterfers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1937

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Hangsterfer's Laboratories is a family-owned U.S. manufacturer of metalworking lubricants, coolants, and specialty fluids founded in 1937, serving metalworking manufacturers and aerospace/defense OEMs through a domestic distributor network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Metalworking Lubricants

akta.pro primary industry

Metalworking Fluids (Cutting, Grinding & Forming) (IMAEAMAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Industrial & Heavy-Duty Lubricants (IMAEAMAB)

Keywords

• Metalworking lubricants
• Cutting fluids
• Coolants and grinding oils
• Rust preventives
• Industrial forming compounds

Headquarters

HQ city

Mantua

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Metalworking Lubricant Sales: Hangsterfer's Laboratories generates revenue through the sale of metalworking coolants, lubricants, and related chemical products to customers in the metalworking industry. The company sells a comprehensive range of products including coolants, cutting fluids, grinding oils, honing oils, EDM fluids, rust inhibitors, and various additives.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Hangsterfer's Laboratories formulates and manufactures metalworking lubricants, coolants, cutting fluids, grinding oils, EDM dielectric fluids, rust preventives, way oils, hydraulic fluids, forming compounds, and related additives used across all sectors of the metalworking industry. Products are sold under multiple named series (Aldraw, Hard-Cut, CC Series, Crystal Cut, S Series, Rust Coat, Missile Lube, Antiwear) to support cutting, grinding, drilling, honing, EDM, forming, and corrosion-protection operations, with in-house engineering staff providing direct technical support to customers.

Product overview

Hangsterfer's Laboratories is a family-owned manufacturer of metalworking lubricants established in 1937. The company produces coolants and other lubricants for all sectors of the metalworking industry. Their product portfolio includes multiple interconnected product lines: neat cutting oils (Aldraw Series, Hard-Cut Series, Pure-Cut, S Series), soluble/semi-synthetic coolants (CC Series, PC-NF Concentrate, QD-NF Concentrate, BioOne), specialty fluids (Crystal Brite EDM, Crystal Cut Series, honing oils, grinding oils), rust preventives (Rust Coat Series, ProtectAll, Supreme Coat Plus), way oils (Way Oil Series), hydraulic/antiwear oils (Antiwear Series, HE-2), aerospace/defense lubricants (Missile Lube Series), and various additives (antifoams, biocides, pH boosters, defoamers). These products work together as a comprehensive metalworking fluid system, with customers able to select from different concentrate types and additives to customize formulations for their specific machining operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Aldraw Series Neat Cutting Oils (J-1, J-2, J-4, J-50, JD-8801, JD-9020, JD-9030, JH-9402, K-21, K-90)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Fuchs Petrolub: Fuchs is one of the world's largest independent lubricants manufacturers with a substantial metalworking fluid business, offering a broad portfolio that overlaps Hangsterfer's across coolants, cutting oils, and forming lubricants.
• TotalEnergies Lubrifiants: TotalEnergies Lubrifiants markets a global metalworking fluid range under the Total and Elf brands; a broad incumbent competing with Hangsterfer's in industrial machining fluids and rolling/forming oils.
• Chemetall (BASF Coatings / Surface Treatment): Chemetall, now part of BASF, supplies metal surface treatment, forming lubricants, and corrosion protection chemistries that overlap with Hangsterfer's rust preventives, forming compounds, and rust-preventive coating lines.
• Henkel (Industrial Adhesives & Surface Treatment): Henkel's industrial portfolio includes metal surface treatment, lubricants, and anti-corrosion coatings that overlap Hangsterfer's forming compounds and rust preventive lines; broader industrial conglomerate with adjacent categories.
• Castrol Industrial (BP): Castrol's industrial metalworking fluid line competes with Hangsterfer's across neat oils, soluble coolants, and drawing compounds; as part of BP's broader lubricants portfolio, it is a larger incumbent with global reach competing on commodity SKUs.

Direct peers

• Quaker Houghton: Quaker Houghton is the largest pure-play global supplier of industrial process fluids, including metalworking fluids, and is the closest direct comparable to Hangsterfer's in product mix, customer base (machining shops), and go-to-market through technical sales and distribution.
• Master Fluid Solutions: Master Fluid Solutions is a US-based specialty manufacturer of metalworking fluids (cutting fluids, coolants, grinding fluids, rust preventives) — a like-for-like competitor to Hangsterfer's in the same horizontal segment.
• Blaser Swisslube: Blaser Swisslube is a Swiss specialty manufacturer of metalworking fluids serving precision machining customers globally; directly comparable to Hangsterfer's in product category, with US distribution serving the same customer base.

Emerging players

• Lubrication Engineers: Lubrication Engineers is a US-based specialty industrial lubricants and metalworking fluid manufacturer serving industrial and heavy-equipment customers; comparable mid-sized US specialty player with a similar distributor-led GTM.

Regional players

• Yushiro Chemical Industry: Yushiro is a Japanese specialty metalworking fluid manufacturer serving Asian OEMs and their US transplant machining operations; comparable in product type to Hangsterfer's but primarily competing in Asia and with Japanese OEMs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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