Chemirol

What Chemirol does

Chemirol was a privately held Swedish manufacturer of cutting fluid (skärvätska) used in industrial and metalworking applications. Founded circa 1994 and headquartered in Helsingborg, Skåne, the company operated for approximately 30 years as a single-product, "Made in Sweden" (Tillverkade i Sverige) supplier, serving domestic industrial and manufacturing buyers. The company was small, with six employees, and reached customers primarily through Swedish tool suppliers and online tool retailers (toolus.se and tools.se).

Chemirol's business model was straightforward B2B distribution of a commodity consumable, with no disclosed pricing structure, no subscriptions, no platform, and no technology stack beyond a basic website and contact email. There is no evidence of patents, certifications, awards, institutional investors, partnerships, or named customers in the source data; ownership appears to have remained with the founders throughout.

In 2024, Chemirol announced it would shut down operations after three decades in the industry, with remaining inventory sold through its existing retailer channels on a while-supplies-last basis. The founders indicated they were moving on to a separate venture, Buildahome.se, marking a complete exit from the cutting fluids line rather than a restructuring or sale.

Name

Chemirol

Legal name

Chemirol

Website

https://chemirol.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Chemirol was a Swedish manufacturer of cutting fluid (skärvätska) serving domestic industrial buyers for ~30 years via tool retailers; a six-employee, single-product B2B operation that announced closure in 2024.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Lubricants

NAICS

Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (324191)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYIMACANAK

Aftermarket Fluids, Lubricants & Chemical Products Manufacturing (Oils/Coolants/Additives/Cleaners)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Automotive & Mobility Manufacturing/Automotive Aftermarket Parts & Accessories Manufacturing

Keywords

• Cutting fluid manufacturing
• Metalworking fluids
• Industrial lubricants
• Machining coolants
• Swedish manufacturing supplies

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels2 records

Core offering

Chemirol manufactured and sold Skärvätska (cutting fluid), a Sweden-made ("Tillverkade i Sverige") industrial fluid used to cool and lubricate tools and workpieces during metalworking operations. The company operated for 30 years in this single-product line and, upon announcing closure in 2024, made remaining inventory available to industrial customers through direct email contact and through the Swedish tool retailers toolus.se and tools.se while supplies lasted.

Product overview

Chemirol is a single-product company that manufactured and sold cutting fluid (Skärvätska) made in Sweden. After 30 years in the industry, the company has announced its closure. Remaining inventory is being sold through distributors toolus.se and tools.se.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Skärvätska (Cutting Fluid) Skärvätska (cutting fluid) manufactured in Sweden, used by industrial and metalworking customers to cool and lubricate tools and workpieces during machining operations such as milling, turning, drilling, and grinding. The company announced its closure after 30 years in the industry, with remaining inventory available while supplies lasted via direct email contact and through the Swedish tool retailers toolus.se and tools.se.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Master Fluid Solutions: US-based specialist in metalworking fluids and cutting fluids for industrial machining; directly comparable as a focused cutting-fluid manufacturer competing for the same end-user applications as Chemirol, though at larger scale and global reach.
• Blaser Swisslube: Swiss specialist manufacturer of metalworking fluids (cutting oils, grinding fluids, water-miscible coolants); the closest analog to Chemirol in terms of focus on metalworking consumables, premium positioning, and European/Swiss-Germanic manufacturing footprint.
• Hangsterfer's Laboratories: Family-owned US specialist in metalworking fluids and cutting oils; comparable to Chemirol in being a privately held, focused cutting-fluid manufacturer serving industrial customers, though serving a different geography.

Broad incumbents

• Quaker Houghton: Global leader in industrial metalworking fluids and specialty chemistries; comparable as the dominant incumbent in the same product category Chemirol served (cutting fluids), with deep R&D, regulatory reach, and pan-European coverage that dwarfs Chemirol's Swedish niche.
• TotalEnergies Lubricants: Major oil-major lubricants division with metalworking fluid products in its industrial portfolio; comparable as a broad incumbent competitor in the same end-use category (industrial cutting/machining fluids), at vastly larger scale.
• Fuchs Petrolub: German-headquartered global lubricants group with a substantial industrial-metalworking-fluid portfolio; comparable as a large incumbent offering overlapping cutting-fluid products plus broader industrial lubricant lines that Chemirol could never match in scope.
• Castrol industrial (BP): BP-owned global lubricants brand with an extensive industrial / metalworking fluid range; comparable as a broad incumbent offering cutting fluids alongside much larger automotive and industrial lubricant lines.
• Cimcool (DuPont de Nemours): Long-established brand for metalworking fluids now owned by DuPont; comparable as a major supplier of cutting fluids and coolants to industrial machining operations, with broader portfolio and global coverage that overshadows Chemirol's niche.

Regional players

• Statoil Lubricants (Fuchs Sweden): Sweden-local lubricants operation of the Fuchs group (historically Statoil Fuel & Retail Lubricants); the most direct Swedish-market competitor to Chemirol, selling cutting fluids and metalworking lubricants to the same domestic industrial customer base.
• Rocol (ITW): UK-based industrial lubricants and MRO chemicals specialist (ITW-owned); comparable as a focused industrial-fluids brand serving machining and metalworking customers in Northern Europe, though Chemirol's Swedish customers could equally have sourced from Rocol via Nordic distributors.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chemirol

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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