Master Fluids Solutions Announcement

With a strategic vision that includes AI, Master Fluid Solutions selects Alchemy for its integrated ELN + LIMS

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“Ultimately, we chose Alchemy because of the quality of the product, people, and process they ran during our evaluation. We considered other solutions, but Alchemy’s AI really stood apart from the alternatives we considered.” - Thomas Ribaudo, Global Director of Research & Development at Master Fluid Solutions

Company at a Glance 

• Global provider of specialty cutting and grinding fluids, cutting oils, concentrated washing and cleaning compounds, and rust preventives 
• Founded in 1951 and headquartered in Perrysburg, OH
• Offices in China, Germany, India, Thailand, and Vietnam with global distribution capabilities 
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Company Products

Founded on integrity and technical excellence, Master Fluid Solutions has a nearly 75 year history of working closely with the worldwide metalworking community. The company develops and markets a full line of specialty cutting and grinding fluids, cutting oils, concentrated washing and cleaning compounds, and rust preventives under the TRIM® and Master STAGES™ brand trademarks. These products are environmentally sound and when used in conjunction with its XYBEX® fluid management systems, are the most durable and stable fluid products available anywhere today. 
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Company Situation

‍In early 2024, Master Fluid Solutions determined that it needed to actively pursue lab digitalization, upgrade its software infrastructure, and improve its data management capabilities. It was also interested in providing AI and DOE to its R&D staff to accelerate research and the pace of innovation. With these objectives in mind, the management team along with key lab and IT personnel performed a review of potential software vendors.
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Why Master Fluid Solutions Chose Alchemy

After a competitive search process that included examples of Master Fluid Solutions’ lab work digitalized in Alchemy, they selected Alchemy to provide an integrated Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) and Laboratory Information Management system (LIMS) across their R&D and technical service teams. The primary reasons were the quality of the software platform itself, the scientific expertise of the personnel, and Alchemy’s more comprehensive and interactive approach to running AI and DOE in its ELN. 
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Benefits

Looking forward, Master Fluid Solutions is excited about the benefits Alchemy will bring. It will be able to:

• Digitalize and streamline critical development and innovation work
• Improve collaboration across functions and geographies
• Become AI-ready in the R&D team and have AI that is intuitive to use by all lab staff, so AI can be used at scale
• Improve the agility and scalability of their software stack

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“We had seven key criteria. Ultimately, we chose Alchemy because of the quality of the product, people, and process they ran during our evaluation. We considered other solutions, but Alchemy’s AI really stood apart from the alternatives we considered. In particular, we appreciated Alchemy’s emphasis on model building, their use of over 20 models, and the fact that our staff didn’t need to be data scientists to use their AI and DOE products. Our explicit goal was to empower as many people as possible with AI and we felt that Alchemy would enable exactly that.” - Thomas Ribaudo, Global Director of Research & Development at Master Fluid Solutions