The Cimcool brand was founded in 1945 by the Milacroton Group in Cincinnati in the United States. Its purpose is to provide corresponding lubricating additives for the rapidly developing metal processing technology to continuously improve production efficiency. After 75 years of development, based on understanding the real lubrication requirements of the process and thanks to the close cooperation between machine tools, tools, grinding wheels, molds and other departments, Cimcool currently has the ability to meet the metal cutting, forming, cleaning, It has a rich product line with anti-rust processes and is widely used in civil and military industries such as automobile manufacturing, aerospace, medical care, sports equipment, consumer electronics, etc.

DuBois Chemicals was founded in 1920 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. It became a listed company in 1960 and in 1970 it became a leading cleaner manufacturer in the United States, with its business expanding to the world. In the 1990s, after several mergers and acquisitions, DuBois Chemicals became the business units of Molson, Unilever and SC Johnson, and later privatized in 2008 to become an independent company. After a hundred years of development, DuBois Chemicals has become the world's leading chemical manufacturer with annual sales of US$600 million.

In 2020, DuBois Chemicals acquired Cimcool's global business. Today, DuBois Chemicals Group focuses on: cleaning agents, industrial lubricants, surface treatment chemicals, heat treatment quenching media, food lubricants, water treatment chemicals, and papermaking chemicals.