Quaker Chemical expanding in Middletown

Quaker Chemical Corp. has acquired a 15,000-square-foot warehouse at 3400 Yankee Road, according to the city of Middletown and Butler County property records.

Pennsylvania-based Quaker paid $665,000 in December to buy eight acres and the warehouse, according to the county auditor’s office.

Additionally, the advanced chemical products company recently invested $20 million in its Middletown plant at 3431 Yankee Road, one of the company’s two main manufacturing facilities, according to the city’s economic development department.

And plans are to invest $16 million in building upgrades and equipment at the newest property purchased, creating 20 to 25 new jobs, also according to the city.