July 8, 2010

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

Attn: John Hartz, Senior Assistant Chief Accountant

 

Re:	Quaker Chemical Corporation

Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2009

Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A

Form 10-Q for the Fiscal Quarter Ended March 31, 2010

File No. 001-12019

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Staff’s comment letter, dated June 28, 2010, regarding the above-referenced filings of Quaker Chemical Corporation. We are currently preparing a comprehensive response that will address each of the Staff’s comments. While we will submit our response at an earlier date if we are able to do so, we expect to provide our response no later than July 27, 2010.

Should you have any questions concerning the timing of our response or otherwise, please feel free to contact me at (610) 832-4160.

 

Sincerely,

/s/ Mark A. Featherstone

Mark A. Featherstone

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

cc:	Dale Welcome

Hagen Ganem

Andrew Schoeffler

Quaker Chemical Corporation

One Quaker Park, 901 E. Hector Street, Conshohocken, PA 19428-2380 USA www.quakerchem.com

T 610.832.4160    F 610.832.4494