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OCTOBER 2017 VOL. 23 ISSUE 10
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Solvency and Viscosity Delivered From the truste
PUBLISHER'S LETTER Breaking News from Lubes'n'
OCTOBER 2017 VOL. 23 ISSUE 10 TABLE OF
We create chemistry that makes clean air love lub
AUTOMOTIVE Rain, Rain, Go Away! A s I am
he po of one One solution for every challenge. O
AUTOMOTIVE People should expec
AUTOMOTIVE Continued from page 8
Moving at the speed of your business Our suite o
BEST PRACTICES What the Google Diversity Debat
There are a lot of dipsticks out there... Don't b
Continued from page 12 discrimination. At thi
progress on some of the so-called harm areas by t
NEED TO KNOW The Gasless Carriage
Licensed base oils supplied by:
Continued from page 16 vehicle in September. Addi
Thirst Grows for U.S. Base Oils
group II base oils this is what progress looks l
Continued from page 20 Latin American buyers. In
ExxonMobil distributors, and customers soon were
Other Latin America 17% Argentina 7% U.
CHLORINATED OUR SULPHURISED PHOSPHATE AND PHOSP
About 20 percent of U.S. demand is now Group
paraffinic base oil has to leave the country to f
Making Grease Better “Everyone knows that—even wi
BY CAITLIN JACOBS Photo: Rhenus LUBES'N'GREASES
Properties Summary Test Method
S L I O E S A B I I I P U O R G A PREMIUM PARTNE
Continued from page 30 temperature performance,
AMBITION / FLEXIBILITY /
Setting Oil Monitoring on the Right Track
BY KIARA CANDELARIA O
NI Railways' fleet includes CAF's 4000-series die
minum, 3.8 ppm of lead and 1.1 ppm of tin, accord
The Unusual Suspect Photo: Scisetti Alfio - Foto
television crime dramas, it is often impossible t
Orange substance on filter surface. The contamina
Because it was not possible to shut the press
Bubbles, froth or foam are fine in a steaming bat
oils. Hotter and faster operating condi- tions, a
Samples of Mykietyn's four fluids in graduated cy
Continued from page 44 almost complete knock-down
Continued from page 46 Mendez explained that
TOGETHER. HollyFrontier and Petro-Canada Special
India: The Land of Milk, Honey and Motor Oil BY
It's always rush hour at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shi
Petronas Lubricants International aims to supply
lubricants consultancy Rosefield DAA Internationa
age of availability” of Group III base stocks fro
India is huge, Agashe con- tinued, and the fir
56 OCTOBER 2017
STEPPING UP IN CHINA Blenders Take Aim at Multi
Copton's highly automated “smart” facility in Qin
29 November – 1 December 2017 // Hyatt Regency Je
Continued from page 58 try,” a nod to the well-r
Continued from page 61 Blending capacity in th
Continued from page 62 rivals because oil qualit
Together, we make an impact.
PRODUCT NEWS PRODUCT NEWS Rev up.
Our products are so good because they are in fact
PRODUCT NEWS Continued from page 66
as Volvo, Renault and MAN. Web: www.fuchs.com W
PLACES'N'FACES PLACES'N'FACES Ingevity Absorbs M
WHEN YOU HAVE A STRONG BASE, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE
PLACES'N'FACES Continued from page 70
through factory-fill con- tracts. The Panjin, Lia
PLACES'N'FACES (DEAE/DEEA), at its manu
signed a lubricants supply contract with diamond
PUZZLED BY BASE STOCKS?
Continued from page 75 Jim Newcombe James “Jim”
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR LETTERS Standing Up for Be
(although the latter are critical- ly necessary
BASE OIL REPORT Hurricane Horror
Bringing the future into focus In a world of evol
YOUR BUSINESS Gaining Trust As A New Manager
WORN OUT FROM TRYING TO MEET
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