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<br /> MAY 2014 VOL. 20 ISSUE 5<br /> Tribology's<br /> Space Race<br /> WE MADE A<br /> COMMITMENT<br /> To service the speciality oils industry to the best of our ability. Decades later,<br /> despite periods of “uncertainty” in the market, we're still here. Adding capacity.<br /> Securing supply. Developing new ways to produce innovative products.<br /> Times have changed since we first began. The promises we've made to our<br /> customers have not.<br /> ergonnsa.com | 601-933-3031 (+1 outside US)<br /> ergoneurope.com | + 32 2 351 23 75<br /> PUBLISHER'S LETTER<br /> Congrats to Afton,<br /> Phillips 66 and CPChem<br /> T he results of our January advertising<br /> readership survey have just arrived,<br /> and congratulations are due to the<br /> advertising and marketing teams that creat-<br /> ed the highest-scoring ads. 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