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Zmags
MAY 2014 VOL. 20 ISSUE 5
Tribology's
Space Race
WE MADE A
COMMITMENT
To service the speciality oils industry to the best of our ability. Decades later,
despite periods of “uncertainty” in the market, we're still here. Adding capacity.
Securing supply. Developing new ways to produce innovative products.
Times have changed since we first began. The promises we've made to our
customers have not.
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PUBLISHER'S LETTER
Congrats to Afton,
Phillips 66 and CPChem
T he results of our January advertising
readership survey have just arrived,
and congratulations are due to the
advertising and marketing teams that creat-
ed the highest-scoring ads. Afton Chemical
took top honors in the attention-getting
category, Phillips 66 scored highest for
MAY 2014 VOL. 20 ISSUE 5 Trib
WE MADE A COMMITMENT To service the specialit
PUBLISHER'S LETTER Congrats to Afton, Phillips
MAY 2014 VOL. 20 ISSUE 5 TABLE OF CONT
For a commitment to safe and reliable operation
AUTOMOTIVE Life in the Fast Oil Change Lane
supplying the world with innovation It starts w
Source: National Oil & Lube News, 2013 Fast Lube
Machine fluid. So many dirty little secrets.
AUTOMOTIVE With fewer oil c
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tive maintenance services that have traditionally
NEED TO KNOW The Best Balance for Business
der the marketer's ability to react quickly to de
BY RAY KEMBLE For a b
Dart's engines demand precise honing profiles. (P
engine blocks, heads and other components. The co
We create chemistry that makes commercial vehicle
our Single Source Your Single Source For High
Evonik drives for efficiency — each and every day
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Nikolai K. Myshkin, director of the V.A. Belyi Me
The First True Multi-Vehicle ATF!
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Continued from page 28 opportunity for accelerat
ductivity. The variety of test conditions is ofte
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Finished Lubricants Demand and Growth in Brazil
We create chemistry that makes the environment lo
World's Broadest Line of Alkylated Naphthalene Sy
will grow any more than last year, but public-sec
THERE'S PARTNERING… AND THEN THERE'S AFTON PARTNE
Ordinary Partnering Afton Partnering Inte
GTL: An elephant in the room? BY JOHN UNSWORTH, J
right economics, the products can be produced in
Reported Annual Profit, pre-tax 1,500 1,200
· High quality, largest product grade offering av
Continued from page 42 For Shell to walk away
OUR HISTORY IS IN THE MAKING For more than 130
Two Paths to Base Oil NATURAL GAS CRUDE OIL Syn
would further depress base oil prices, and if the
THE BEST THING, GOING? Despite 20 years of
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It's worth noting that as long ago as the 1970
A COMPLETE SOLUTION STARTS WITH A PURE BASE.
BEST PRACTICES Facing Up to Risk H
CHEVRON GROUP II PREMIUM BASE OILS WE'RE BRINGI
Continued from page 52 quite subjective. History
components needed to make its highest-value produ
PRODUCT NEWS PRODUCT NEWS Shipboard test for c
PRODUCT NEWS
Introducing: The Strongest Link For Your Supply C
PLACES'N'FACES PLACES'N'FACES
Performance you can rely on. When it comes to
Continued from page 60 America, just behind Safet
cals, polyurethanes and other spe- cialties. The
PLACES'N'FACES Africa, Umon
Continued from page 64 https://www.osha.gov/Publi
International. Judy brings 29 years of industry e
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR LETTERS Two-stroke Engines
With Experience Comes Solutions De
I N D E X O F A D V E R T I S E R S
Here we grow again! Heritage-Crystal Clean, alrea
BASE OIL REPORT The Leader of the Band
There's more to HollyFrontier Base Oils than meet
YOUR BUSINESS A Tough Ethical Decision
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