<br />
January 2018<br />
Vol. 12 Issue 1<br />
Mitigating Supply<br />
Chain Risks<br />
Divergent Metalworking<br />
Fluid Markets<br />
Solutions Geared<br />
for Industry<br />
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EDITOR’S LETTER<br />
A Bright New Year<br />
Welcome to the first edition of<br />
Lubes’n’Greases EMEA in 2018. While<br />
the future is never certain, we can<br />
make a few forecasts for the new year.<br />
We can expect a strengthening of<br />
the global economy and crude prices,<br />
despite an increased U.S. rig count.<br />
This should bring overall base oil and<br />
lubricants growth of up to 1 percent,<br />
according to industry insiders, with a<br />
change in appetite in emerging m<a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - EMEA page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/45012323?page=1"> January 2018 Vol. 12 Issue 1 </a>
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