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November 2017<br />
Number 101<br />
India Leapfrogs<br />
to Bharat VI<br />
Group II Grabs Share<br />
of TPEO Market<br />
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for Industry<br />
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EDITOR’S LETTER<br />
Welcome Simon<br />
I am pleased to welcome Simon<br />
Johns to the staff of Lubes’n’Greases<br />
EMEA. A highly talented and expe-<br />
rienced editor, Simon joined us in<br />
September and is swiftly acclimating<br />
himself to the lubricants industry.<br />
Based in Istanbul, Simon comes<br />
to us after serving for the past eight<br />
years as managing editor of The Oil &<br />
Gas Year. In that capacity, he led the<br />
production department and developed<br />
co<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=1"> November 2017 Number 101 </a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=2"> Solutions Geared for Industry From the trust</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=3"> EDITOR’S LETTER Welcome Simon I </a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=4"> 14 26 32 4 Nove</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=5"> QUALITY PERFORMS. r t: l ri</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=6"> BASE OIL REPORT </a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=7"> Bringing the future into focus In a world of evo</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=8"> Continued from page 6 ments in the base stock pro</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=9"> NYNAS™ base oils: a broad viscosity range with un</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=10"> MARKETING MATTERS </a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=11"> group II base oils this is what progress looks l</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=12"> MARKETING MATTERS Continued from page 10 tute (N</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=13"> Our products are so good because they are in fact</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=14"> GROUP I GETS WIDE BERTH AS GROUP II BASE STOC</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=15"> BY MARK TOWNSEND The marine lubricants sector</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=16"> Group II Improves Viscosity Control 40 35 30 25 </a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=17"> Bench test development Particle counts 9 8 7 6 </a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=18"> Products with greater detergent and dispersant ca</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=19"> ULTRA-S The global leading brand of Group III bas</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=20"> CIS BASE OIL 20 BY BORIS KAMCHEV U PSWIN</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=21"> 2.0 1.5 tons millions 1.0 0.5 0.0 Russia</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=22"> 22 imposed on Russia by the West after the invas</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=23"> </a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=24"> The challenging economic situation in Russia post</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=25"> </a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=26"> “The number of imported vehicles could rise acros</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=27"> BY EMEKE UMEJEI LIMITING USED CAR IMPORTS MAY H</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=28"> Now includes CRUDE OIL PRICES! No one knows wher</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=29"> Japan and Germany Lead Exports of Used Cars to Su</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=30"> Japan and South Africa Lead Exports of Used Truck</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=31"> It’s liberating to have choices. </a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=32"> BY D.S. NAG BHARAT I NDIA’S NEW NORMAL T </a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=33"> VI LUBES‘N’GREASES EUROPE-MIDDLE EAST-AFRICA • </a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=34"> The new interactive Q & A platform for the</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=35"> Leapfrogging to Bharat VI Level NO (g/kW-h) </a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=36"> Lubricant challenges to meet BS VI norms for dies</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=37"> available in 2018,” Maruti’s Sahoo said at the IC</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=38"> REACHING THE END OF THE GROUP I BARREL BY KIARA C</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=39"> “More people are using Group II relative to</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=40"> Global base oil production capac- ity was arou</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=41"> in 2015, Henderson said. Europe produces approxim</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=42"> Rotterdam, the Netherlands, have reduced bright s</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=43"> More Group I plant closures could eventually put </a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=44"> Newsmakers Adnoc Distribution </a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=45"> to be involved in illegal production, local media</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=46"> Product News </a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=47"> 21 – 23 February 2018 / Park Plaza Westminster Br</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=48"> Continued from page 46 High-Temperature Ester </a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=49"> save the date! 17. –18. April 2018 in Stuttgar</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=50"> LAST WORD </a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=51"> For a lasting, flexible, and high-perform</a>
<a title="2017_11 - November 2017 - EMEA page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6626ab6d?page=52"> Keep your business flowing in even the coldest co</a>