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FEBRUARY 2014 VOL. 20 ISSUE 2
What propels
marine oils?
Esters seize the day
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
Millennials Buy Civics,
Boomers Buy F-150s
T
he United States is seeing a decline in
teen driving, a trend that may raise a
red flag for engine oil marketers. Larry
Solomon offers a fascinating look at this
issue in “Late to the Party,” on page 20.
At the SEMA Show last Novembe
FEBRUARY 2014 VOL. 20 ISSUE 2
WE MADE A COMMITMENT To service the specialit
PUBLISHER'S LETTER Millennials Buy Civics, Boo
FEBRUARY 2014 VOL. 20 ISSUE 2 TABLE OF
A COMPLETE SOLUTION STARTS WITH A PURE BASE.
AUTOMOTIVE Transmission Profusion & Confusion
For a commitment to safe and reliable operation
AUTOMOTIVE Continued from page 6
are demanding longer fluid drain intervals and, i
Getting Complicated Automatic Transmission Produc
It's all in the follow-through… You can count
With Experience Comes Solutions De
“We Create Our Own Playing Field”
There's more to HollyFrontier Base Oils than meet
its engine oils, he insists. “For example, with P
plant in Colombia produces greases alone. “Wherev
Pure Advantage Performance now and in the future.
Late to the Party Are young people indifferent t
try will have to get used to 1) a private-sector
% Holding Driver's Licenses in Each Age Group 100
Continued from page 22 cannot afford it, I don't
Enthusiast DIYers, but in this author's opinion t
For Marine Lubes, a Raft of Challenges BY BOR
The global marine lubricants market is driven by
Fuel costs are a key concern for vessels such as
Lubricants Additives Chemicals Innovation Flexib
Number of Ships Continued from page 28 Taking I
CHEVRON GROUP II PREMIUM BASE OILS WE'RE BRINGI
THERE'S PARTNERING… AND THEN THERE'S AFTON PARTNE
Ordinary Partnering Afton Partnering Inte
BY RICHARD BEERCHECK S
tive controls and functions. “You cannot short an
lower 48 states. It says propane typically costs
!# ! $" ! !" " *&).2,68440.*53
Meeting all your additive requireme
40 FEBRUARY 2014
Esters Seize the Day BY LISA TOCCI © Jim Barber
Not One but Many It's important to remember that
lubricity effects.”
PRODUCT NEWS PRODUCT NEWS Cortec's protection
Continued from page 44 Dieselcraft's
Access to expertise you can trust. How can you w
NEED TO KNOW Changing Times, Changing Ways
ufacturers to do some if not all of the blending
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR LETTERS well below the API
Open the door to Asia. THE NEW LUBE REPORT ASI
PLACES'N'FACES PLACES'N'FACES API Offers Online
Continued from page 52 test and its inherent vari
tion of products formulated with Solazyme's Tailo
Liqui Moly Invests in Lubes Liqui Moly, the Germ
Deutsche Oelfabrik GmbH (D.O.G.) appointed Sea
“FUELS & LUBRICANTS: MEETING THE CHALLENGES FOR T
Continued from page 57 president of sales and mar
BASE OIL REPORT In the Year of the Horse
YOUR BUSINESS What Ever Happened to Civility?
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