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APRIL 2013 VOL. 19 ISSUE 4
HCC rewrites
the rerefining
playbook
Last call for
Dex/Merc?
ELECTRIFYING
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PUBLISHER'S LETTER
And the Winners Are ...
Congratulations to
Liqui-Box, Afton
Chemical and
Heritage-Crystal Clean!
Twice a year we engage
Readex, an independent
research company, to sur-
vey Lubes'n'Greases read-
ers about how attention-
getting, how believable and how informa-
tive each ad in the selected issue is. I've
just received the results from January's
survey.
· Liqui-Box is undisputed champion,
scoring highest as most believabl
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ELECTRIFYING Ergon's HyVolt Insulating Oils have
PUBLISHER'S LETTER And the Winners Are ... C
APRIL 2013 VOL. 19 ISSUE 4 TABLE OF CO
A STRONGER BASE. FOR EVERY APPLICATION.
AUTOMOTIVE Can We Upgrade the System for Oil U
How will your product deliver the performance a
AUTOMOTIVE Continued from page 6
every challenge is an opportunity to innovate S
AUTOMOTIVE We've struggled thr
If you can imagine it, we'll help you lubricate i
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HIGH PERFORMANCE GREASE PACKAGES. FOCUSING ON SOL
BY LISA TOCCI U.S. Base Oil Dimmed in 2012 Ex
infineum.com/collaboration We can really ch
“One thing may have been the slowdown in the
U.S. Monthly Production 6 of Base Oils
Yearly U.S Refinery Production of Base Oils (mill
Access to expertise you can trust How can you wi
with Rob Coffin, Ph.D. Q:Does a higher viscosity
New performance levels to streamline operations?
™ Only through our proprietary nanotechnolo
NEED TO KNOW Cramming: Can less be more?
label speaks to diversity and the appreciation th
They Wrote the Playbook Rerefiner's Team Aims t
W ith con
together they determined that the Crystal Clean b
Evonik Oil Additives drives for efficiency — each
Continued from page 28 of products and byproduct
Continued from page 30 and the resulting spread
The plant's hydrotreater 20 percent for the pas
USNS Watson under way
U.S. Army tracked vehicles are loaded aboard the
five minutes to perform each of the five tests re
Blending Heavy-Duty Lubricants The GLOB
Continued from page 36 tives used to neutralize
Additives to Transform Lubricant Technologies DO
BY LISA TOCCI
and is what enables product differentia- tion, he
“The level of complexity linked to specificati
HollyFrontier, the secure choice to leverage tomo
Lubricant Testing OCM & QC Programs Chemical
The First True Multi-Vehicle ATF!
Will China Rift Deter I It was Februar
Japan's Lube Sellers? Campbell emphasize
points: First, corporate Japan (not just the petr
Regardless of the political cli- mate, Suzuki add
Continued from page 49 repeated the leitmotif of
We create chemistry
Contact us to request a FREE 2013 CATALOG +LZ
Heritage-Crystal Clean is one of the fastes
GM photo of its Toledo transmission plant.
To serve today's marketplace, it's impossible to
The Reality: Viscosity is only part of the sto
Total North American ATF Market, 2011 Other 6%
to our new line of dinonylnaphthalene sulfo
North American Automatic Transmission Types, Past
PRODUCT NEWS PRODUCT NEWS Champion's 2.5-gal.
PRODUCT NEWS Continued from page 62
Get more out of your gear additives.
Produced by:
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PLACES'N'FACES PLACES'N'FACES FTC Ends LZ-Chemto
Where All the Pieces Fall Into Place Let's face
Continued from page 68 about $18 million in busi-
Retooled for 2013 Lubricants Industry Factbook
Continued from page 70 Oxea, CPI Ink China Deal
A LUBES'N'GREASES PROFILE Anne O'Neal GLOBAL MA
I N D E X O F A D V E R T I S E R S ABB France
David Tran has joined PAC, which supplies anal
BASE OIL REPORT A Healthy Trend Continues
YOUR BUSINESS With the Right Attitude, Stress
Afton has additive solutions that kee
“Battenfeld strives to deliver on our `Quality Wi