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MARCH 2018<br />
VOL. 12 ISSUE 3<br />
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PUBLISHER’S LETTER<br />
Youth in the Wings<br />
Populations in many developed<br />
economies are aging and so are their<br />
workforces. Look around the room at<br />
any lubricants industry conference and<br />
you’ll notice a weighting towards the<br />
senior ranks.<br />
According to a study by economists<br />
at The Ohio State University, the aver-<br />
age age of employed scientists rose<br />
from 45.1 years to 48.6 years be-<br />
tween 1993 and 2010, faster than the<br />
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