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JUNE 2014 VOL. 20 ISSUE 6
A Grease Built
for Speed
China's Addcos
Get Traction
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
1,059,195 Barrels a Day
T
otal global base oil capacity is rising,
up about 3 percent from a year ago,
while API Group I capacity continues
to swoon.
With this issue, subscribers to the print
edition of Lubes'n'Greases received the
fresh new 2014 Guide to Global Base
JUNE 2014 VOL. 20 ISSUE 6
WE MADE A COMMITMENT To service the specialit
PUBLISHER'S LETTER 1,059,195 Barrels a Day T
JUNE 2014 VOL. 20 ISSUE 6 TABLE OF CON
For a commitment to safe and reliable operation
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Machine fluid. So many dirty little secrets.
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