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AUGUST 2018
VOL. 12 ISSUE 8
A Future for
Alkylated Fluids
Food-grades
Ripen in Africa
Solutions Geared
for Industry
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EDITOR’S LETTER
Food-grade for Thought
The theme for this month’s issue
is food-grade lubricants. Of all the
lubrication products available, this one
creates the most confusion among
legislators and end users. What is it?
Where and how can it be used? Can
it actually come into contact with
food, and how safe is it? Hopefully,
we answer some of those questions in
these pages.
There are no universal regulations
for the use of f
AUGUST 2018 VOL. 12 ISSUE 8
Solutions Geared for Industry From the trust
EDITOR’S LETTER Food-grade for Thought
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You have choices. It
BASE OIL REPORT Half-time Talk The first
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MARKETING MATTERS
In PCMO, you need a partner at the heart of chang
Continued from page10 grade lubricants must be ch
group II base oils regular, reliable supply and
SLUDGE MATCH 14 African vehicles suf
E yeing the used lubricant sample
Climate of Wear Oxidation, soot and water are
The top of an engine almost fully caked in a hard
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SOUTH AFRICA DRIVES FOOD-GRADE LUBE MARKET S
One driver of South Africa’s lubricant
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GET FOUND. Can Your Customers Find You? Get
Continued from page 20 and we support them well.
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THE Alkylated Naphthalenes MYSTERY BASE FLUID LU
Now includes CRUDE OIL PRICES! No one knows wher
T he demands placed commonly us
Additive Response Comparison of Ester and Alkylat
This may become increasingly im- portant for thos
Newsmakers Mixed Outlook for Base Oil
encompass 1,102 goods worth U.S. $50 billion ente
Product News She
All Killer, No Filter SKF, a Swedish bearing and
LAST WORD Testing Times There is a debat
Think beyond the foam
WHEN YOU HAVE A CLEAR PATH, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.