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OCTOBER 2013 VOL. 19 ISSUE 10
Time to
Rethink V.I.
Biolubes:
Hope vs. Hype
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are launching a wholly new publication
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How will your product deliver the performance a
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able raw materials are used throughout the market
and purification removes double bonds and paraffi
would subsequently reduce the market price of the
The position of OEMs in the development of bio
Performance you can rely on. We can rea
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32 OCTOBER 2013
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stocks (110 and 250N). While a 12-year stin
Quality con- trol analyst Sam Abrams, in the lab
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