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PUBLISHER'S LETTER<br />
Farew<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=1"> JANUARY 2017 VOL. 23 ISSUE 1 </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=2"> HyGold 5000BS Now Available Group I Bright Stoc</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=3"> PUBLISHER'S LETTER Farewell to Gloria Lub</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=4"> JANUARY 2017 VOL. 23 ISSUE 1 TABLE OF </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=5"> A STEP UP IN BASE OILS Take your business to th</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=6"> AUTOMOTIVE It's Always Something! T he ne</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=7"> For a century of additives expertise </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=8"> AUTOMOTIVE Continued from page 6 </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=9"> I d t ial ubric ts tomotive Gear O</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=10"> AUTOMOTIVE Continued from page 8 </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=11"> category oils would meet their needs and prevent </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=12"> BEST PRACTICES Making Change Stick Presiden</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=13"> In a faster-moving world, can your lubricants kee</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=14"> Continued from page 12 employees' concerns about </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=15"> want to establish new committees and meetings to </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=16"> NEED TO KNOW Looking Back </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=17"> </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=18"> Continued from page 16 Fuchs buying Ultrachem, an</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=19"> With an independent mindset, the sky's the limit.</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=20"> Base Oil's Pricing Enigma BY LISA TOCCI </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=21"> </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=22"> New construc- tion projects in the Middle East ar</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=23"> With Experience Comes Solutions D</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=24"> “Group I will not disappear, because higher- vis </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=25"> Performance you can rely on. PROTECTIO</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=26"> PLASTIC PULLS DOUBLE DUTY For over a century, lu</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=27"> BY MARY MOON tion in bearin</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=28"> Don't let your eyes fool you: Lithium grease appe</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=29"> </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=30"> Continued from page 28 in the absence of shear. H</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=31"> tent with R2F data and the release of T</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=32"> Changing Rhythms IN CHINA'S MANUFACTURING</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=33"> LUBES'N'GREASES 33</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=34"> oils,” Li noted. “For example, Honda and its affi</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=35"> group II base oils regular, reliable supply and </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=36"> Continued from page 34 safety standards in the We</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=37"> AMBITION / FLEXIBILITY / </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=38"> 38 JANUARY 2017</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=39"> A New Demngaindesfow</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=40"> The International Maritime Organ- ization has </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=41"> No one knows where base oil prices are going... B</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=42"> Continued from page 40 sulfuric acid. When an aci</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=43"> order to keep the neutralized droplets of acid in</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=44"> Why Is Group III Interchange So </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=45"> I If an engine oil formulator </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=46"> esters, polybutenes, etc. (See table below.) H</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=47"> </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=48"> Continued from page 46 handful of European and So</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=49"> NEW 2016-2017 LUBRICANTS INDUSTRY FACTBOOK </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=50"> PRODUCT NEWS PRODUCT NEWS Greener lawn care. </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=51"> Tank Support Cortec is tackling soil- sid</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=52"> PRODUCT NEWS color as well as sediment </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=53"> vessels measuring above 79 feet. The company adds</a>
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<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=56"> PLACES'N'FACES mined yet because the </a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=57"> results, triggering the halt in trading of Tianhe</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=58"> PLACES'N'FACES vice president and treas</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=59"> LETTERS TO THE EDITOR LETTERS Dear Lubes'n'Greas</a>
<a title="2017_01 - January 2017 - LNG page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc879139?page=60"> BASE OIL REPORT A New Dawning </a>
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