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April 2014
EUROPE
MIDDLE EAST
AFRICA
Number 58
Doing Business Amid
Ukraine’s Chaos
Lubricant Demand in
BRIC Countries
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PUBLISHER’S LETTER
So Where Is Group III Going?
SK Lubricants raised a lot of eye-
brows and some hackles at the ICIS
World Base Oils & Lubricants Confer-
ence in London in late February with
its predic
April 2014 EUROPE MIDDLE EAST AFRICA Number 58
Quality and stability Ergon has been guaranteeing
PUBLISHER’S LETTER So Where Is Group III Go
April 2014 EUROPE MIDDLE EAST AFRICA 18
Making the right move… HiTEC®9490 Wins
EVERYONE’S BUSINESS
CHEVRON GROUP II PREMIUM BASE OILS WE'LL HELP Y
We distribute for you now eve
TRANSPORTATION TRENDS
TRANSPORTATION TRENDS Continued from page 10 gr
Nanomaterials have potential for enhancing certai
BASE OIL REPORT
Working together, achieving great things When yo
Contact us to request a FREE 2014 CATALOG D
Polymer-based water-resistant grease Polymer-base
Biodegradability Which Test Is Best? Many differe
Photo © Barbara Helgason/Dreamstime Primary vs.
“The term complete degradation is sometimes us
test,” Müller-Zermini said. On the other hand, ar
exceed 60 percent,” Müller-Zermini said. As a res
Table 2 - Reproducibility of Biodegradation Tests
Editor’s Note: Staff writer Boris Kamchev visited
BY BORIS KAMCHEV DOING BUSINESS AMID THE CHAOS U
tion materials, as well as transporta- tion and s
Continued from page 26 bought a sprawling plant f
Our tractor fluid packages
30
LUBRICANT DEMAND IN BRIC COUNTRIES BY MILIND PHA
THERE’S PARTNERING… AND THEN THERE’S AFTON PARTNE
Ordinary Partnering Afton Partnering Intere
Exports of Goods and Services as % of GDP % of G
Impact on the Lubricants Industry Against this
The Automotive Scene in BRIC Countries Growth
Excellence is the best minds in the business work
By Richard Beercheck RACING INTO GLOBAL MARKETS
Liqui Moly sponsors teams in the World Touring Ca
and financial strength, but we try to stay close
C L ®
Continued from page 40 filters,” he said. “Some d
21st - 22nd May 2014 ICIS Turkish Base Oils & L
Continued from page 42 vehicles, motorcycles, boa
COMPETITION HEATS UP FOR AFRICA'S MINING LUBES
Africa accounts for a huge share of the world’s m
Daniel Nunoo, managing director of Ghana-based
According to Gamble, major mining companies te
with Ken Hope, Ph.D. Specific Heat Solver SS - 1
Grease is our world! You will never see our name
Africa’s Mineral Deposits Tunisia Morocco
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Lubes’n’Greases,
Newsmakers Additive Demand O
Performance you can rely on. When the challeng
NEWSMAKERS Continued from page 54 trends affectin
in September. The plant is located at Hyundai Oil
NEWSMAKERS anticorrosion products for Europe, the
Evonik Completes Merger with Goldschmidt Evo
Product News Bio-Based Corrosion Inhibit
LAST WORD
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