Lubricants World articles from April 2001

Lubricants World archives from April 2001

A Turn of the Page.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... You have heard it, too, I'm sure: Pick up a book and open it to any page. On that page, you will find a message relevant to your current situation. Oddly, it seems to work. Perhaps that is because we see what we want to. I like to think it...

Pennzoil-Quaker State Sells Stake in Penreco.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... In mid-February, Pennzoil-Quaker State Co. completed the sale of its 50% stake in Penreco to M.E. Zukerman Energy Investors Inc. M.E. Zukerman Energy Investors is an affiliate of M.E. Zukerman & Co. Inc., a New York-based merchant bank. Conoco...

INDUSTRY BRIEFS.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Rhein Chemie Corp.'s new Technical Customer Support Laboratory in Chardon, OH, is operational as of March 1... for the second straight year, Citgo Petroleum Corp.'s Cicero Lubricants Manufacturing Plant has received the Nissan Quality Master...

COMPANY NEWS.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Cognis Reportedly on the Block According to a Reuters report published in February, German chemicals company Henkel Ag. has started the process of selling its specialty chemicals business Cognis in a deal that could raise about $3 billion,...

RohMax Markets Under New Logo.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... RohMax Additives GmbH has adopted a new logo following the merger of Degussa-Huls and SKW Trostberg to become the new Degussa AG. The company says the new Logo represents the Degussa group's overall desire to demonstrate that all its business...

AUTOMOTIVE.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Consortium Examines Contaminants' Effects on Diesel Emissions A new research consortium being formed at the Southwest Research Institute aims to discover the extent to which common Lubricating oil components can poison or degrade diesel...

PACKAGING.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Greif Bros. Acquires Van Leer Industrial On March 2, Greif Bros. Corp. announced completion of its purchase of the Van Leer Industrial packaging division from Huhtamaki Van Leer Oyj of Espoo, Finland, for $55 million, including the...

Equilon Lubricants Puts Distributors Online.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Beginning at the end of February, distributors of Shell- and Texaco-branded Lubricants were allowed to sign up for e-business services through a program Equilon Lubricants developed with FuelQuest. The new system, called Distributor Online,...

Chem-Ecol Completes Expansion, Reorganization.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Chem-Ecol Ltd. has expanded its production space such that now all water-soluble metalworking fluids (MWFs) are being manufactured in a separate 4,000-sq. ft. facility. Reclamation of all water-based products also takes place in this area. More...

WORLD REPORT.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... ASIA Conoco, Petronas Buy Out Refinery Conoco and Petronas, the Malaysian state oil company, signed a memorandum of understanding with Statoil to acquire the Norwegian state oil company's 15% share of the joint venture Melaka refinery....

The Time for Change Is Now.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... The additives industry has long borne a disproportionate cost burden in engine oil development; now its premier trade organization is proposing an entirely new system. It is easy to understand why additive companies feel burdened: As they...

Kaufman Holdings: New Image, New Structure.
April 1, 2001... Those calm sunny seasons in the commercial world, which are known by the name of "times of unexampled prosperity."--Washington Irving, Wolfert's Roost (1855) Washington Irving never saw the likes of Kaufman Holdings (Fords, NJ), a global...

Automatic Transmission Fluids Travel Singular Courses.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Unlike specifications for automotive engine oils, those for automatic transmission fluids (ATFs) unabashedly pursue their own course, manufacturer by manufacturer. Perhaps because ATFs have a longer useful life than engine oils, the drive for...

Naphthenics Exposed.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Editor's Note: This article is based on a report presented at the ICIS-LOR World Base Oil 1999 Conference. Naphthenic process oils have historically taken a more obscure position in the lubricants industry than paraffinics. Yet the...

Health, Safety Spur Corrosion Inhibitor Advances.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Health and safety, as much as cost-efficiencies, have been the key drivers lately in the development of corrosion inhibitors. Says Tom Pane, sales manager for King Industries' Lubricant Additives Division, "There are many factors that influence...

E-Malls Are No Place to Buy Process Equipment.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... In general, neutral e-marketplaces serve an important need. But in complex environments, such as the process plant industry, information networks appear to be more suitable for industry advancement. At least three factors make information...

Esters Reap the Rewards of Their Own Advantages.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... They say that virtue is its own reward. The makers of synthetic esters might agree that their products are virtuous in that they score high on scales of worker and environmental safety, but they would that the rewards exceed those properties,...

Packagers Cautioned: Business Must Change.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... If there was a take-home message from the Petroleum Packaging Council's (PPC) Spring Meeting in San Antonio (March 25-28), it was that connectivity and intimacy will become increasingly important to packagers, their customers, and their...

Supply Chain Solutions: One Size Does Not Fit All.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... No longer the exclusive domain of purchasing and logistics experts, supply chain management has suddenly become boardroom discussion material. Globalization and merger activities among manufacturers, coupled with changes in distribution...

PEOPLE.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Mark Danzo has been promoted to national market manager of the Conosol business unit for Penreco, a specialty hydrocarbons manufacturer and marketer. Danzo joined Penreco as branch manager in Los Angeles, CA in 1996. The Conosol unit includes a...

PRODUCTS.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Inline Monitor Measures Soot in Engine Test Stands Wilks Enterprise Inc. has issued the Engine Test Stand Soot Monitor. Soot concentrations as high as 12% can be directly measured on a periodic or continuous basis without sample...

INDUSTRY PRICE WATCH.(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Estimated Paraffinic Base Oil Prices (*) Mar 2001 Viscosity Average Low-High Light (90-150) 142 132-147 Medium (195-350) 144 32-151 Heavy (500-600) 151 ...