Lubricants World articles from December 2002

Lubricants World archives from December 2002

The scandal clause. (Commentary ...).
December 1, 2002... This year, the holiday party at this magazine's parent company, Hart Publications, included a song contest (which I found curious, given that we are a bunch of magazine people and thus clearly not "spotlight-ready," if you catch my drift)....

ILMA forms triazine task force; reacts to spill rule. (Association Perspective).(Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association)
December 1, 2002... The Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association's (ILMA) Safety, Health, Environmental & Regulatory Affairs (SHERA) Committee has developed two ad hoc task force groups to address communication and education surrounding triazine and...

Estimated paraffinic bass oil prices. (Markets & Economics).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Estimated Paraffinic Bass Oil Prices * November 2002 Viscosity Average Low-High Light (70-150) 141 130-153 Medium (195-350) 142 132-155...

Producer price index. (Markets & Economics).
December 1, 2002... Producer Price Index 2002 2002 Product (Index Date) July August Finished lubricants (1982) 162.2 162.5...

Lithcon Base Oil Report--November 2002. (Markets & Economics).
December 1, 2002... Lithcon Base Oil Report--November 2002 [GRAPHIC OMITTED]

Paraffinic base oil prices. (Markets & Economics).
December 1, 2002... Paraffinic Base Oil Prices * Viscosity Nov Oct Sept Grade 2002 2002 2002 Conoco Phillips Gulf Coast 70 ...

Dover Chemical Corp. acquires Mayco. (Additives).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... On Dec. 10, Dover Chemical Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of ICC Industries, announced its acquisition of Mayco from Castrol Industrial North America, a BP Company. Closing was scheduled for Dec. 16. Mayco will new be renamed Mayco Chemical...

Testing protocols and licensing begin for new specialty grease additive. (Additives).(Techrobond)(Platinum Research Organization)(Whitmores Manufacturing Co.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Platinum Research Organization (PRO) has announced the availability of testing protocols for the use of its patented technology, Techrobond, in specialty grease formulations. One manufacturer has already been licensed to use the technology. ...

Infineum announces global ISO 9001-2000 certification. (Additives).(International Organization for Standardization)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Infineum International Ltd. has announced that its manufacturing, procurement, technology, sales, and customer supply chain services have been awarded a single global certificate to the latest ISO 9001-2000 quality standards defined by the...

Angus chemical announces new North American distributor network. (Additives).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Angus Chemical Co. has announced the establishment of a new specialty distributor network to service its customers in the United States and Canada. In the network are ET Horn, Lintech, Monson, FM Cachat, Sea-Land Chemical Co. (all U.S.), and...

MyCarPage.com strikes oil. (Automotive).(an automotive customer retention and email marketing company)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... MyCarPage.com, an automotive customer retention and email marketing company, in November signed a 3-year agreement to address the franchise auto dealer market on behalf of the Pennzoil and Quaker State engine oil brands. The agreement uses...

SK Corp. building new group III unit in South Korea. (Base oils).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Following the considerable commercial and technical success of its first Group III lube base oil plant built in 1995, SK Corp. announces that it is building a second plant at its Ulsan refinery. In August, the SK board approved the investment...

New source review changes bring mixed reactions. (Base oils).(National Petrochemical & Refiners Association)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) has come out in support of the long-anticipated relaxation of New Source Review (NSR) rules announced in November by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). NPRA President Bob...

Coriolis flowmeters meet new standard for custody transfer. (Distribution).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Emerson Process Management's Micro Motion Coriolis flowmeters meet a new standard for the use of Coriolis flowmeters adopted by the American Petroleum Institute (API) for the custody transfer of petroleum products and crude oils. These meters...

ExxonMobil gets Chinese turbine oil contract. (Industrial).
December 1, 2002... ExxonMobil's China affiliate has been awarded the contract to supply the specialized lubricants for the first 14 hydro-turbine units at the Three Gorges Dam in China, the world's largest hydroelectric project. "We are extremely proud to be...

Whitecourt Oil wins fluid management contract. (Industrial).
December 1, 2002... Whitecourt Oil North America has been awarded the chemical and total fluid management contract at TRW/Kelsey Hayes Canada Woodstock facility. The signing ceremony was held in early November. The program length is 4 years. Whitecourt Oil is...

CSPC issues new rule. (Packaging).(Consumer Product Safety Commission)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... A new Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) rule requiring child-resistant packaging for some common household products and cosmetics containing hydrocarbons that can harm children took effect on Oct. 25, reports the Petroleum Packaging...

Gary A. Cappeline has been named vice president, Ashland Inc., and president, Ashland Specialty Chemical. (People on the Go).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Gary A. Cappeline has been named vice president, Ashland Inc., and president, Ashland Specialty Chemical. The appointment was to become effective Dec. 4. Cappeline replaces James A. Duquin, a 32-year veteran, who announced his retirement on...

Machinery & Equipment Division of Pall Corp. (People on the Go).(promotions)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... John K, Duchowski has been promoted to vice president, technology development, of the Machinery & Equipment Division of Pall Corp. He is responsible for the development of new technologies to counter the effects of physical and chemical...

Annual industry outlook: checkup Time for the lubricants business. (Cover Story).
December 1, 2002... In this, our annual industry outlook, we examine the lubricants industry and its allied/supplier industries. After several years of flat demand and pessimism, the spring and early summer months of 2002 seemed to be marked by relative optimism....

Extending business through "E". (Feature Story).(Lubrizol Corp.)
December 1, 2002... Let's take a peek at a typical e-business day for the Lubrizol Corp. (Wickliffe, OH). Mon., 8 a.m., Sydney; Sun., 5 p.m., Wickliffe: An engine oil product manager for a customer in Sydney, Australia, logs onto myLubrizol.com and navigates...

U.S. imports & exports of petroleum lubricant basetocks. (Feature Story).
December 1, 2002... This article is adapted from a presentation to the ILMA/ICIS-LOR Base Oils & Petroleum Additives Conference, held in New York City Dec. 5 and 6. It is reprinted here with permission. There is an extraordinary situation existing in the...

ConocoPhillips: building a new culture on brand personalities. (Feature Story).(Lou Burke)
December 1, 2002... When Lou Burke, manager of commercial lubricants for ConocoPhillips, hands you his business card, take note of the brand logos on its face. It was not even a new card he handed to a reporter in mid-October, and the number of familiar signs was...

Synthetic products meet the latest, harshest specs. (Products).(Petro-Canada has hunched three new synthetic/synthetic-blend products for passenger cars)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Petro-Canada has hunched three new synthetic/synthetic-blend products for passenger cars. Petro-Canada's new Synthetic Motor Oil is a full-synthetic passenger car motor oil uniquely formulated from Petro-Canada's own Purity synthetic base...

Spray pump increases accuracy, reduces waste. (Products).(spray injector pump)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Oil-Rite Corp. is expanding its line of PurgeX lubrication products by introducing a new spray injector pump. The patented PurgeX technology allows for precise delivery of fluid with an output range of 0.000-0.012 [in..sup.3] per cycle. This...

Database expands capabilities. (Products).(Electronic Automotive Recommended Lubricants)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... OATS has launched EARL5, the latest version of the EARL (Electronic Automotive Recommended Lubricants) database. The expanded multilingual EARL5 contains 66,000 records for 28,000 pieces of equipment from about 1,600 manufacturers. The...

Thin-film lube stands up to extreme conditions. (Products).(Digilube Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Digilube Systems Inc. has introduced Ultra-Film, an advanced, thin-film lubricant. Ultra-Film is a colorless, high-temperature lubricant engineered specifically for use on oil-lubricated chains of all types, trolleys, slat-type conveyors, and...

New level transmitters hit the shelf. (Products).(K-TEK now offers its Accutrak line of magnetostrictive level transmitters)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... K-TEK now offers its Accutrak line of magnetostrictive level transmitters (MLTs), featuring accuracy up to 0.01% of full scale. Loop-powered operating voltages and a choice of signal output modules, including the industry's only Foundation...

Heavy-duty oil promises reduced costs. (Products).(Castrol Heavy Duty Lubricants Inc.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Castrol Heavy Duty Lubricants Inc. has introduced its Elixion 5W-30 motor oil, blended with synthetic-based oils and a high-performance additive package to provide commercial vehicle operators with fleet-wide operational cost savings by...

PlantSolutions.com offers access to IT conference papers. (Techwatch).(Information technology)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Lubricant manufacturers, base oil refiners, and additive companies seeking information about the ways that leading-edge information technology (IT) firms can help them improve operations and the bottom line should go to the Web site of...

EPA opens refinery compliance records online to general public. (Techwatch).(Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... In November, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a Web site that provides the public with easier access to facilities' histories of compliance with environmental laws. The site is called Enforcement and Compliance History...

Fast-lube owners, suppliers gain access to latest industry offerings. (Techwatch).(Automotive Oil Change Association)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... The Automotive Oil Change Association (AOCA), representing the fast-lube industry since 1987, is online at www.aoca.org. On the site, members can find out about the latest programs, events, services, and activities offered by the association....

Perceptions of the industry might require new communications. (20 minutes with ... Bill Downey, Vice President, Kline & Company).(Public view of petroleum companies)
December 1, 2002... William Downey, vice president in the Petroleum Practice of consulting firm Kline & Company (Little Falls, NJ), presented a paper titled "What Do They Think of Us? A View of the Petroleum Industry by Various Publics" to the National...