Lubricants World articles from November 2004

Lubricants World archives from November 2004

GTL basestocks set to play spoiler role.(Fischer-Tropsch gas-to-liquids process)(Column)
November 1, 2004... Will synthetic lubricants produced via the Fischer-Tropsch gas-to-liquids (GTL) process eventually push conventional finished lubricants out of the market? Growing evidence indicates that's a distinct Possibility. In recent years, interest...

STLE Annual Meeting stronger than ever at 60.(Association Perspective)(Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers)
November 1, 2004... In today's business world, companies and organizations are constantly searching for new ways to improve their people, products, and processes to gain a competitive advantage. Often, the best way to gain that advantage is by turning to a source...

Estimated paraffinic base oil prices.(Markets & Economics)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
November 1, 2004... Markets & Economics Estimated Paraffinic Base Oil Prices * November 2004 Viscosity Average Low-High Light (70-150) 191 181-205 Medium (195-350) 192 179-209 Heavy...

Producer price index.(Markets & Economics)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
November 1, 2004... Producer Price Index Note: Data are Preliminary 2004 2004 Sept. 03 - Sept. 04 Product (Index Date) Aug. Sept. [DELTA] %[DELTA] Finished lubricants (1982) 174.2 174.5 5.4 3.2...

Lithcon base oil report--November 2004.(Markets & Economics)
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Paraffinic base oil prices.(Markets & Economics)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
November 1, 2004... Paraffinic Base Oil Prices Viscosity Nov. Oct. Sept. Grade 2004 2004 2004 ConocoPhillips Gulf Coast 70 201 194 ...

Supra Alloys registers to ISO 9001:2000.(Company/Industry News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... California-based Supra Alloys Inc., an international titanium distributor and service center, has received International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2000 certification, certifying that the company's management system has been...

Cargill, Hatco JV opens plant in Brazil.(Company/Industry News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Cargill's Industrial Oils & Lubricants unit and Hatco Corp. opened their joint venture esters and vegetable lubricants plant, Innovatti, in Sao Paulo, Mairinque, in November. By the end of the first half of 2003, about 30% of the plant's...

Shell sells Romanian, Caribbean operations.(Company/Industry News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Shell is selling its shares in Shell Romania, including its lubricants business, to the Hungarian oil and gas company MOL Group, Shell announced in late November. The sale, which should be finalized early in 2005, includes 59 retail set,rice...

Yukos affiliate probed for price policy.(Company/Industry News)(Federal Anti-Monopoly Service of Russia's investigation of Yukos Moscow Trading House)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service of Russia's Krasnoyarsk region is investigating possible competition law violations by the local branch of the Yukos Moscow Trading House. The company is suspected of using its dominant position in the local...

DoD marine lubes contract goes to Shell.(Company/Industry News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Shell Marine Products (SMP) has secured a U.S. Department of Defense contract to supply marine lubricants and provide waste oil disposal services to more than 150 ships in the Navy's Military Sealift Command fleet. The 1-year, $86 million...

D.A. Stuart launches Chinese project.(Company/Industry News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... D.A. Stuart Co. announced in October its expansion into the Chinese market through the launch of a joint venture with Shanghai Razor Blade Co. The Shanghai facility, which will serve as D.A. Stuart's Asian headquarters, will include a...

Petro-Canada aims for German market.(Company/Industry News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Petro-Canada's Purity FG food-grade specialty fluids and greases will be marketed in northern Germany by Leprinxol, a German lubricants marketer, Petro-Canada announced recently.

Formosa refinery selects ExxonMobil catalytic lubes.(Company/Industry News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Formosa Petrochemical Corp., a subsidiary of Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Group, will use ExxonMobil's catalytic lubes technology for its grassroots catalytic lube basestock complex at its refinery in Mai-liac, Taiwan, ExxonMobil announced...

Meriam adds calibration division.(Company/Industry News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Meriam Process Technologies has added a calibration division to its on-site laboratory, which brings Meriam's technical experts to clients' process facilities. The calibration division will provide on-site repairs, remanufacturing, and...

Castrol, Essar team up in Indian market.(Company/Industry News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Castrol India and Essar Oil have formed an agreement to sell Castrol lubricants at Essar Oil retail fuel outlets throughout India, reported Indian newspaper Deepika. Essar joined with Castrol to market Castrol lubricants in western India...

BP brings 'Helios' identity to Bangladesh.(Company/Industry News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... BP will soon update its lubricants business in Bangladesh by replacing the green shield logo still used in the country with its more familiar "Helios" logo--the green, yellow, and white sunburst that symbolizes the brand throughout most of the...

Caltex India targets wholesale trade.(Company/Industry News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Caltex Lubricants India, a Caltex subsidiary, plans to begin wholesale trading of its lubricants products in India, reported India's Business Standard. Caltex plans to source lubricants from outside India and local manufacturers to sell...

Castrol engine oils meet new specs for emissions controlled engines.(Automotive/ Transportation)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... BP Lubricants' Castrol Hypuron S and Castrol Tection Extra engine oils meet the new Detroit Diesel Corp. Power Guard Oil specification, 93K214, for use in model year 2002 and newer Detroit Diesel Series 50 and 60 and Mercedes-Benz BMBE 400 and...

ChevronTexaco expands antifreeze/coolant line.(Automotive/ Transportation)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Beginning in January 2005, ChevronTexaco's North American Lubricants will offer Havoline- and Chevron-branded antifreeze/coolant designed to meet performance requirements of newer Ford and Chrysler vehicles. The new product will be marketed as...

Suhail Bahwan Automobiles to distribute Esso in Oman.(Automotive/ Transportation)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Suhail Bahwan Automobiles will market ExxonMobil's Esso lubricants in the Sultanate of Oman under a distribution agreement the companies signed in late November, reports the Times of Oman.

Lanka's $34 million to boost retail presence.(Automotive/ Transportation)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Lanka IOC Pvt. Ltd., an Indian Oil Corp. (IOC) subsidiary, has raised more than $34 million through an IPO (initial public offering) to fund its expansion plans in the island country, including the renovation of an oil tank farm and petroleum...

Motul 300V boosts power, test finds.(Automotive/ Transportation)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... A recent independent road and track test supports Triple P'S claims that its Motul 300V engine oil provides increased engine power and reliability, the company said. U.K.-based evaluator Car & Driving found that cars using Motul 300V had...

Wago names president of North American operations.(People)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Spring pressure connection technology developer Wago Kontakttechnik GmbH recently announced Tom Artmann as its new president of North American operations. Artmann has been with the company since 1982, 3 years after the Germany-based company...

Abel named Nilfisk-Advance's marketing manager.(People)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Industrial vacuum cleaner manufacturer Nilfisk-Advance recently promoted Jessica Abel to the position of marketing communications manager, where she is responsible for the all the company's marketing activities, including advertising, direct...

Farhi joins International Fuel Technology.(People)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... International Fuel Technology (IFT), developer of environment-friendly fuel blends, announced that Axel J. Farhi has joined IFT to help with expansion of the company's products into the oils and lubricants markets. Farhi, formerly of Gulf Oil...

Infineum names Fournier new CEO.(People)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Infineum International Ltd. named Dominique Fournier as its new chief executive officer; he replaces Tony Gaskell, who is retiring at the end of 2004. Fournier has a mechanical engineering degree from l'Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne, France,...

Kaufman Holdings names Doren Hatco product line marketing manager.(People)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Lisa Doren will be Kaufman Holdings' product line marketing manager for Hatco Corp., effective immediately. She will be responsible for product management of Hatco's neopolyol esters, including marketing and sales, the coordination of...

New catalysts enhance production of high-quality base oils.(Cover Story)
November 1, 2004... Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) face clean-air regulations that parallel those faced by refiners. These regulations have had a significant impact on the lubricants, as well as the fuels, that OEMs demand from refiners. In turn, refiners...

Sensors Unlimited offers tiny camera.(Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Sensors Unlimited Inc. (SUI), manufacturer of indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) short-wave infrared (SWIR) sensors and cameras, recently debuted what it bills the world's smallest dual-wavelengths-range camera that simultaneously images in the...

Model TCI-01 pressure manway debuts.(Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Tank Components Industries' Model TCI-01 pressure manway is designed for sanitary service, pharmaceutical, and contamination-sensitive processes. It is entirely autoclavable, has no crevices, and is entirely self-draining, says Tank Components,...

Lightweight gas monitor is available.(Products)
November 1, 2004... Gasman's tiny new personal gas monitor weighs 3.7-4.6 oz and easily fits into a pocket or clips onto a belt. The monitor vibrates, sounds an alarm, and flashes a light when hazardous gas is detected. The monitor has a backlit liquid crystal...

Permatex introduces two degreasers.(Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Permatex Inc. now offers two cleaner degreasers, Trounce Super Strength Cleaner Degreaser and Fast Orange Citrus Cleaner Degreaser, expanding on its Trounce and Fast Orange brand heavy-duty hand cleaners. The new cleaners remove grease,...

High-sensitivity sensor offers integrated service.(Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The Mettler-Toledo HSS7 MultiSTAR DSC is a high-sensitivity sensor that measures the heat flow of the sample side and reference side separately, eliminating the need for a homogenous sensor temperature. Under TAWN sensitivity testing, the HSS7...

Thermo releases analyzers, software.(Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Thermo Electron Corp. recently launched two new analyzers--a sulfur analyzer and a multi-clement analyzer--as well as new software for reporting chemical analysis to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Thermo's trace-level...

High-sensitivity sulfur analyzer meets ASTM standards.(Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Horiba's SLFA-2800 analyzer measures sulfur in any petroleum product from 5 ppm to 100,000 ppm in minutes using x-ray fluorescence. It meets all ASTM-4294 standards, Horiba says. For more information, visit www.horiba.com.

Modified pall ring boasts more interior surface area.(Products)
November 1, 2004... The Amistco Improved Pall Ring (AIPR) is similar in outward appearance to other pall rings, but it offers more interior surface area due to more twists in the ring's internal geometry, Amistco says. The AIPR's internal configuration creates...

Weighing system communicates with computers.(Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Mettler-Toledo's latest force-restoration-based weighing system for hazardous environments, the ID7sx, includes software to monitor and control process data compiled during the weighing process. It connects to personal computers to transmit...

Conveyor system has small footprint.(Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The WhisperTrax Wedge Conveyor from plastic conveyor systems manufacturer SpanTech moves products at an incline or decline of up to 90[degrees] while taking up a small amount of floor space, SpanTech says. The conveyors are available in various...

Oil provides extra corrosion protection.(Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... CorrLube, a light lubricating and deep penetrating oil for food and beverage processing applications, provides corrosion protection and retards bacterial growth, manufacturer Cortec says. It attacks rusted and corroded fasteners and loosens...

Timken adds to lube line.(Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Timken has expanded its line of industrial lubricants to include ultra-high-speed spindle grease, food-safe grease, synthetic industrial grease, and multiuse lithium grease, building on the line of five lubricants it introduced in December...

Thermodynamic steam trap is made for clean-steam systems.(Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... TLV Corp. has released a new thermodynamic steam trap for pure and clean-steam systems. The P10 clean-steam trap is all stainless steel for corrosion resistance and has air-jacketed construction, which reduces no-load cycling and extends the...

Free booklet explains industrial vacuum filtration.(Products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Vacuum cleaner manufacturer Nilfisk-Advance America has a new technical booklet called "Vacuum Filtration Technology for Industrial Applications." The six-page booklet covers various filtration systems and outlines four factors that affect...

Sunlight-readable display.(Tech watch)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Glacier Computer (www.glaciercomputer.com), developer of industrial computer systems for harsh environments, has introduced a 1,350-nit sunlight-readable LCD enhancement for its GX 1000 A computer. The GX 1000, typically used on forklifts,...

Shaft/coupling alignment system.(Tech watch)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Ludeca Inc. (www.ludeca.com) says its Rotalign ULTRA system features a large, scratchproof backlit color screen and backlit keyboard "ideal for any working condition, day or night, indoors or out. "Intuitive navigation guides the user...

Device Management Solutions software.(Tech watch)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Meriam Process Technologies (www.meriam.com) says its latest-generation Device Management Solutions (DMS) software and its latest MFT 4000 and MFC 4100 HART communicators can "maximize your return on asset management investment. "The New...

ATIEL issues e-newsletter, updates web site.(Tech watch)(Technical Association of the European Lubricants Industry)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... ATIEL, the Technical Association of the European Lubricants Industry, has issued its first edition of Update, an e-mail newsletter to keep the industry informed of ATIEL activities and initiatives. The first edition includes information about...

ILMA-OSHA alliance aims to boost lube safety.(20 Minutes with ... Carol Poole, Quaker Chemical and ILMA)(Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association )(Occupational JL Safety and Health Administration )(Interview)
November 1, 2004... The Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association (ILMA) has formed an alliance with the Occupational JL Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to collaborate on the prevention of workplace injuries and illnesses. Through the alliance, ILMA...