Lubricants World articles from October 2002

Lubricants World archives from October 2002

Analyzing the business of formulation. (Commentary).(Lubricants World new tagline: analyzing the business of formulation)
October 1, 2002... Every time we turn around, it seems as if our competitors in the lubricants magazine business are tweaking or revamping something--their size, their content, whatever. Lubricants World itself has been through a redesign or two over the last...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
October 1, 2002... I incorrectly stated in my September column (page 2) that the International Lubricant Standardization and Approval Committee is affiliated with the Society of Automotive Engineers. While the two groups have overlapping membership, they are...

Additive makers propose adding category life to GF-4. (Association Perspective).(ILSAC/Oil; allowable phosphorus in passenger car engine oil category)
October 1, 2002... As reported in the September issue of Lubricants World (page 2), the American Chemistry Council (ACC) Petroleum Additives Product Approval Protocol Task Group (PAPTG) has responded to recent developments in defining the needs statement for...

Markets & economics.(lubricants industry prices)(Illustration)(Industry Overview)
October 1, 2002... Estimated Paraffinic Base Oil Prices * Viscosity Average Low-High Light (70-150) 135 125-146 Medium (195-350) 136 127-148 Heavy (500-600) 146 ...

Shell, Pennzoil-Quaker State deal gets green light. (Company News).(Shell Oil Co. receives clearance to purchase Pennzoil-Quaker State Co.; U.S. Federal Trade Commission approval)
October 1, 2002... In late September, Shell Oil Co., a wholly owned member of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Cos., received U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) clearance for its $1.8 billion acquisition of Pennzoil-Quaker State Co. (PQS). The transaction, first...

PDVSA enters Brazilian markets. (Company News).(Petroleos de Venezuela S.A., fuels, lubricants markets)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) affirmed that it will soon enter Brazil's fuels and lubricants markets. It will be the first time that PDVSA will market to consumers under the PDVSA brand outside of Venezuela. The company uses the Citgo brand in...

Cemex selects ExxonMobil as worldwide supplier. (Company News).(lubricants provider)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Cemex, a leading global producer and marketer of cement and ready-mix products, has selected ExxonMobil Lubricants & Specialties as its sole source supplier of lubricants and in-plant lubrication services worldwide. "Cemex recognizes...

Oil analysis business expands. (Company News).(Polaris Laboratories LLC)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Polaris Laboratories LLC is relocating its corporate headquarters to a new facility in Indianapolis, IN. The new 15,000-sq-ft. production laboratory increases the company's current testing capability and efficiency, the company says. ...

Tech company establishes headquarters at Rose-Hulman Ventures. (Company News).(Sentelligence Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Rose-Hulman Ventures, a technology-based business incubator and product development center in Terre Haute, IN, is investing in Sentelligence Inc., which will establish its headquarters at the Rose-Hulman facility. Rose-Hulman will provide...

Danish politicians to push for DPFs. (Automotive).(diesel particulate filters)(concern over diesel emissions)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Danish politicians are expected to push for mandatory diesel particulate filters (DPFs). Research indicating that diesel particulate matter (PM) might be responsible for thousands of deaths, hospital admissions, bronchitis, and asthma attacks...

U.S. gear demand to rise. (Markets).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... According to a new study from the Freedonia Group Inc., an industrial market research firm in Cleveland, OH, U.S. demand for gears is projected to increase 2.4% annually, to $18.5 billion in 2006. Plastic gears will fare particularly well, with...

Drum manufacturer announces price hike. (Packaging).(Myers Container Corp.)
October 1, 2002... Myers Container Corp. (Emeryville, CA) has announced a 9.1% increase in the cost of new manufactured steel drums to take effect in mid-October. Citing the United States' March 2002 imposition of tariffs on imported foreign steel, Myers says...

TAKGroup launches e-commerce solution. (Technology).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... The TAKGroup announced in mid-September that it is launching its Web-enabled TAKLink product solution, an e-commerce platform that the company believes will quickly become the industry standard for downstream petroleum marketing. TAKGroup calls...

Ester? Ester who? They come in multiple forms, and their apparent complexity (and cost) is enough to frighten off many a formulator. But those who manufacture esters invite you to get to know this versatile and formidable group of molecules ... and maybe even take them out for a spin. (Cover Story).(Cover Story)
October 1, 2002... In a world dominated by attention to mineral oils and polyalphaolefins (PAOs) in vehicle engine oils, esters (which generally serve other segments) are often ignored or at least misunderstood. But ester manufacturers say that their market has...

Education allows marketers to wear many hats. (Feature Story).(continued training in lubricants industry)
October 1, 2002... Conventional wisdom tells us that when economic times are tough and a business or industry struggles, one of the first parts of the budget to tighten is training/education. Yet in the lubricants industry, continued corporate consolidation and...

Successful central system trial of a phenolic biocide in a semi-synthetic metalworking fluid. .(Cover Story)
October 1, 2002... Castrol Industrial North America (Downers Grove, IL) and Bayer Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA) participated in a joint development project to investigate the use of a phenolic biocide, Preventol CMK (4-chloro-3-methylphenol; see Figure 1), in a...

ACEA's 2002 European Oil Sequences. (Feature Story).
October 1, 2002... Editor's Note: This excerpt is from an article that originally appeared in the September 2002 edition of the Infineum Insight magazine and is reprinted here with permission. Since their inception in 1995, the ACEA [Association des...

PAOs in the spotlight. (Products).
October 1, 2002... Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LLC (CPChem) has published a brochure titled "Synfluid Polyalphaolefins (PAOs) Geared for Performance." The literature describes the performance benefits of these synthetic products as compared with mineral oils...

New gauge eases data gathering. (Products).
October 1, 2002... Control Co.'s new Traceable Manometer/Pressure/Vacuum Gauge displays gauge and differential pressure/ vacuum in 11 different units. Response time is 0.5 sec. Simple hose fittings on the unit permit using hose/ tubing with inside diameters from...

Oils make the cut. (Products).
October 1, 2002... American Refining Group Inc. (ARG) has introduced cutting oils to its line of Brad Penn lubricants. Brad Penn has teamed up with Battenfeld Grease and Oil Corp., with seven new products that ARG says will cover approximately 80% of industrial...

Pumps handle very viscous fluids. (Products).
October 1, 2002... Viking Pump's rotary positive-displacement pumps, using gear and lobe principles, offer an alternative to centrifugal pumps in applications where system pressure or fluid viscosity fluctuates. These pumps provide a near-constant flow rate with...

Flow indicator makes for right sight. (Products).
October 1, 2002... Oil-Rite Corp. has released the Sight-Rite flow indicator, which can be used for any lubrication or process equipment line that carries a pulse of fluid of less than 0.012 cubic inches. The Sight-Rite couples the reliability and precision of an...

New spec sheet stacks up. (Products).
October 1, 2002... A new spec sheet from container manufacturer Meese Orbitron Dunne Co. (MOD) profiles the company's conical Hopper Bottom intermediate bulk container (IBC). This IBC promotes the consistent flow and complete drainage of such materials as...

Cummins launches Web site about on-highway emissions. (Techwatch).(www.tough eststandards.cummins.com)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Cummins Inc. recently launched a new Web site designed to provide consumers and industry and key information about Cummins' on-highway product line, which will meet new U.S. emissions standards that come into effect this month. The site,...

ISA unveils newly redesigned Web site. (Techwatch).(Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society: www.isa.org)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... The Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society (ISA) has upgraded and renamed its Web site, ISANetwork (www.isa.org). The site broadens the technical information on instrumentation, systems, and automation, and it introduces "communities...

Department of Energy issues report from anti-terrorism conference. (Techwatch).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Basic Energy Services (BES) has put online the proceedings of a workshop it held in the spring about research priorities for countering terrorism. The report and the individual papers presented at the...

Independents welcome kindred spirit. (20 Minutes with ... Celeste Powers, Executive Director, ILMA).(new executive director of Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association Celeste Powers)(Interview)
October 1, 2002... This summer, the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association (ILMA) welcomed Celeste Powers as its new executive director. Now, fresh off her first Annual Meeting (held in Colorado Springs last month), Powers tells Lubricants World's...