ANNUAL DINNER ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL DINNER


The BLF Annual Dinner was once again held at the London Hilton on Park Lane, on Thursday, 11th November 2004 and may possibly be the last one under the BLF banner. The reason why this may be the last dinner is because the BLF intend, subject to a successful vote at the forthcoming BLF EGM, to be held on Thursday 9th December at Loughborough, to amalgamate with the UK Delegation to UEIL. The two organisations have worked jointly together on this venture. Together they intend to form a new organisation that will operate under a new name, the United Kingdom Lubricants Association.


I am sure someone will know better, but I am told that the first London Lubricants Dinner was held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, in 1935, long may they continue.


Top Table Guests left to right Roger Onions, President, Gauge & Toolmakers Association Jos Jong, President, VSN


Christopher Brooks, General Secretary, Chemical Industries Association


Peter Newport, Director, British Chemical Distributors and Traders Association


Robert Baker, President, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers


Chris Hunt, Director General, UK Petroleum Industries Association


Trevor Padget, Midlands Branch Chairman receiving a Special Award of Council from the President


Rod Parker, BLF Executive Director Adrian Walsh, Guest Speaker David Neadle, BLF President


Hugh Dowding, President of the UK Delegation to UEIL Dr Terry Bates, Secretary General, ATIEL


Julia Moore, Chief Executive, Gauge & Toolmakers Association


Marcel Pedenaud, President, CSNIL


Terry Dickens, Chairman, European Lubricating Grease Institute


Roger Creswell, Director, Oil Recycling Association


Jean-Claude Dufour, Secretaire General, Centre Professionel des Lubrifiants & EUROPALUB


The new name of the amalgamated organisation?


The EGM will decide.


This year’s dinner was attended by the usual mix of UK and International BLF members and their guests, plus this year we welcomed increased numbers of the Federation’s special guests from trade associations and Government, including guests from the UK, continental Europe, USA and Japan.


At this time of change BLF President, David Neadle gave a special word of thanks to all the BLF members who had, over the years, volunteered and served, giving their valuable time and effort to work on industry business on behalf of the members of the Federation. David explained the reasons behind the need for change to UKLA and urged Members to vote in favour at the forthcoming EGM. He went on to add that Members would really benefit from having one strong UK lubricants industry trade association that was active in Europe through UEIL.


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Ben Tomblin, Young Employee of the Year Award, Thames Lubricants Ltd


David Neadle, BLF President, D A Stuart Ltd


Demelza Tomblin, Young Employee of the Year Award, Thames Lubricants Ltd.


Jos Jong, President VSN Holland Sheila Edmeades, Comma Oil & Chemicals Ltd


David Seex, BLF Past President, Comma Oil & Chemicals Ltd Tim Bates, GB Lubricants Ltd


Hugh Dowding, President of the UK Delegation to UEIL


Terry Dickens, Chairman, European Lubricating Grease Institute


Martha Baker, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers


Robert Baker, President Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers


10 ISSUE NO. 64 DECEMBER 2004


Keith Pepper, BP. David Laycock, BP. Andy Humphreys, BP Castrol.


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