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The European passenger car engine oil market H. Ernest Henderson, PhD, President, K&E Petroleum Consulting
Identifying suitable grease alternatives through rheological analysis Oliver Hurst and Megan Woods, The Centre for Industrial Rheology
Re-refining used lubricating oils Mark Olpin, Executive Chairman, Slicker Recycling
Revolutionising open gear lubrication in mills with novel anti-wear additives Dr Sergei Mamykin, Tribologist, copper filming technology developer, NEOL Copper Technologies and Rafe Britton, Lubrication specialist and consultant at Lubrication Expert
Exploring lithium alternatives in a disrupted grease market Francesc Alomar; Gareth Fish, Ph.D., CLS, CLGS, and Robert Dura, Ph.D., CLGS, Lubrizol
Lube-Tech
Using conventional molybdenum and boron lubricant additives in electric vehicles David Boudreau Sr, Research & Development Advisor, Vanderbilt Chemicals LLC
Enhancing buyer experience: Unveiling the significance of the ‘speed of response’ survey in the lubricant industry Steve Knapp, CEO,
Plan.Grow.Do
Reducing friction, enhancing longevity, and embracing environmental friendliness Dr. Raj Shah, Director and Mr. Jeff Gao, Koehler Instrument Company, and Dr. Mathias Woydt, Managing Partner, MATRILUB
Local market report: Spain Tina Reading, Editor, Lube Magazine
A big thank you to all of our contributors for this selection of fascinating articles!
With lubricating grease very much the order of the day this issue, it’s only fitting to highlight that Lube will be present at the 34th ELGI AGM, taking place in Madrid between 20th and 23rd of April, as well as other media partner events; UKIFDA Expo & Conference 2024 (10th – 11th April, Liverpool, UK), UNITI Mineral Oil Technology Congress 2024 (16th – 17th April, Stuttgart, Germany), and CHEMUK 2024 (15th – 16th May, Birmingham, UK). Please do stop by to say hello at any of these events if you are attending!
Work on our STEM programme continues apace, and we look forward to sharing more information with you on this exciting project soon! We are also currently working to revamp the ELID directory with new functionality in time for the May renewal. Please contact Laurie, the Media Coordinator, for more details on this!
Regulars: Editor’s Desk ................................................................................. 3 Presidents’ Reports ........................................................................ 4 Industry News & Moves................................................................. 6 UEIL News ................................................................................... 47 VLS ............................................................................................. 49 In conversation with Glenn Mazzamaro, Vanderbilt LLC .............. 52 ICIS Base Oil Report ..................................................................... 57 Forthcoming Events .................................................................... 58
Finally, we at Lube Media and the UKLA would like to extend a fond farewell to Jacquie Berryman, UKLA VP, VLS Chair and Infineum Industry Liaison Manager, who will be retiring this month. We wish Jacquie a very happy retirement and all the best for the future!
Tina Reading,
editor@ukla.org.uk
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Editor’s Desk
Hello and a warm welcome to our April issue of Lube Magazine.
In this issue, Ernie Henderson of K&E Petroleum gives us an overview of the European passenger car engine oil market, followed by articles on lubricating greases from Oliver Hurst and Megan Woods from the Centre for Industrial Rhelogy, Sergei Mamykin and Rafe Britton from NEOL Copper Technologies and Lubrication Expert, and Francesc Alomar, and Robert Dura of Lubrizol.
Our centrepiece Lube-Tech technical feature is brought to us by David Boudreau Sr of Vanderbilt Chemicals LLC. We also have a sustainability piece from Raj Shah and Jeff Gao of Koehler Instrument Company and Mathias Woydt of MATRLUB, plus Mark Olpin of Slicker Recycling brings us the fourth and final installment in his multi-part series on re-refining used lubricating oils.
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