INDUSTRY NEWS New Chairman of VLS Harald Oosting
The Verification of Lubricant Specifications (UK) Ltd is delighted to welcome new Chairman Harald Oosting, succeeding Jacquie Berryman who stepped down in April.
Currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Olyslager, Harald has been involved in the lubricants industry for over twenty years, on the Board of VLS since 2018, and is also currently Vice-President and Director of the United Kingdom Lubricants Association, a role he has had held since 2017.
Harald has been Managing Director and before this Sales & Marketing Manager at Olyslager prior to his current appointment. Previously Harald Oosting was AM Motorfactors at Shell and Sales Manager at Alcar Benelux.
Harald is a strong advocate for VLS and the work it does as an independent trade body to allow all lubricant companies to compete in an open and level playing field in a way that benefits the end user by
assuring the performance claims made on lubricant products are valid and reliable.
‘VLS provides certainty and consistency in the treatment of lubricant performance claims of finished lubricants being placed
on the open market in the United Kingdom. With my background in Olyslager, I can optimise the value that VLS brings to the lubricant sector in the UK through the use of reliable data to aid better decision- making in the handling of cases under investigation, and support the move to a more rigorous process of investigation of companies making claims against market standards and OEM specifications.’
www.ukla-vls.org.uk
Optimum Oils founder Malcolm Hollingsworth celebrates 50 years in the oil industry
On April 21st 2024, Malcolm Hollingsworth celebrated a career milestone that is quite incredible in this day and age, it was 50 years to the day that Malcolm joined Gulf Oil (GB) Ltd in London, since then
Malcolm has worked continuously in the Oil Industry. Malcolm is a qualified Engineer and has successfully taken those skills into the Oil Industry, during his time with Gulf he worked in both Fuels and Lubricants sectors, and held a number of Sales, Marketing and Operations Management roles both in the UK and overseas. Malcolm has focussed on the Lubricants Sector for the majority of his career.
In late 1997 Chevron made a strategic decision to withdraw from its UK business’s and Malcolm alongside Gulf colleagues, Nick Webb, Peter Hutchinson and John Eland made a decision to form Optimum Oils Ltd, the business has grown into a significant player in the UK,
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Ireland and export markets and Malcolm is still actively involved as board Member and Director.
During his 50 years in our industry, Malcolm has always supported and helped his colleagues in their development
and continues to do so today, and Optimum Oils is very fortunate to still be able to call on his experience!
Well done Malcolm and thank you for the service shown to the UK Lubricants Industry.
https://optimumoils.com/
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