28th
Annual General Meeting 2016 Venice, Italy
After a 30 minute ride in a water taxi from the Marco Polo Airport I arrived at the Hilton Molino Stucky, in the heart of Venice. It was the venue for the 28th ELGI AGM. The organisers of the ELGI AGM always choose inspirational and exciting locations which help to stimulate fresh ideas as well as motivate, encourage and promote good business.
The theme for the 2016 AGM was: ‘Sustainability in the Grease Industry’, relating to green lubrication, conserving natural resources, renewable feed stocks, environmental management, green legislation, minimal impact technology. The whole event started on Saturday 16th April, with the exhibitors setting
up their stands as well as the opening for registration. Sunday saw five of the ELGI Working Groups (Grease Particle Evaluation WG, Food Grade Lubricants WG, Test Methods & Rheology WG, Railway Lubricants WG and Bio-Based Greases WG) meeting with a view to presenting their findings on the Monday morning.
On Monday 18th April, ELGI’s chairman Terry Dicken opened the AGM. He reported that 340 delegates from 29 world-wide countries were present. The major announcement was that two members of the ELGI Board were stepping down, and they were Eddy Stempfel of Fuchs Lubritech and John Turtle from Afton Chemical.
The ELGI board also announced that they had been building a new corporate image to focus on the future without overlooking their heritage. With this in mind, they revealed their new logo with a more contemporary design.
The Key Speaker was Elena Zambardi and she spoke about the MOSE project which was very apt for our location as well as the theme. MOSE is derived from MOdulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico (Experimental Electromechanical Module) and is a project which is planned to protect the city of Venice, Italy, and the Venetian Lagoon from flooding.
SQM’s Felipe Smith gave a compelling presentation on the ‘Lithium Market
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LUBE MAGAZINE NO.134 AUGUST 2016
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