NEWS IN BRIEF
Pirelli names specialty oil company Nynas Best Supplier 2011
World leading tyre manufacturer Pirelli has named Nynas ‘Best Supplier 2011’, together with seven other leading suppliers. Marco Tronchetti Provera, President of Pirelli, announced the winners at an Awards ceremony at Pirelli’s headquarters in Milan, Italy. An important reason for winning the award was Nynas’ quick transfer away from aromatic oils, in light of the 2010 EU ban on highly aromatic content in tyres. Additionally, Nynas and Pirelli have recently signed a global supply agreement which means that Nynas will cater for Pirelli’s demand for specialty tyre oils over the next five years.
The Best Supplier Award was presented for the first time this year and will from now on be presented annually. The Awards committee evaluated the suppliers based on the following criteria: quality, innovation, speed, price, sustainability, logistic network and service level.
“To receive this award from a world leading tyre producer such as Pirelli, is a clear indication that our efforts within the industry have been successful. By presenting this award to Nynas, Pirelli recognises our leading position in the specialty oils industry”, said Staffan Lennström, CEO of Nynas.
Nynas has recently signed a five year supply agreement with Pirelli and will continue to develop the relationship in order to secure the continuous development of Pirelli’s tyres and the company’s market leading position.
LINK
www.nynas.com
Evonik Oil Additives to Expand Capacity in Asia-Pacific
Evonik Oil Additives, has recently announced plans to significantly expand Asia-Pacific production capacity. The additional Asia-Pacific capacity will almost double current capacity and is expected to be fully realised in 2015.
In 2008 Evonik Oil Additives completed construction of its current Singapore facility with an objective of better serving customers in the fast growing Asian lubricants market. Now, only four years later, the company is aiming to expand Asia-Pacific capacity by nearly 100 percent. The expansion will increase capacity across Evonik Oil Additive's entire portfolio of products currently produced for the Asian market. From its current production location in Singapore, the Evonik Oil Additives business line, ships lubricant additive products to customers throughout Asia, with the largest volumes
going to China, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Australia and India.
The Evonik Oil Additives business line of Evonik Industries specialises in high- performance additives for lubricants and refinery products based on polyalkyl methacrylates (PAMAs). Their specially customised VISCOPLEX™ grades allow the flow abilities, lubricating performance, and crystallisation properties of lubricants and biodiesel to be optimised over wide temperature ranges. Energy-efficient hydraulic systems from Evonik Oil Additives using its DYNAVIS™ hydraulic fluid technology save fuel, thereby reducing CO2 emissions into the environment.
LINK
www.evonik.com/oil-additives
Chevron Oronite – Singapore Expansion
Recently Chevron Oronite hosted a ceremony at its manufacturing plant in Singapore to mark the beginning of construction on the company’s previously-announced plans to signifi- cantly expand the capacity of the Jurong Island facility. The new capacity is scheduled to be in operation during the first half of 2014.
The additives produced by the Singapore manufacturing facility plant are used to improve the performance of lubricants used in engines, hydraulic systems and drivelines. Finished lubricants containing Oronite®
can be found in a variety of applications, such as passenger cars, heavy-duty trucks, marine vessels, locomotives, tractors, construction equipment and natural gas engines.
Chevron Oronite’s Singapore Plant occupies a 23 hectare site on the Jurong Island petrochemical hub that is a convenient source of feedstock and utilities. It is the largest lubricant additives manufacturing plant in Asia- Pacific. The plant has a private jetty to accommodate vessels of up to 40,000 dead-weight tonnage for bulk imports of raw materials as well as export shipments of finished products.
additives
Engineering and design work has been underway for over a year to prepare for the upgrades and additions that will increase manufacturing, blending and shipping capacities at the plant.
LINK
www.chevron.com
AVISTA OIL AG increases its participation in the Dutch re-refinery of North Refining and Trading N.V. AVISTA OIL AG consequently continues to expand its international oil upcycling activities
AVISTA OIL AG (AVISTA OIL) has increased its participation in the Dutch oil recycling refinery of North Refining and Trading N.V., Delfzijl (North Refinery). Up to now, AVISTA OIL, via a holding company, directly and indirectly owned about 25% of the company situated at the North Sea. This share has now increased to approximately 42%, with effect as of 22 May 2012.
In May 2010, AVISTA OIL acquired the used oil collecting companies of Holding Wubben B.V., operating in the Netherlands and in Belgium, thus acquiring first interests in North Refinery. Within the scope of the growth strategy of AVISTA OIL, these were now increased.
North Refinery has vast facilities for accepting used oils for the production of a
lubdistillate, the precursor of the AVISTA OIL Kernsolvat®
base oil, and for their recycling
to flux oils. Oil-water composites from shipping are also accepted and recycled. The annual processing capacity of North Refinery is approximately. 200,000 tons.
LINK
www.avista-oil.com
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LUBE MAGAZINE No.111 OCTOBER 2012
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