Following this, was a new feature to this event: an opening Panel Discussion. Delegates had been emailed ahead of the Summit to pose questions to the panel. The five on the panel were: Alan Outhwaite from Chevron Global Lubricants; John Eastwood from Croda; Jesper Pedersen from MAN Diesel & Turbo; Bill Downey from Novvi LLC and Michael Wekiera from PZPM (Polish Automotive Industry Association). One of the questions posed was “Is chemical regulation becoming more of a driver?” Several answers were given with the key response: “Having to pay £300k for testing, and waiting two years for REACH approval, it is more of a constraint than a driver.” The panel was kept busy with several more questions.
After the break the first session ‘European Base Oil Markets’ began with Gabriel Tarle of Kline providing his presentation on ‘Base oil market, overview providing global & regional supply & demand balances for Groups I, II, III & IV’. This was followed by Alan Outhwaite from Chevron Global Lubricants, speaking about ‘Group II growth in Europe as it becomes an increasingly popular choice for PCMO & HDEO formulations following continued decline in Group I capacity and increasing technical changes.’
Denis Varaksin of DYM Resources GmbH was next up with ‘Russian & CIS Base Oil Exports: Opportunities for the European Market.’ The three presenters: Gabriele; Alan and Denis then took part in a group panel discussion on their presentations.
The second session after lunch was ‘Industrial Lubricants Markets’ where we saw the following presentations: Thomas Norrby of Nynas AB ‘The Future of Metalworking Fluids’; Muriel Ecormier of GEO Speciality Chemiocals UK Ltd ‘PAGs in the Future of Synthetic Lubes’; Mark Draper of Shell Global Solutions (UK) ‘the Impact of Evolving Performance Demands on Hydraulic Fluid Development & Selections’; and Bill Downey of Novvi LLC ‘Building High Performance Industrial Lubes:
Top-Tier Plus Environment Benefits Using A Renewable Synthetic Hydrocarbon Base Oil’. Again the four presenters formed a panel for questions.
The final session for the day was ‘Regulatory Updates’ with Sandra Meijer from The REACH Centre; Sabine Hausmann from FUCHS PETROLUB SE and finally Jiannia Kougoulis of the European Commission together with Candela Vidal Abarca Garrido of the Joint Research Centre both present.
The first day ended with a drinks reception at the Hilton Warsaw Hotel & Convention Centre followed by a networking dinner open to all held at Krasnodwór restaurant. The attendees were spoilt for choice as we were provided with a vast selection of traditional Polish fare in an intimate and relaxed setting.
There is not enough space to include all presenters, so all I can suggest is that you make sure to register for the next ACI European Summit to make sure that you don’t miss out in the future!
The European Base Oils & Lubricants Summit attracted a highly charged gathering comprised of manufacturers, business leaders, early adopters and innovators to an event known worldwide for being the place where they can see tomorrow’s lubricant world, today.
Suzy Jarman Editor, Lube Magazine
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