African Group Lubricants(AGL) acquires a blending facility THEMARKETREPORT


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he South African based oil marketing company African Group Lubri-


cants (AGL), has acquired CERA blending facility, after securing a long-term distributorship commitment with ExxonMobil and Quaker Houghton. AGL is the authorized dis-


tributor of Mobil Lubricants in South Africa as well as Quaker Houghton’s industrial process fluids to the primary metals and metalworking markets. With the new acquisition,


AGL will now offer toll-blend- ing and warehouse facilities. Currently, AGL offers lubricant solutions to industries ranging from transportation to industrial, renewable energy, steel, among others. Apart from being awarded


the rights to manufacture automotive lubricants in South Africa by ExxonMobil, AGL has also been granted local blending rights on certain product ranges for the mining, construction, and agricultural sectors where it will be expanding into. “AGL’s vision is to keep expanding our locally manu- factured product portfolio and offer competitive solutions to our customers in South Africa and surrounding countries,” said Mark Kerwan, AGL Managing Director. “Quaker Houghton is


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excited to be a long-term part- ner of AGL. Together, we strive to empower our customers with full confidence that they can meet the future efficiently and with ease,” said Andrew


African Group Lubricant blending plant. SOURCE | AGL


Laurens, Quaker Houghton Commercial Director, South- ern Africa, Middle East & Africa (MEA). Apart from ExxonMobil and


Quaker Houghton, AGL is also the authorized distributor of filtration products from Eclipse Magnetics, a UK based company. AGL has also its private label Centlube which has products such as coolants, antifreeze, engine cleaner, and


brake fluid. AGL plans to further expand


its footprint in the Southern African market in the coming years. AGL is a subsidiary of enX


Group Ltd. enX is an industrial group comprised of three seg- ments, enX Fleet, enX Equip- ment and enX Petrochemicals. The Petrochemicals segment deals with lubricants and dif- ferent specialty chemicals.


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