companies can produce lubricants that meet global standards. AG Lubricants has also collaborated with Quaker Houghton and provides a range of fire-resistant hydraulic fluids and a full range of industrial fluids for various applications in metal machining, forming, forging, cleaning, and corrosion protec- tion. Under its private label, Centlube, AG Lubricants produces coolants,


anti-


freeze, engine cleaners, and brake fluid. The Centlube product range is a compli- mentary range of ancillary products to international brands represented by Afri- can Group Lubricants. From all of the above partnerships, AG


Lubricants offers a comprehensive range of lubricant products for key industrial segments,


automotive,


including agricul-


tural, steel manufac- turing, energy, min- ing,


construction,


pulp and paper, and many more. Outside South Africa, AG Lu- bricants has a dis- tribution footprint across the Democrat- ic Republic of Congo, Swaziland,


Lesotho, PCI Small Pack Fill Line SOURCE | AG LUBRICANTS greases, to enhance


machine operational efficiencies.


Being one of the in- dependent lubricant blenders in South Africa certified by ExxonMobil to pro- duce its products, AG


Lubricants blends according to the exact standards stipulated by the requirements of its principal. It exclusively uses base oils supplied by ExxonMobil’s Basestocks Distributor and procures additives from both domestic and international sources. The lubricants are manufactured at


AG Lubricants’s independently owned blending facility in Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa. The independently owned


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blending plant has an in-house lab, an automated packaging line with in-line labelling and heat-sealing equipment, a warehouse management facility, a sup- ply network management system, and a Lab Information Management System (LIMS). Besides blending, the plant offers testing, filling, distribution, and stock management.


The plant complies with ISO 9001:2015 Quality and ISO 14001:2015 Environmen- tal Certification standards. The blending facility’s laboratory aligns with the inter- national laboratory quality standard ISO 17025:201. ExxonMobil’s decision to give AG Lu- bricants blending rights for some of its products is a testament to AG Lubri- cants’s facility and proof that indigenous


Botswana, and Mo- zambique. AG Lubricants has experienced signif- icant year-on-year growth,


tripling its


workforce over a decade. The company hopes to continue growing its footprint in the automotive, agricultural, and min- ing sectors in South Africa and surround- ing countries. AG Lubricants attributes its growth trajectory to the confidence of its global partners, ExxonMobil and Quaker Houghton in AG Lubricants. AG Lubricants hopes for continued expan- sion and performance. The partnerships further reflect AG


Lubricants’s growing market share and expansion capabilities and speak to the critical role indigenous companies are playing in the lubricants industry. It will be exciting to see more local companies come up to have a seat at the table in the industry, not only in South Africa but also across the entire continent.


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