Valvoline has been supplying Genuine Parts Company (GPC), the US-based parent company of NAPA, with Valvoline-branded and NAPA-formulated lubricants for more than 50 years, and is one of the largest suppliers to GPC. The UK partnership builds on this existing relationship and the two brands’ matching commitment to uncompromising quality and relentless innovation.
Tyre dealer and car maintenance network Point S has signed an international service agreement with TotalEnergies Lubrifiants. a leading global manufacturer of lubricants. The company will supply its portfolio of high-performance automotive products, including its range of Quartz engine oils, to the Point S global network of independent dealers and repair centres. The agreement is designed to enhance the international growth of both companies. The Point S network consists of 6,185 points of sale across 51 countries on five continents, while TotalEnergies Lubrifiants is present in 160 countries, including 42 production sites.
Global lubricant pioneer, Motul presents the NGen range, which the company says sets new standards for sustainable and resource-saving high-performance engine oils for cars and motorbikes. Motul’s NGen range debuts with three new engine oils, which either consist largely of high-quality regenerated oils (NGen 5 and NGen 7 for motorbikes) or contain a high proportion of raw materials from renewable resources (NGen Hybrid for hybrid cars) and offer performance that matches or even betters other products currently available on the market.
German motor oil manufacturer Liqui Moly has signed a one-year contract with the Formula 1 racing series. This means that the company will be sponsoring the series for the fifth consecutive year. The new contract, means Liqui Moly will be an “Official Partner” of Formula 1 for the 2023 season, with trackside signage, both physical and virtual, bearing the brand name on display worldwide at 18 of 23 races this year. “Formula 1 is the pinnacle of motorsport in terms of international character and publicity”, says Günter Hiermaier, managing director of Liqui Moly.
LD Carbon is on the brink of closing a 10-year tyre pyrolysis oil contract with a South Korean oil firm. Tyres & Accessories understands that the 10-year deal will be worth around $25 million a year, making the whole contract worth around $250 million.
Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) has received an order for tyre-derived pyrolysis oil, with an estimated value of 4.7 million Swedish krone ($450,000). Enviro hasn’t named the firm behind the order, but has said that it is “the subsidiary of a leading US oil company that submitted an initial order for oil in February of 2022 for production tests”.
Rowe introduced its sustainably manufactured range of lubricants to the UK market at the Autosport International Show from 12-15 January. Exclusively distributed in the UK by Deutschesol Ltd, Rowe’s range of oils, lubricants and coolants is manufactured in Germany and the company has “several original equipment manufacturer (OEM) relationships”.
Motor oil and additive manufacturer Liqui Moly has reached its annual target and remains on a stable growth course. The company was able to compensate for the loss of the Russian market and the generally difficult situation on the global market through its strategy and quick action. Managing director Günter Hiermaier is very satisfied: “Achieving such a sales result in these times is proof that both our team spirit is right and our products are in great demand worldwide.”
Scandinavian Enviro Systems (publ) received an order for its tyre-derived pyrolysis oil from the subsidiary of a leading US oil company for production tests in February 2022. The oil was delivered in June following its approval in accordance with the EU REACH directive, a condition for a final deal.
Tyre recycling and product recovery specialists Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) is has noted “a sharp increase of interest in purchasing the carbon black and oil that Enviro recovers from end-of-life tyres” since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Interest has been observed “among old and new customers”, but the company has not commented on what this means in terms of specific orders.
Nynas has halted the purchase of feedstock of Russian origin. Sales to customers in Russia and Belarus have also been stopped. According to the petrochemical company which supplies tyre industry, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and “its tragic consequences throughout the region” prompted Nynas to reconsider its supplies from Russia and also sales to the country.
Scandinavian Enviro Systems shares that it has received a recovered pyrolysis oil order worth SEK 2 million (approximately £158,000) from the subsidiary of a leading US oil company. The purchaser hasn’t been named but Enviro describes it as “one of the five largest oil companies in the US.” The oil company intends to carry out production tests with the oil at one of its refineries in Europe, with this testing determining the oil’s suitability as feedstock for producing various biofuels.
From 2022 onwards Motul will be added to the Honda UK (HUK) range of lubricants and motorcycle care range in their dealerships throughout the UK – capitalising on HUK’s racing activities along the way.
Nynas has appointed Johan Andersson as vice president Group Strategy & Sustainable Development in Nynas. Johan Andersson leaves the position as CEO of the National Oil Industry Association in Sweden, Drivkraft Sverige, to take on the role. As the CEO he has since 2019 launched a roadmap for climate-neutral competitiveness for the industry, restructured the industry association and repositioned it as an organisation for innovative and sustainable mobility.
In November 2020 Scandinavian Enviro’s UK partner 2G BioPOWER began a study into the feasibility of running a largescale tyre pyrolysis plant in the UK. The project has now been completed and found that there are “favourable conditions” for such a pyrolysis plant that “derive primarily from the large domestic demand for recovered oil for the production of renewable vehicle fuel.”
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