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FEBRUARY 2020 VOL. 26 ISSUE 2
The Synthetics
Are Coming
Better Screening
for Hydraulics
PUBLISHER'S LETTER
25 Years of Lubes'n'Greases
T wenty-five years ago, Lisa Tocci,
Nancy Demarco and Gloria
Steinberg Briskin hunkered down in
the new headquarters of their nascent pub-
lishing company.
The surroundings in Gloria's basement
were far from glamorous, but it turned out
to be the perfect incubator for LNG
Publishing Co. The first issue of
Lubes'n'Greases was published in April
1995, and within just nine months, the
business was profitable.
After 18 months, LNG emerged from the
underground lair and took up residence in
a proper office space. We've been racing
forward ever since, keeping on top of a
changing industry and ensuring that our
readers have the information the
FEBRUARY 2020 VOL. 26 ISSUE 2
PUBLISHER'S LETTER 25 Years of Lubes'n'Greases
FEBRUARY 2020 VOL. 26 ISSUE 2 TABLE OF
AUTOMOTIVE The Death of the Internal Combustio
group II base oils regular, reliable supply and
On the plus side, electric and hybrid-ele
READY TO INNOVATE? INTRODUCING THE FIRST SUSTAI
Continued from page 8 system went down! Apparentl
that EVs will grow from 5 million vehicles in 201
BEST PRACTICES Take the High-level View Som
Formulated for the future ETRO+ is an inno
Continued from page 12 ity by package type to se
The final key business step is sustaining the
NEED TO KNOW Fighting for a Slice of
Passenger car motor oil, how- ever, is
that demand is relatively price inelastic since m
Sp tlight on ILSAC GF-6 New engine oil stan-
resentative of the vehicles on the road,” he expl
SPOTLIGHT New Chemistry, Improved Performance
SPOTLIGHT T he new North American ILSAC
Mining Trends Greener
Conference in November. The appetites of these
Mining Lubricant Consumption Above Ground
Do you have a 2020 EV strategy? NEW MARKET REPO
Better Prescreening for Vane Pump Fluids “C
Vane and disk assembly for the FMVP test (All pho
on the Falex Multispecimen Test Machine with spec
whom we ran the vane pump test. Suffice to say th
The Synthetics Are Coming 32 FEBRUARY 202
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The Formulation Squeeze KV100, cSt, ASTM D445 3
PRODUCT NEWS PRODUCT NEWS Biobased Industrial Lu
PLACES'N'FACES PLACES'N'FACES Handi Eyes Hong Ko
members and developing training programs. It's
PLACES'N'FACES Chemical Technologies
Canada. Specialty chemicals manufacturer Verte
BASE OIL REPORT A Bright Spot in a Sea of Trou
NEW MARKET REPORT FOR 2020 The lubric
YOUR BUSINESS The Importance of Advance Prepar
One Source. HollyFrontier produces the widest ra