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MAY 2019
VOL. 13 ISSUE 5
Russia Ramps Up
Base Oil Output
EU Regs Mar
Metalworking Fluids
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PUBLISHER’S LETTER
Phoenix from the Flames
As we look on aghast at the blaze
that engulfed Notre Dame in Paris last
month, it is perhaps a good time to
reflect on the permanence of things.
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PUBLISHER’S LETTER Phoenix from the Flames
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LUBRIC T H E TH DI 10
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An array of watchmaker’s lubricants and applicati
Oiling a minuscule part of a watch movement.
suppliers. Familiar ingredients in many modern
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BY BORIS KAMCHEV OUT OF REACH
a few instances, ester-based additives and formal
alworking fluids were allowed to contain such sub
“To stop the marketing of certain products is cer
CUSTOM RESEARCH Gain deeper insight
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With relatively low private four-wheeler penetrat
from 116,881 in 2016. Passenger cars alone accoun
New Vehicle Registrations in Uganda, 201
THE RUSSIAN BEAR GOES BULLISH 26 ON BASE
With half a million tons a year of new capacit
State-of-the-art Pneumatic Mixing Systems South E
Neft plans to market the product under the G-Base
Russian and Regional Base Oil Producers (metric t
foreign companies to comply with Russian standard
Newsmakers On Site ExxonMobil
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