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Triton-Leo focusing on growth amid fickle oil prices

By: Simon Sonnekus 12th February 2016 Despite influencing factors, such as the rand:dollar exchange rate, and the stagnant prices of fuel and raw materials, lubricants producer Triton-Leo believes that the market will remain stable this year as it focuses on growing its business and product sales. →

Locally made oil remediator sells well overseas

By: Donna Slater 6th February 2015 The Ergofito Aqua oil remediator, manufactured locally by Cape Town-based bioproducts company Ergofito, is selling better internationally than it is locally, the company tells Engineering News. →

ON-SITE OIL REMEDIATION Ergofito Aqua organically turns oil deposits on land and water into organic matter by attacking hydrocarbons and converting them into humus

Automated lubrication systems increase efficiency

By: Donna Slater 6th February 2015 Automated and centralised lubrication control platforms are essential for any type of machine, as they ensure efficient lubricant consumption and application, says Randburg-based lubrication systems company Control Lubrication Systems. →

COMPREHENSIVE LUBRICATION SYSTEMS Centralised lubrication systems ensure that there is no need to be concerned about a lubrication point being under- or overlubricated

Industry-proven lubricants ensure steady sales

By: Donna Slater 6th February 2015 Wynberg-based special lubricants manufacturer Spanjaard’s products are gaining in popularity, owing to their increasing use in many specialised and industrial applications – in a niche field of the sector where competing products are falling short of meeting the requirements of heavy industrial... →

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS Spanjaard's products serve a niche field, whereas competing products are falling short of meeting the requirements of heavy industrial applications

Energy savings with advanced lubricant for heavy industry

By: Donna Slater 6th February 2015 US-based lubricant specialist Lubrication Engineers is helping heavy industries to register significant savings, owing to the improved energy efficiency and product longevity provided by the company’s advanced series of Pyroshield lubricants. →

SUPERIOR BASE STOCK Lubrication Engineers’ production facility uses mainly mineral oils for base stock and only synthetic formulas for specialised applications

Shell pays Niger Delta oil spill victims

6th February 2015 Oil giant Shell early last month agreed to pay an out-of-court settlement of £55-million to compensate a Niger Delta community for two oil spills that occurred in August and December 2008, destroying thousands of livelihoods in the Bodo area, in the south of Nigeria. →

PAYING THE COSTS Shell has agreed to pay an out-of-court settlement of £55-million to compensate a Niger Delta community for two oil spills that occurred in 2008

Company launches oil-condition sensor

By: David Oliveira 7th February 2014 South Africa-based wear control, lubrication and filtration company Filter Focus launched the SmartMon-Oil condition-monitoring sensor onto the South African market last month. Filter Focus COO Craig FitzGerald tells Engineering News that this in-line unit, which is manufactured by US-based... →

Application improves sales calls – lubricants supplier

By: David Oliveira 7th February 2014 South Africa-based lubricants supplier Triangle Lubricants has increased its sales calls by 25% since using tablet-based software development company Field Office’s HoneyBee application. Triangle Lubricants sales manager Christoff Sonnekus notes that the company started using the application in... →

New hydraulic oil offers 11% energy savings

By: David Oliveira 7th February 2014 South Africa-based lubrication manufacturer Engen launched its Hydrokin energy saving fluid (ESF) hydraulic oil in November, which Engen industrial product engineer Tony Kukard says can provide companies up to 11% energy savings in equipment that consumes hydraulic fluid. Engen industrial... →

FIELD TESTING
Field tests on Engen’s Hydrokin ESF were conducted in Europe using a medium-sized excavator, skid steer loader and compact excavator

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FIELD TESTING Field tests on Engen’s Hydrokin ESF were conducted in Europe using a medium-sized excavator, skid steer loader and compact excavator

Lubricants company increases capacity

By: David Oliveira 7th February 2014 South Africa-based lubricants manufacturer Fuchs Lubricants, a subsidiary of Germany-based Fuchs Petrolub, is installing three 30 t blend vessels at its plant in Isando, Johannesburg, Fuchs Lubricants industrial sales manager Andrew Cowling tells Engineering News. The installation of the blend... →

MANUFACTURED FOR DISTRIBUTION After being in the blend vessels for a day, the finished oil product is pumped into drums for storage or into tankers for distribution

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MANUFACTURED FOR DISTRIBUTION After being in the blend vessels for a day, the finished oil product is pumped into drums for storage or into tankers for distribution

Training to facilitate adoption of high-quality lubricants in SA

By: Chantelle Kotze 8th February 2013 The South African Institute of Tribology (SAIT) maintains that, while South Africa is slowly embracing higher quality lubricants, owing to international original-equipment manufacturer-specified requirements from the US, Europe and Asia, the best-selling engine oil in South Africa remains... →

Lubrication systems of R2.5m supplied to India-based steel mills

By: Chantelle Kotze 8th February 2013 India-based Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL) contracted engineering products manufacturer and supplier Operational Marketing South Africa (Omsa) to supply bearing oil lubrication systems and girth gear centralised spray systems to the value of R2.5-million in the last quarter of 2012 to three... →

Rare-earth filters extend oil life in quench oil industries

By: Chantelle Kotze 8th February 2013 Wear control and filtration specialist Filter Focus has launched a new range of rare-earth magnetic filters, Magna-pure, to provide quench oil industries with significantly extended oil life. →

Campaign seeks to eradicate oil theft in Niger Delta

By: Samantha Herbst 8th February 2013 An international campaign to end the theft of crude oil and its derivative products from the Niger Delta, in Nigeria, was launched late last month to further raise awareness about the scale and consequences of the prevalent illicit trade in the region. →

Stricter regulation of waste oil generators

By: Chantelle Kotze 8th February 2013 Strict penalties await the generators of used oil whose businesses fail to comply with the National Waste Information Regulations 2012, which came into effect on January 1, warns the Recycling Oil Saves the Environment (ROSE) Foundation, a nonprofit organisation that manages the environmentally... →

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