Castrol has announced the renewal of their global aftersales lubricant contract with Jaguar Land Rover, extending their long established relationship. Castrol and Jaguar Land Rover have worked in close co-operation for over 20 years, 11 of which as technology partners.

“We are delighted to announce the extension of our contract with Jaguar Land Rover. The two companies share many common objectives and this agreement will allow us to jointly deliver pioneering technological innovation and real benefits to Jaguar Land Rover dealers and customers,” says Mark Hodgson, European OEM Sales Director, Castrol.

The technological side of the relationship will be founded on an integrated co-engineering approach to product development. Castrol EDGE Professional lubricants will be jointly designed, developed and tested on prototype Jaguar Land Rover engines and transmissions. This approach will help to unlock enhanced fuel economy, reduce CO2 emissions and improved engine performance.

Castrol will continue to supply Jaguar Land Rover’s factory fill requirements. In the aftermarket, Castrol EDGE Professional is the only oil exclusively recommended by Jaguar Land Rover and is available through the Jaguar Land Rover dealer network. According to Castrol, Castrol EDGE Professional is also the world’s first range of fully certified CO2 neutral lubricants and is also Castrol’s strongest oil boosted with Titanium FST.

“As global premium brands and innovators in technology, Castrol and Jaguar Land Rover are a great match. We are looking forward to taking our relationship to the next level in this exciting period of growth,” says Mike Jones, Global OEM Marketing Director, Castrol.

Jaguar Land Rover Limited is a British automobile manufacturing company headquartered in Whitley, Coventry, United Kingdom, owned by Indian carmaker Tata Motors. Jaguar Land Rover has been a subsidiary of Tata Motors since 2008, when the latter separately acquired the two operations from Ford Motor Company. In 2013, Tata Motors merged Jaguar and Land Rover into a single company.

Jaguar Land Rover operations are currently split across five sites with three vehicle manufacturing plants – two in the West Midlands at Castle Bromwich and Solihull, one near Liverpool in Halewood – and two advanced design and engineering centres at Gaydon and Whitley in the Midlands. The company is looking at expanding its production with an engine production facility in the UK and another manufacturing plant in China to address the emerging Chinese market.

It sold a total of 374,636 vehicles in the year ended March 31, 2013, of which 316,043 were Land Rovers and 58,593 were Jaguars.