News Sponsored by Oronite

Monday, July 9, 2018VOLUME 14 ISSUE 28
FREE SUBSCRIPTION!
Information on Advertising
Back to the Newsletter
News Sponsored by Chevron Base Oils
News Sponsored by Chevron Base Oils
Media Partner
Media Partner
Digital Book: LubriTec Synthetic Lube XRef - ED 6
Digital Book: LubriTec Synthetic Lube XRef - ED 5
Subscribe
Click Here to Subscribe, Unsubscribe or Change Your Options
Oxea to Add NPG Capacity to Support Growth in Europe

Oxea announced it will increase its European production capacity for neopentyl glycol (NPG). A debottlenecking project for NPG at the Oberhausen, Germany, production site is underway. The company expects the additional NPG production capacity to be available by early 2020.

Neopentyl glycol is a polyalcohol that can be used as a building block in lubricants; uses for NPG are found in hydraulic fluids, synthetic lubricants, greases, metal-working fluids and aircraft engine lubricants.

“We are convinced that the NPG market is growing. But while capacities for NPG are being added in Asia, European capacities are not expanding in-line with demand growth. We are responding to our customers’ increase in demand for high-quality NPG. Oxea’s project is a token of our commitment to our customers. We are investing to be able to add to their success”, said Matthias Freitag, Global Commercial Business Director Polyols and Plasticizers at Oxea. “With this debottlenecking project, we are enabling and upgrading our unit for the production of NPG. We will further improve our already high reliability to supply our markets. Based on customer requirements, we will yield NPG molten, 90% slurry, and flakes – for small to large industrial customers,” he added.

“Our investment into the NPG capacity increase in Europe will further leverage Oxea’s global production network and is yet another milestone in our selective growth strategy. Based on the extensive know-how of our experienced teams from construction and manufacturing, I am confident that this is a great project that will be successfully executed. This project will make our network more flexible, improve product choice and will make us more agile in supporting our home and export markets,“ said Oxea’s CEO, Dr. Salim Al Huthaili.


[PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION]
News Sponsored by Lexolube
News Sponsored by Lexolube
Archive
July 2, 2018
June 25, 2018
June 18, 2018
June 11, 2018
June 4, 2018

[MORE]

Please do not reply to this message. Replies to this message are routed to an unmonitored mailbox. Please send all comments and correspondence to lubritec@gmail.com.
Published by Lubrication Technologies, Inc.
Copyright © 2018 Lubrication Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
FORWARD TO A COLLEAGUE
Privacy Policy

Powered by IMN™