Industry Trends

The major social and economic factors driving today’s grease technology specification include:

• Increasing environmental regulation
• Downsizing of the major oil companies
• Volatility of base oil pricing and availability
• LEAN manufacturing to maintain global competitiveness

These concerns are causing automotive and industrial customers to seek innovative grease technologies that are:

• Environmentally acceptable
• Functionally consistent from batch to batch
• Exhaustively tested to meet specified performance requirements, including:
  • Thermal stability
  • Extreme pressure resistance
  • Water resistance
  • Oxidation stability

In addition, there are currently more than 35 testing protocols available to ensure grease performance in a multitude of areas, from copper corrosion to low-temperature torque.