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Fuels & Lubes International Quarter Three 2015
I had the privilege of attending this year’s
82nd Annual Meeting of the National Lubricating
Grease Institute (NLGI), which I used to attend
regularly more than 20 years ago. Themeeting
was held in the small resort town of Coeur
d’Alene, Idaho in the United States, about 54
kilometres fromSpokane, Wash.
I was pleasantly surprised at the international
attendance at this meeting, where I met people
from India, China, Australia and different parts
of Europe. Twenty years ago, this meeting
primarily attracted participation fromU.S.
companies. Furthermore, NLGI has grown to
be represented by 230 member-companies in
38 countries on six continents.
I think this speaks about the increasing
globalisation of the lubricants and grease
industry, as well as NLGI’s success in keeping
the global grease community connected
and informed. Being the oldest institution
representing the grease industry, it has
spawned other similar-minded organisations in
Europe, India and China.
Recently, NLGI released its annual survey
of worldwide grease production in 2014.
Unsurprisingly, coverage of international
markets has dramatically increased, with 47
plants in Europe, nine plants in the Caribbean,
Central and South America, nine in Africa and
the Middle East, 12 in India and the Indian sub-
continent, 16 in Japan, eight in Pacific and South
East Asia, 81 in China, in addition to 41 in North
America, participating in the survey.
With the number of Chinese plants
outnumbering North American plants by
almost two to one, it is no surprise that Chinese
companies, which produced 925 million pounds
(lbs) of lubricating grease in 2014, represented
37% of total global grease production of 2.4
billion lbs. In comparison, North American
grease production was only slightly more than
half of Chinese grease production in 2014.
If you would like to obtain a copy of the latest
Grease Production Survey Report, go to www.
nlgi.org.
The changing industry landscape in China is
highlighted in two articles in this issue: “Shell
Lubricant turns focus to China” starting on
page 22 and “Kline report: Malaysia is a rising
star in the Asia-Pacific lubricants market” on
page 51.
Finally, I hope that you enjoy the new look of
Fuels & Lubes International. The inspiration
comes frommy travels around the world and
the whole intent is that less is actually more.
Enjoy reading this issue!
我有幸出席了今年召开第82届的美国国家润滑脂学
会（NLGI）年会，二十多年来我一直参加这个盛会。
今年年会的举办地点在距美国华盛顿州Spokane约54
公里的度假小镇Coeur d’Alene。
我非常高兴地看到有许多来自美国以外地区的与会
代表，如印度、中国、澳大利亚以及欧洲各地。二十
年前，出席会议的主要是美国公司，而且，NLGI已经
成长为代表了来自六大洲38个国家230多家成员企业
的组织。
我认为这就很好地说明了润滑油和润滑脂行业的全
球化，以及NLGI成功地促进了全球油脂领域的相互
联系，并提供了有用的信息。作为代表油脂行业历史
最悠久的学会，它也促成了在欧洲、印度和中国的类
似组织。
最近，NLGI发布了2014年全球油脂生产年度调
查。不出意料，国际市场的覆盖显著扩大，欧洲有47
家工厂、加勒比地区和中南美洲有9家工厂、非洲和
中东有9家工厂、印度及印度次大陆有12家、日本12
家、亚太和东南亚有8家、中国有81家、北美有41家
参与了调查。
中国参与调查的工厂数超过了北美，比例几乎达到
了二比一；中国企业在2014年共生产了9.25亿磅的润
滑脂，占全球总产量24亿磅的约37%；而美国在2014
年的油脂产量只比中国一半略多。
如果你想获得最新的润滑脂生产调查报告，请访问
中国的行业格局发生了变化，这在本期的两篇文章
中得到了反映：第22页上的《壳牌润滑油重心移向中
国》和第51页上的《Kline报告：马来西亚是亚太润滑
油市场的新星》。
最后，我希望您喜欢《燃料油与润滑油国际》
（FLI）新的排版风格。这个灵感来自我在世界各地出
差时的体验，其目的在于做到少而精。
希望您喜欢本期杂志！
NLGI 20+ years later
二十多年后的NLGI
Vicky Villena-Denton
Editor-in-Chief & Publisher
