Total to inaugurate grease plant in Tianjin, China

Total (Tianjin) Manufacturing Co. Ltd. will inaugurate Total’s first lubricating grease plant in Asia-Pacific on December 2, representing an important milestone for its long-term business development in China. The grease plant, which started production in August, has an annual capacity of 5,000 tonnes per year.

Located in the Free Trade Zone in Tianjin Port, the largest port in Northern China and the main maritime gateway to Beijing, the lubricating grease plant produces lithium and lithium complex grease.

Total (Tianjin) Manufacturing Co. Ltd. was inaugurated in October 2013 to produce lubricants. This new grease plant represents the second phase of Total (Tianjin) Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

Momar N’ Guer, president of Total Marketing & Services, as well as other executives of Total, including Patrice Devemy, managing director of Total Lubricants (China) Co. Ltd., and local dignitaries will be present at the event.