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A LUKOIL LUBRICANTS COMPANY PUBLICATION JULY 2017 Approvals/ Meets Requirements Of A LUKOIL LUBRICANTS COMPANY PUBLICATION JULY 2017 Approvals/ Meets requirements of: • MB-Approval 228.5 • MAN M3277 • Volvo VDS-3 • Scania LDF-3 • Caterpillar ECF-2 • Cummins CES 20077/72 • Renault RLD-2, RXD • Ford WSS-M2C212-A1 • Deutz DQC IV-10, III-10 • MTU Category 3 • DAF Extended Drain • MACK EO-N, EO-M PLUS API: CI-4, СF ACEA: E4/E7 SAE: 5W-30, 10W-40 SYNTHETIC MOTOR OIL LUKOIL AVANTGARDE PROFESSIONAL Extended oil change interval * Compared to ACEA E4 requirements ** Compared to ACEA E7 requirements *** Compared to ACEA E7 requirements CONTENTS AWARD PRODUCT 2 Automotive industry’s best 12 Ultra quality for supplier agricultural sector COOPERATION PRO PROFILE 4 LUKOIL strikes new 14 Marine in all he does! partnerships with Peugeot and Citroёn COOPERATION 5 Severstal chooses LUKOIL 16 Eastern dealers tour Perm again facility 6 Our lubes for Moscow’s bus fleet ACHIEVEMENT 6 LUKOIL signs deal with 17 June Manoharan 2 AVTOTOR is the Woman Maritime Personality CORPORATE AFFAIRS of the Year! 7 First success FORUM at metalworking fluids 8 rеsearch lab 18 Volgograd hosts mining industry business forum ANNIVERSARY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 8 LUKOIL Lubricants East Europe celebrates 10th 20 We build presence, enter anniversary! new European markets COOPERATION PRO PROFILE 10 Service fill oils for Toyota’s 22 Meet Matthias Margl 12 special-purpose machinery EXHIBITION 11 LUKOIL begins cooperation with Liebherr in Russia 24 Getting closer to Mexico 11 New approvals, first fill deal CORPORATE AFFAIRS with Palfinger 25 “Perspective 2017“ is a talent draw 14 LUKOIL LUBRICANTS, Phone: +7 495 980 3912 July 2017 E-mail: [email protected] LUKOIL LUBRICANTS is a LUKOIL Lubricants Company Press run: 999 publication The magazine is registered by the Federal Publisher: RPI Service for Media Law Compliance and Cultural Address: LUKOIL Lubricants Company, Heritage. 6 Malaya Yakimanka, Moscow 119180 Registration certificate ПИ №ФС77-28009 LUKOIL LUBRICANTS | July 2017 1 AWARD AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY’S BEST SUPPLIER UKOIL won the 2016 Best Supplier and Volgograd) as per ISO/TS 16949:2009 stan- award in the contest held by the Russian dard. Among domestic companies the Russian Automotive Forum (RAF), which high- lubricants market leader also had the biggest lighted the Company’s achievements as number of car producers’ product approvals. supplier of lubricants to international Some of those unique approvals were Russia’s Lcar manufacturers. The award ceremony took first, and some others were the first in the place in Moscow on March 15 during the RAF world. We couldn’t overlook these achieve- 2017 conference organized by Adam Smith ments, and LUKOIL is the deserving winner of Conferences. the ‘Best Russian Supplier’ award,” RAF 2017 “Over the last year, this company made organizers said in a statement. some landmark achievements in coopera- As he accepted the award, Alexei tion with international automobile concerns. Moskalenko, LUKOIL Lubricants Company Namely, last year LUKOIL started to deliv- deputy general director for logistics, thanked er lubricants to Ford and Volkswagen’s plants clients and partners for the high valuation in Russia, and continued to cooperate with of the Company’s performance. “It is a spe- Renault-Nissan, GM, MAN, GAZ, KAMAZ, and cial honor for us to win in the ‘Best Supplier’ other car producers. The company was al- nomination, since LUKOIL is the youngest so Russia’s first to certify two plants (in Perm company among the world’s largest lubri- 2 AWARD cant manufacturers. We constant- ly keep learning from you, our col- leagues from the car industry, and we are thankful for that. Car com- panies’ regular audits of our plants have helped us adapt quickly to in- ternational standards in quality management, and raise efficiency of manufacturing and logistics. A de- cade ago, the Company was deliver- ing lubricants exclusively to Russian car producers. Today, we supply first CAR COMPANIES’ REGULAR AUDITS OF OUR PLANTS HAVE HELPED US ADAPT QUICKLY TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS IN QUALITY MANAGEMENT, AND RAISE EFFICIENCY OF MANUFACTURING AND LOGISTICS fill products to over 20 foreign and Russian automakers. Meanwhile, we are beginning to switch from first and service fill agreements in indi- vidual countries to similar deals on a global scale,” said Moskalenko. Russia’s main event devoted to domestic car industry featured all major players. We need to note that LUKOIL was named Russia’s best sup- plier not only among lubricant com- panies, but also among car compo- nents and consumables producers! LUKOIL LUBRICANTS | July 2017 3 COOPERATION UKOIL has signed a contract with Peugeot Citroën Rus for delivery Lof service fill lubricants in Russia. Peugeot, Citroën and DS official deal- erships will use LUKOIL GENESIS SPECIAL and GENESIS ADVANCED engine oils. “LUKOIL strives to develop busi- ness ties with the world’s key car manufacturers. Such companies as PSA Group determine present-day and future requirements regard- ing lubricants. Today, we attentively study specifications of oils required for first fill at PSA’s car factories, and we intend to boost cooperation both in Russia and in foreign markets,” said LUKOIL Lubricants Company general director Maxim Donde. LUKOIL STRIKES “In its effort to build the scope of aftersales services for different types of our car brands in Russia, PSA NEW PARTNERSHIPS Group is interested in cooperation with a local company, which is able to supply to us universal engine oils WITH PEUGEOT of high quality, officially approved by the majority of car manufactur- ers with a presence in the local mar- AND CITROЁN ket. We are glad to begin our cooper- ation with such a reliable partner as LUKOIL,” said Yevgeny Boldyrev, PSA PSA Group manufactures cars un- brand. Following this year’s acqui- Groups director for aftersales ser- der Peugeot, Citroën and DS brands, sition of Opel and Vauxhall brands vice and spare parts in the Eurasian and also offers different mobili- from General Motors, the French car region. ty services under the Free2Move manufacturer has become Europe’s second-largest car pro- ducer, capturing a 17-per- cent share of the mar- ket. PSA is a European leader in reducing CO2 emissions with an aver- age of 102.4 g/km in 2016 and is one of the pio- neers in development of driverless and connect- ed cars (2.3 million such cars already being used). The Group’s business interests also include the finance sector (PSA Finance bank) and car components manufactur- ing (Faurecia). 4 COOPERATION SEVERSTAL COOPERATION CHOOSES LUKOIL AGAIN LUKOIL HAS WON A MAJOR BID TO SUPPLY MODERN ENGINE, HYDRAULIC, AND GEAR OILS TO A NUMBER OF KEY COMPANIES IN SEVERSTAL GROUP’S STEELMAKING AND MINING DIVISIONS ccording to the contract, by the end of this year LUKOIL will sup- We are dynamically replacing Aply about 2,700 tons of lubricants both imported lubricants and to Severstal, Izhora Pipe Mill, Severstal GOST specification products at Balakovo Long Product Mill, Karelsky our partners’ steelmaking plants, Okatysh, Vorkutaugol and Olkon. helping them achieve higher ef- Severstal includes Severstal Russian ficiency in operation of industri- Steel and Severstal Resource divisions. al equipment. Besides Severstal, Severstal Russian Steel is one of Russia’s the largest buyers of LUKOIL lu- largest steelmakers, specializing in pro- bricants are Novolipetsk Steel duction of rolled steel with a high added (NLMK), Magnitogorsk Iron and value. The division includes plants man- Steel Works, Chusovskoy Iron and ufacturing large diameter pipes, metal Steel Works, TMK, Metalloinvest. products for industry and general-pur- RASIM AMIRALIYEV Today’s level of LUKOIL’s R&D en- pose use, as well as service centers and deputy general director, sales ables us to set new industry stan- stamping plants producing car parts. dards through development of Severstal Resource includes all new generation lubricants for of Severstal’s mining assets, covering steelmakers. For example, such Severstal Russian Steel’s entire demand for innovations are LUKOIL GEYSER HFDU fireproof biodegradable hydrau- iron ore and hard coking coal. It also sells lic oils and LUKOIL INTEGO product line for rolling mills, with unique raw materials to external customers. water separation properties. LUKOIL LUBRICANTS | July 2017 5 COOPERATION OUR LUBES FOR MOSCOW’S BUS FLEET of tests of LUKOIL AVANTGARDE in Mosgortrans’ bus fleet, offering PROFESSIONAL LS 10W-40 motor oils that meet the latest require- oil in MAN diesel engines compli- ments of foreign engine manufactur- ant with the Euro-5 environmental ers,” said Rasim Amiraliyev, LUKOIL standard. The product performed Lubricants Company deputy general excellently under difficult urban director, sales. driving (start-stop) conditions and Mosgortrans is Europe’s larg- during lengthy idle engine runs. est operator of urban ground pas- The test results revealed minimal senger transportation. The compa- traces of wear in the oil. ny operates more than 740 routes “Mosgortrans is one of our stra- and carries over 5.5 million passen- UKOIL has won Mosgortrans’ new tegic clients, and we highly appreci- gers daily. Mosgortrans’ vehicle fleet tender to supply lubricants in ate the partnership with the compa- numbers around 8,500 vehicles, in- L2017 for the bus fleet of Europe’s ny based in the Russian capital. Since cluding nearly 6,400 buses with largest public transport operator. 2012 LUKOIL has been successful in MAN, Scania, Mercedes, Cummins The bid was preceded by a series substituting imported lubricants and Deutz engines. LUKOIL SIGNS DEAL WITH AVTOTOR UKOIL has signed a contract with high quality com- AVTOTOR Holding to deliver first ponents and ma- Lfill lubricants for the Kaliningrad- terials for the new based car manufacturer’s new line of project. The choice small-sized diesel engines. LUKOIL of LUKOIL as our synthetic engine oils will be used in supplier is the re- modern diesel engines with a 1.5 kW sult of successful to 56 kW power range, serving differ- tests of Russian oil ent branches of industry.
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