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Good morning, and welcome to another episode of the F+L podcast. I’m your host, Vicky Denton, and today we’re joined by Jeff Harmening, a senior program manager for the American […]

Researchers are looking to create new lubricants and fluids for electric vehicles (EVs) that consider issues such as materials compatibility, electrical conductivity, and thermal management. Lithium batteries are currently the […]

Speaking with F&L Asia  in Episode 31 of the F+L Webcast, Majic said re-refined base oils from Avista can achieve up to 90% CO2 emissions savings from cradle to gate compared to primary refined base oils.

In 2019, Sofia Öberg established 2Probity Registration, an independent third-party organization that provides product registrations of non-food compounds according to the regulations of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). […]

In Episode 29 of F+L Webcast, we talk to Joachim Merziger, chief commercial officer for distribution and marketing, including for the lubricant sector, of the French start-up Afyren.

Anne-Gaelle Morin is an R&D and technical strategy leader with 25 years of international scientific, regulatory and industrial  experience building up to a strong expertise in all chemistry for mobility. […]

Selim Erhan has a Ph.D. in Organic-Polymer Chemistry from Western Michigan University. He started his career as a research scientist at the National Center for Agricultural Research Service of the […]

In Episode 26 of F+L Webcast, David Barned, senior vice president and general manager of the North American Business Unit of Master Fluid Solutions based in Perrysburg, Ohio, U.S.A., discusses […]

Hind Abi-Akar recently retired from Caterpillar, the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. While at Caterpillar, Hind, […]

Anand Bhargav is global segment manager for main-tier PCMO [Passenger Car Motor Oil] and Small Engines segments at Chevron Oronite Pte Ltd based in Singapore. Bhargav, who has more than […]

Jeffrey (Jeff) Brown has extensive experience bringing new technologies to market and is a pioneer in the field of renewable chemicals.  Prior to co-founding and becoming president and CEO of […]

Eric G. Holthusen, group chief technology officer at Petronas Lubricants International Sdn. Bhd. (PLI), has a wealth of experience in the lubricants industry and has forged a distinguished career since joining Shell in […]

In this episode, Dr. Nuwong Chollacoop, Renewable Energy Research Team Leader at the National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC) in Thailand, shares the latest biodiesel and electric vehicle (EV) […]

An OEM-led consortium is trying to transform how global vehicle fluid specifications are being defined today to meet society’s carbon neutrality goals by 2035 and 2050. Carbon neutrality goals are […]

Indian Oil Corp. (IndianOil), a Fortune 500 company, remains a clear lubricants market leader in India, three decades after India deregulated its lubricants market. In this interview, Dr. SSV Ramakumar describes […]

Monica Johansson has been on a running streak for 1,170 days. Her goal is to take 20,000 steps a day. She runs about 20 minutes every day. She also runs […]

Dr. Boris Zhmud, born in Russia, now based in Stockholm, Sweden, has more than 20 years of professional experience in lubricants and lubrication engineering. He has authored or co-authored more […]

In today’s environment, it is no longer politically correct to espouse the importance of the internal combustion engine in light of the climate change movement. Episode 16 of F+L Webcast […]