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Mingling During the Breaks<br />

Dr. Tjan explained<br />

the role of ATIEL<br />

and warned that the<br />

quality of products<br />

claiming compliance<br />

will be checked<br />

regularly through the<br />

SAIL’s product survey<br />

programme.<br />

grease manufacturers will no longer<br />

be able to sell without REACH registered<br />

grease thickener.<br />

All of these plenary lectures gave<br />

audience excellent insight into different<br />

factors affecting the lubricants<br />

industry and great introduction to<br />

Symposium.<br />

The remaining lectures have been<br />

structured into seven thematic<br />

sessions: (i) Highlights on the latest<br />

development of automotive fluids,<br />

(ii) Measuring and laboratory analysis,<br />

(iii) Base oils - moving to a higher<br />

performance lubricants, (iv) Industrial<br />

lubricants: trends and challenges,<br />

(v) Experimental investigation as<br />

basis for tribological solutions, (vi)<br />

Quality and Brand protection and<br />

(vii) Recent trends in formulation of<br />

MWFs.<br />

The first session has provided<br />

three lectures. Dr. Robert Kolb from<br />

Evonik started with the lecture on<br />

Engine Oil Pumpability in a Modern<br />

Engine and Jaghar Sidhu from Lubrizol<br />

spoke about Driving Efficiency<br />

in Commercial Vehicle Engine<br />

<strong>Lubricants</strong>, while Matthieu Vaslin<br />

from Chevron Oronite explained<br />

Why PCMO is no longer the best<br />

choice for 4-Stroke Motorcycles.<br />

The last presentation on day one<br />

was “SVM Stabinger Viscometer<br />

Technology: The Benefits for<br />

<strong>Lubricants</strong>” prepared by Dr. Jelena<br />

Fischer from Anton Paar. In the<br />

session that followed, the authors<br />

had the opportunity to present their<br />

works by posters.<br />

<strong>Fuels</strong>&<strong>Lubricants</strong> No. 2 JUNE 2018 15

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