egida SUCCESS TOGETHER SUCCESS TOGETHER 2 <strong>Fuels</strong>&<strong>Lubricants</strong> No. 2 JUNE 2018
EDITOR’S LETTER Dear readers, We broke the ice with the first issue of the new <strong>Fuels</strong> & <strong>Lubricants</strong> magazine. The new concept was presented during the Symposium <strong>Lubricants</strong> 2017 and I am happy to say that it was extremely well-received, with a lot of encouragement from you, the readers, professionals and long-time supporters. Positive feedback motivated us to further develop the new concept and the result is this Issue No. 2. I have to look back on <strong>Lubricants</strong> 2017 Symposium, which, for the first time, was not held on our beautiful coast but in Zagreb, in elegant Esplanade Hotel. With 19 speakers and 127 participants, leading professionals in lubricants industry, it was a busy and lively gathering of professionals. Once again, it proved that nowadays, symposiums and conferences are not only places for discussing new developments in the related field, but are, most of all, places for meeting people, networking and establishing new contacts, some of them leading to new, successful cooperation. Symposium <strong>Fuels</strong> 2018 is ahead of us in October this year and after many years, we are once again back in Opatija. This time we will welcome downstream executives and professionals, technology solution providers, regulators and government representatives, academia representatives and researchers. You can expect keynote speeches and presentations by the leading professionals in the industry, an exhibition of the leading technology equipment and solution providers, networking events and a lot more. Some of the topics to be covered are: new developments and solutions in process technologies and design, future outlook on quality, supply and fuel market demand, solutions in energy efficiency improvement, production flexibility, bottom of the barrel solutions, environment preservation solutions and climate changes and trends in the education of engineering and operational staff. We hope you will enjoy reading this new issue and we encourage you to browse, explore and find interesting and informative articles you might find valuable as professional reading. Sanda Telen Editor in Chief <strong>Fuels</strong>&<strong>Lubricants</strong> No. 2 JUNE 2018 1