2013: Year of the Rerefiner?

摘要

Our Chinese friends may be looking forward to welcoming the Year of the Snake. But in the lubricants industry, this surely is looking like the Year of the Rerefiner. Valvoline's Thorn Smith gave last month's ICIS Pan-American Base Oils & Lubricants Conference some insights into his company's experience making and selling rere-fined engine oils. "Valvoline invented motor oil in 1866," Smith asserted, "and in 2011 introduced NextGen, the first branded rere-fined oil by a major marketer."