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Product News

LNG Magazine - April 29, 2020

Lube’n’Go Citgo Petroleum Corp. has developed the Mystik GoBox for the agricultural sector. The packaging system ...

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Judging an Oil by Its Label

July 22, 2019

What can a reasonable consumer be expected to glean from an engine oil bottle? The answer seems to be a moving target.

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SPOTLIGHT ON PACKAGING

February 19, 2019

Packaging plays an important role for lubricants and greases. The drive to combine functionality and sustainability mean ...

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Need To Know

November 12, 2018

Tom Glenn wonders if private label lubricants will take the place of oil majors.

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SPOTLIGHT ON PACKAGING

February 15, 2018

A container can influence everything from consumer decisions to warehouse handling, shipping costs, safety and more. Pac ...

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Need To Know

August 24, 2017

Tom Glenn scrutinizes how lubricants are delivered to customers.

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Packaging Wraps Up the Circular Economy

March 17, 2017

When it comes to the latest thinking on sustainability, steel drums and other industrial containers are ahead of the cur ...

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Pack a Punch with Pouches

February 20, 2017

Plastic motor oil containers reign on the shelves, but flexible pouches are boxing clever with a fresh look and reduced ...

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The Sticking Point

September 27, 2016

As higher fines loom for GHS label violations, a streamlined labeling tool could rescue distributors still trying to cat ...

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Trades Secret

November 18, 2015

Flexitanks are quietly making their mark on the base oil industry, and some estimate that carriage in these intermodal b ...

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Barricade Your Bottle

July 28, 2015

Carbon-fluorine, one of nature's strongest bonds, can boost the barrier properties of plastic bottles, jugs, tanks and o ...

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Flexitanks Catch a Rising Tide

March 27, 2015

Global trading in base oils and lubricants is helping propel demand for this cost-saving shipping option, despite some u ...

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Weighing the Flexitank Option

March 3, 2015

Industrial packagings rising star is a 6,000-gallon plastic bag, fitted into a standard shipping container. Is it right ...

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Sharpen Your Wits Against Counterfeits

June 2, 2014

Why let fraudsters imitate your labels, tamper with your packages and adulterate your lubricants? Here are new tools in ...

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There’s Value in a Round Trip

April 2, 2014

How much energy and carbon dioxide is saved by using reconditioned shipping containers? RIPA offers solid numbers you ca ...