Petro-Canada announced last month that it has entered contracts with two European distributors – one to carry industrial lubricants in Italy, the other to distribute food-grade lubes in northern Germany.
The Italian company is Emanuele Mascherpa S.p.A., a family-owned importer of chemicals, machine tools and mechanical components. Mascherpa officials said the link with Petro-Canada should help their company expand into the industrial maintenance sector and continue growing as a distribution company in Italy.
Petro-Canadas Purity FG food-grade lubricants and other products will be carried by Leprinxol GmbH, a developer and marketer of high-grade lubes for motor vehicle and industrial applications. Leprinxol is based in Bremen, Germany.
Petro-Canada makes all of its lubricants at its plant Mississauga, Ontario. It claims to be the eighth-largest lube manufacturer in the world.