SKF USA – a leading supplier in the rolling bearing, seals and lubrication systems areas, among others – has acquired Preventive Maintenance Co. Inc. of Elk Grove Village, Ill. for an undisclosed amount. PMCI, whose annual sales are about $10 million, offers predictive maintenanceservices including lubrication sampling and analysis. PMCIserves industrial customers in the pulp and paper, metals, food, automotive and other industries. PMCI has 70 employees. SKF USA, headquartered in No...

Lucas Oil will begin selling its first consumer engine oils – which it launched in 630 Pep Boys stores in October – to NAPA Auto Parts stores in February, a company executive told Lube Report. Weve had a long term relationship with them, and our products had done well in their system, said Lucas Oil Executive Vice President Robert Patison. They were enthusiastic about the idea and very receptive to us about the concept. The oil brand will be Lucas High Performance Engine Oil. He sai...

Snyder Industries – a manufacturer of polyethylene tanks and containers for storage, transportation and processing of bulk materials – has acquired the asset tank divisions of Clarkston, Mich.-based Clawson Container Co. which manufactures and markets stainless steel, carbon steel, rotationally molded intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) and rental tank fleets. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Clawson Container retains its blow-molded IBC manufacturing plants and related b...

A lube blending plant under construction for Indian Oil subsidiary Lanka IOC in Sri Lanka will have the capability to manufacturea wide rangeof automotive and industrial lubricants and is expected to go on stream by July, a Lanka IOC official told Lube Report. On Jan. 6 Sri Lankas Development and Investment Promotion Minister Rothita Bogollagama visited Lanka IOCs Trincomalee Oil installation and laid the foundation stone for the 500 million Sri Lankan rupee (U.S. $4.6 million), 18,000 metric to...

Six lubricant industry executives have bought RhinoPak, a contract blender and packager of lubricants and solvent-based liquids, powders and other chemical products in Highlands, Texas, from the John W. Mecom family for an undisclosed amount, in a deal that closed Thursday. The new company will operate under the name of ZXP Technologies Ltd. Ed Davis, who has more than 30 years of experience in managing and operating similar facilities throughout the country, will head ZXP as president and chief...