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Dear Customers, other Business Contacts and Friends,

In these challenging times, when many are directly or indirectly affected by COVID-19 we remain committed to meet our customer’s demands and ensure the well-being of our staff.

Our stated objective in this regard is:

“AXEL will focus its efforts on handling the COVID-19 situation with minimal disruption to our business. The focus is to safeguard our employees while responding to customer demand and managing the expected downturn in economy and subsequent recovery.”

A long tradition of environment and sustainability awareness and efforts.

The traditionally small bio-grease industry really only started moving with the implementation of the Swedish Standard (SS 155470) mainly in the Nordic countries. Then the US Vessel General Permit (VGP) followed, becoming the main growth driver focused primarily on products for the marine industry and then spreading into products for total loss applications. As EU Ecolabel grew, we accelerated the development of our two spearhead product technologies for marine and agriculture to build knowledge and experience in the process.

As the trend for media to increasingly move on-line and away from the printed page grows, we could be forgiven for assuming that the pulp & paper industry must be experiencing a significant down-turn as a result.

Eric van der Horst, General Manager at AXEL Heijningen, Netherlands

When my daughter was just a few years old and you asked her “What does your dad do for work?", she would respond: ‘’He makes factories!” She is a clever girl and she was right.

Investments include increased capacity and filling, product quality and safety improvements.

October 28, 2019 -- Kansas, MO – AXEL, one of the leading manufacturers and suppliers of lubricating greases in the US with its companies AXEL Americas and AXEL Royal, announced today that it is proceeding with a multi-million dollar expansion and improvement plan across its 3 plants in the USA.

Learn more about the benefits for the planet and your business.

Looking at the big picture, our world has witnessed unprecedented social and economic change over the last 100 years that has positively transformed many aspects of our lives.

Advances in science, technology and engineering have taken us from the horse to the moon and enabled us to live safer, healthier and longer lives than ever before.

Biodegradable lubricants of all types have been available for decades, but a combination of factors linked to poor performance, high cost and lack of incentive to use them has contributed to their limited growth as a product segment. Today, as improved technology has enhanced product performance and awareness of the urgent need to reduce our impact on the planet has grown, the time for change may finally have arrived.

Traditionally, lubricants for farming equipment have been developed primarily to protect moving metal components rather than for their environmental or toxicological impact. However, there is now increasing awareness that lubricants used on farming equipment are often lost to the environment which can in turn impact the food being cultivated. There is growing recognition that such lubricants should be formulated to reduce their impact on both the environment and the food even before it reaches the processing plants. An example of this equipment is a round baler or a large baler machine producing fresh bales of rolled up grass. The most common types of baler are rectangular or cylindrical.

This year the STLE annual meeting and exhibition was held in Nashville – Music city. The event offered more than 500 technical papers, education courses, market forums and a trade show, all related to the world of tribology and lubrication. In other words an excellent opportunity to get insight into technological advances, requirements and trends, meet peers within the industry and get information and ideas for future tasks. In spite of the lyrics from the household name Dolly Parton, the AXEL delegation, with members from the technical department and product management teams, spent considerable time to improve in addition to the stipulated 9 to 5 work hours.