AXEL News & Blog

 The AXEL team is heading off to the NLGI’s 89th Annual Meeting held in Toronto. We are looking forward to the presentations and discussions around this year’s theme: “Finding the Green in Grease.” This year’s participants include:
 
Johan Stureson, CEO
Greg Schwartz, US President
Tom Schroeder, US Senior VP Commercial
Jeff St Aubin, US VP of Technology
Jeff Bohn, US Research and Development Chemist
Teo Laine, Group Sales Manager
Johan Leckner, Group Technical Manager
 
Johan Leckner will be presenting: “Sustainable Grease Solutions for a Bevel Gear- A System Perspective” and Jeff St. Aubin will be holding Grease Education Sessions for Meeting participants.
We very much look forward to meeting with our customers, suppliers, peers, and friends. We wish you all safe trips!
 
AXEL is a proud sponsor of NLGI.

After attending our General Management Team (GMT) meeting, Greg was warmly received at our 3 European facilities in Nol, Sweden, Heijningen, Netherlands, and Niort, France. Greg’s packed agenda included meetings with management and key personnel, plant tours, and soaking up best practices from the whole AXEL team.  Go One AXEL!   On May 23rd, Greg took up the role of new President for AXEL Americas and AXEL Royal.

Mikael Kruse represented AXEL at the ALIA annual meeting in Bangkok Thailand. The event was held at the beautiful Anatara Siam hotel and attracted companies and organisations active in the lubrication industry in Asia.

More than 300 people attended the 32nd ELGI AGM "The Music of Greases It's in the Composition" in Hamburg between the end of April and early May.  After three years this time the event was held "three-dimensionally".

On the HPM front, we are glad to share…

ACINOL 152 HQS (US) – All Colours are now approved against the NLGI HPM certification. In addition to the HPM core certification, Acinol 152 HQS (US) – All Colours also obtained the +WR tag for enhanced level of performance in the water resistance category as well as the +LT tag for enhanced level of performance in the low-temperature category.

We are pleased to announce that Greg Schwartz is joining the AXEL team as the new President for AXEL  Americas and AXEL Royal. Greg started with AXEL on May 9 and has spent a period visiting AXEL in  Europe, before formally taking charge as President today.

AXEL’s Rosedale facility expands capacity with new  Stratco Contactor

As a leading private label grease supplier in the USA, AXEL has been consistently investing to meet the additional requirements and growing demands of its existing customers in the short and medium term.

Not too long ago, we proudly announced that our AXEL France facility had obtained its official EU Ecolabel Certification….Felicitations! Today, in the spirit of ONE AXEL’s no plant left behind, we are proud to announce that our AXEL Netherland’s facility did the same… Gefeliciteerd!

As a grease manufacturer, we can borrow Shakespeare’s existential ponderings …“To be or not to be?”… and adapt it to our own reality: "To be a grease plant or a greasy plant?"

According to our mission statement: AXEL will be the leading and first choice supplier of customised solutions for the global lubricating grease market. This simply means we have to strive to be the best; a world-class manufacturer who can make a huge difference for our customers, by being a reliable partner and helping them achieve their growth goals.