We are very happy for and proud of Prof. Johan Leckner’s most recent achievement as recipient of the Clarence E. Earle Memorial Award “For an outstanding contribution to the technical literature relating to lubricating greases during the year.”
The award was announced at the NLGI 90th Annual Meeting in San Diego, California.
Congratulations Prof. Leckner!
On October 15th, AXEL arranged a seminar presenting joint research projects with the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). There were more than 30 attendants, of which approximately 1/3 were virtually present from across Europe and USA.
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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.
From the 18th to the 21st September Innotrans, the leading international trade fair for transport technology was held in Berlin. The trade fair was sub-divided into five segments: Railway Technology, Railway Infrastructure, Public Transport, Interiors and Tunnel Construction offering a powerful communication platform for the international rail industry.
AXEL Christiernsson has acquired the operating assets and the majority of other assets of Royal Mfg Co, LP. The business will now be carried forward as AXEL Royal LLC, a subsidiary of AXEL Americas LLC, building on the heritage of Royal Mfg Co, LP as a well-established supplier of lubricating greases and lubes in the US market and abroad.
On the 14th & 15th September, ACIs’ 2016 European Base Oils & Lubricants Summit will be taking place at the Hilton Warsaw Hotel & Convention Centre in Warsaw, Poland.
During the 2016 NLGI annual meeting in Hot Springs, Virginia, John Lorimor (AXEL Americas) was the recipient of the NLGI’s prestigious Author Award. This annual award is given to the best paper presented at the prior year’s meeting that focuses on formulation, development, and manufacture of finished greases.
John’s paper, titled "Development of next generation electrical motor greases offering improved frictional characteristics,” demonstrated that novel polymer based grease thickeners such as AXEL’s NoioN product line, when specially formulated for friction reduction, can offer improved energy efficiency in applications like electric motors over the benchmark EM bearing greases currently dominating this market.