President’s Podium

Dear NLGI Family,

As always, we hope that you and your families are doing well. Where did the year go?

I would like to begin by thanking everyone that was able to attend our NLGI meeting in Tucson. Although the attendance was down slightly versus previous years, this was one of the most memorable NLGI Annual Meetings. I would like to thank all the NLGI staff for ensuring that the meeting was a major success. I would also like to extend our gratitude to the Industry Speaker, educational instructors, and everyone that supplied informative technical papers. Thanks to all of you, the NLGI family reunion was outstanding.

One of the key highlights of the NLGI meeting was the extremely favorable feedback we received from our first-time attendees. These testimonials reconfirmed that the NLGI Annual Meeting is truly a special event. Some of the new NLGI meeting attendees were so impressed with their experience and all the value they received from the meeting, that they proactively approached us to become new members. We deeply missed many of our International NLGI members and attendees. We sincerely hope that all of you will be able to attend our meeting next year in Toronto, ON Canada.

As we wind down the year, I would like to take this opportunity to provide an update on the sixth and final strategic goal for 2021. This strategic item focuses on communications of NLGI knowledge-based resources and certification. The NLGI has many resources for members including The NLGI Spokesman publication, website, etc. We also highly recommend that you continue to follow NLGI on our new LinkedIn company page.

Since this this our last issue of the year, I want to take this time to personally thank all our NLGI members for your loyalty and commitment to this organization. NLGI has had a momentous year during the most challenging times most of us have ever known. The NLGI members’ resilience and determination to ensure that our institute remains healthy and vibrant, truly defines our membership. For me personally and professionally, it has been an honor of a lifetime to be part of an organization that provides value and genuinely cares about all members.

The true essence of what makes the NLGI great is the people. Once again, we are tremendously grateful for all our members. We want to wish you and your families the best over the holidays. We hope to see all of you next year in Toronto.

All the best.

Jim Hunt NLGI President

Jim Hunt

NLGI President 2020 – 2022

Industry Calendar of Events 2022

Please contact Denise if there are meetings/conventions you’d like to add to our Industry Calendar, denise@nlgi.org (Your company does not have to be an NLGI membeer to post calendar items.)

2022 ILMA Engage April 7 - 9, 2022 Ft Lauderdale, FL ILMA Meetings

Asian Lubricants Industry Association (ALIA) Annual Meeting April 25-27, 2022 Bangkok, Thailand ALIA Annual Meeting

76th STLE Annual Meeting & Exhibition May 15 - 19, 2022 Orlando, FL STLE Annual Meeting

NLGI 2022 Annual Meeting June 12 - 15, 2022 Toronto, ON Canada NLGI Annual Meeting

Lubricant Expo September 6 - 8, 2022 Messe Essen, Germany Lubricant Expo

ILMA 2022 Annual Meeting October 1 - 4, 2022 Marco Island, FL ILMA Meetings

Warm Welcome to our New NLGI Members

Engineered Lubricants Marketing - Low USA NASYN Group Inc. Supplier Canada

Advertiser’s Index

AOCUSA, page 44 AXEL America, LLC, page 27 Italmatch Chemicals, page 7 LANXESS Corporation, page 50 MidContinental Chemical Company, Inc., page 31 Patterson Industries Canada - A Division of ALL-WELD COMPANY LIMITED, page 35 ProSys Servo Filling Systems, page 23 Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc., page 29 SQM North America Corp., page 51 STRATCO, Inc., page 50 The Lubrizol Corporation, page 85 Valvoline, page 5 Vanderbilt Chemicals, LLC, Inside Front Cover Zschimmer & Schwarz Inc., page 25