Overview of the Latest Developments Affecting the Grease Industry

This presentation will discuss factors affecting the grease industry, it will examine sustainability in the grease industry, which provides the most challenging scenario of all lubricants. Their life cycle analysis and carbon footprint requires significant data processing and consideration, sourcing of raw materials, manufacturing procedures, user applications and end of life factors all give the grease manufacturer a complex set of issues to overcome. It will showcase the ELGISTC (the European Lubricating Grease Institute Sustainability Technical Consortium). Consisting of grease producers, raw material suppliers, equipment manufacturers, test houses, institutions and end users. Membership of the consortium spans the USA, Europe and Asia. The presentation will examine the removal of hazardous materials, such as PEFAS and the latest developments in the toxicity of lithium salts.