The commitment to quality at Morris Lubricants is one of the core company values. The association with quality of the Morris Lubricants brand and its commitment to sustainability is creating  business growth opportunities for the business. Adrian Hill Technology Manager at Morris Lubricants talks to Steve Mayo about how the company continues to focus on quality and is investing in sustainable manufacturing benefiting customers as well as the business itself.

Adrian also explains why the VLS and the role it plays in education is vitally important to consumers of lubricants and provides independent governance of the UK lubricants market.

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The fifth edition of the annual Lubricants Talent Report by ABN Resource is available for free and for you to download from the ABN Resource website.

With a record number of participants, the report provides you with deep insight into the key trends impacting the global lubricants workforce. Satisfaction is on the rise, confidence has returned, and resilience to navigate challenges is there. But skills gaps, a disgruntled mid-career workforce, and some noticeable blind spots in the industry are real and require action.

James Moorhouse and Steve Knapp join Steve Mayo to discuss the report and what is driving the people agenda in the lubricants industry today.

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The market for lubricants is changing and sustainability is increasing on the agenda of lubricant users. Lower total volume demand is both a threat and  an opportunity for the industry. One of the opportunities is the increase in demand for services to support lubricant users. Fluid Analysis is one of those services where both the supplier and users of lubricants can benefit and Gwyn Simmonds explains the role in fluid analysis play in reliability and sustainability  and how AI is further enhancing the analysis.

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Depending on which analysts data you take the annual market  growth rates for biodegradable lubricants range between 4.7% and 14 % between 2025 and 2032. From a user perspective the terminology used in this area can be confusing and selecting the right product can make a real difference both in terms of performance and the impact on equipment and the environment. Harry Rowan Head Technical Advisory  at Shell Panolin talks to Steve Mayo about an area of lubricants that will shape the direction of sustainability in the lubricants industry.

“The views expressed here are those of the guest and do not reflect those of his  employer or any affiliated organizations”,

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Raymond Pietersen Event Director for Lubricant Expo Europe 2025 shares insight into the forthcoming event taking place in Dusseldorf 16th to 18th September. Its the largest Lubricant Expo so far with over 90 speakers and over 250 exhibitors with visitor number expected to be in excess of 4000. Raymond shares whats new and how the event continues to attract a growing following.

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Jamie Shaw Managing Director of OMS Lubritek joins Steve Mayo to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the business and how  the focus on service, equipment  and a product portfolio specifically formulated for the plastic injection moulding sector is delivering not only growth for the business but also supporting customer journeys to sustainability in their manufacturing operations.

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In this micro podcast Richard Patch co owner of Manufacturers Hub Joins Steve Mayo to talk about a new platform to help smaller lubricant manufacturers and distributors raise their profile in the manufacturing engineering sector. The Manufacturers Hub is a low cost solution for annual one off fee which supports companies in the sector be found in online searches.

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There is no doubt that M&A activity levels are ticking up in the lubricants industry in 2025 not only at the global lubricant blender level but also at a regional/ local level with transactions amongst lubricant blenders, distributors as well as additive and speciality chemicals suppliers.

Craig Richardson of PHD Industrial Holdings joins Steve Mayo on the Lubricants Live Podcast to explain their alternative platform for long term growth aimed at the SME sector in lubricants and speciality chemicals market. A proposition for owners looking to exit a business but offering a different solution to traditional private equity ownership or trade sale that offers more flexibility. PHD Industrial Holdings have already demonstrated the benefits of the model with portfolio businesses Technikraft, Delta Fluid Technology and Hylomar already seeing the growth coming  from the long term ownership strategy. 

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Til Landwehrmann CEO of FoxInsights joins Steve Mayo to discuss the future of bulk logistics and how the digitalisation of tank telemetry is a win/win revolution for the whole lubricants supply chain. The opportunity for AI to further enhance the analytics and deliver improvements in customer experience and loyalty.

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Jess Baker Senior Scientist at Rocol talks to Steve Mayo about their commitment to lead the market to a PFAS free future and driving the change in food lubricants.

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A panel of experts discuss the future of the lubricants industry.

This week The Lubricants Live Podcast as a partner to Lube Magazine attended the CHEMUKEXPO 25 event at Birmingham NEC where the United Kingdom Lubricants Association (UKLA) Ltd took centre stage with the Lube Lounge panel discussion to discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead for the lubricants industry. Hosted by Lady Tina Reading Dip DigM MCIPR a panel of David Wright, Andrew Gelder IMCD Group, Ryan Beckett SIP - Speciality Oils and Fluids and Colin Morton provided their perspectives on the future lubes industry
Ian Stone congratulations on a great expo. This was a great opportunity to test our new AI recording and editing technology in a packed hall we recorded this with just one spatial microphone clipped to me as an audience member so i hope you will listen in. I am now looking forward to putting the technology in use again at the UKLA Roadmap conference on the 11th June in London see you there!

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,Simon Campbell Managing Director of Pure Lubrication a Quaker Houghton distributor joins Steve Mayo to talk about how their approach to sustainability, employee engagement and customer experience is driving growth

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The United Kingdom Lubricants Association (UKLA) Ltd Roadmap for European Lubricants conference takes place on Wed 11th June in London.

 Guest speaker Gemma Stephenson of Cargill and a member of the UEIL (Union of the European Lubricants Industry) sustainability committee gives a brief overview of the topic of her planned speech at the conference.

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• The Lubricants Live Podcast talks to Mark Olpin from Slicker Recycling about the structure of the UK waste oil market, the responsibility of the lubricants blenders, distributors and users of lubricants and the choices they have for end of life disposal of waste oil.

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Steve Knapp of Plan Grow Do joins Steve Mayo to discuss what AI might mean for the sales process. Building a personal brand on LinkedIn and creating content that your connections will read .Why your website needs to provide content that informs and educates customers. Can online sales create value for you and your customers?

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Michael Killeen Chairman of CX Academy talks to Steve Mayo about the growing importance of customer experience in B2B. Leadership commitment, the emotional drivers, engaged employees, the future role of AI in CX and how CX can drive not only customer retention but new customer acquisition.

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" Doug Hunt and Rob Brown from Metalube share with Steve Mayo an inspirational view on driving sustainability in a SME  specialty lubricants  blender in the UK that are exported around the world. They share their progress towards sustainability and their aspirations for the future."

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Joris van der List of Q8 Oils and a member of the UEIL/ATIEL Sustainability workgroup discusses with Steve Mayo  the standardised methodology for calculating lubricant product carbon footprint and how this fits in with the overall consideration of the sustainability of a lubricant

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