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LUBRICANTS

Regulatory Growth

Drives Search for

Durable Lubricants

Using HEPR solutions satis? es regulatory compliance, sustainability initiatives and performance demands.

By Lauren Lionberger (*) all images courtesy RSC Bio Solutions here are numerous factors that are driving global The Global View environmental regulatory growth and the growth There are currently thousands of new environmental in renewable lubricant technologies, such as natu- regulations awaiting attention from legislators and reg-

T ral resource constraints, standardizing requirements due ulators around the globe. Different standards hamper to globalization, public opinion and pressure, increase growth and thus, pressure to harmonize regulations is in climate change concerns, new technologies, new evi- likely to continue alongside the regional and global inte- dence from research and overall growing Environmental gration of markets.

Health and Safety (EHS) concerns, and most recently the The marine industry is one of the most heavily regulated improvements in the durability of lubricants made from industries and was among the ? rst to adopt widely imple- renewable technologies. mented international safety and environmental standards.

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