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Fuchs Lubricants South Africa wins big supply tenders
Fuchs Lubricants South Africa has won both
Mercedes Benz and Scania Trucks private
label OEM supply tenders.
John Anderson, automotive sales man-
ager at Fuchs Lubricants South Africa,
commented: “Mercedes Benz is the world’s
oldest automotive brand and the world’s
leading luxury vehicle supplier. Swedish
Truck and Bus manufacturer, Scania, mar-
kets their commercial vehicles across the
African continent with market leadership
positions in numerous African countries.
“The success of Fuchs Lubricants South
Africa in these tenders can be attributed
to a number of factors. Both tenders were
multi-country contracts withMercedes Benz
tendering for ten countries across Africa,
South East Asia and Australasia. Scania
tendered all six southern Africa countries
and awarded all countries to Fuchs Lubri-
cants South Africa.
“Another factor was our communication
between global tender teams and local ten-
dering countries giving the ability to respond
quickly and accurately to changing tender
demands,” he said.
Anderson added that Fuchs Lubricants
South Africa’s local manufacturing facilities
were also recognised. Local manufacture
means shorter lead times and quicker
response to changing order patterns with
product quality levels required to be the
same throughout the world.
“Mercedes Benz immediately felt the
benefit from day one, with demand starting
off at 15 tons per day and increasing to a
monthly average of 18 tons per day. This
makes it one of the biggest direct accounts
Fuchs Lubricants South Africa has ever sup-
plied,” said Anderson.
“Scania started with a soft launch from
early April and steady demand. The Scania
tender has the added challenge of deliv-
ery through our partners in neighbouring
countries, all of whom were supportive in
assisting us to deliver Scania product to
remote locations where Scania services
its vehicles.”
Mercedes Benz and Scania join an exten-
sive list of other OEM private label products
that are produced at Fuchs Lubricants
South Africa including John Deere, Honda,
Suzuki, Kubota and MTU.
For more information contact:
John Anderson on tel: +27 11 565-9600;
email or go to
FOCUS ON PETROCHEMICALS
The Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Annual Technical conference 2016
The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
recently announced that its Annual Techni-
cal Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) will
take place under the patronage of the Vice
President and Prime Minister of the United
Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, His
Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid
Al Maktoum.
ATCE will take place at the Dubai World
Trade Centre from 26–28 September
2016, the first time that it will be held in
the Middle East in its 92-year history.
This is by no means the only break from
tradition. Among the new features at this
year’s ATCE are two Plenary Sessions, in
which industry leaders will explore the
conference theme ‘E&P 2.0: Transforming
and Shaping the Future.’ Six interactive
Panel Sessions will offer a chance to hear
from IOCs, NOCs and service providers
on topical industry issues including tal-
ent management, improving efficiency,
project management, collaboration and
innovation.
The conference also will offer 13 Spe-
cial Sessions, a mixture of technical and
strategic in nature, which will address
challenges, opportunities, innovative and
emerging technologies from around the
world.
There will be some familiar features as
well, principally a technical programme
of the highest calibre. Over 2 000 papers
were submitted for this year’s event, of
which 540 will be presented in 58 techni-
cal sessions, covering all phases of oil and
gas exploration and production.
ATCE is expecting more than 10 000 at-
tendees, who will also have the opportunity
to visit a world-class exhibition with more
than 250 exhibitors showcasing state-of-
the-art technologies.
Bearing in mind the increased focus
on costs across the oil and gas industry
at present, ATCE has secured discounted
rates with Emirates, its official airline
partner, as well as with 23 hotels in Dubai.
For more information and to register:
please go to