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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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FoxInsights the market leaders in remote bulk storage tanks monitoring using data driven tools

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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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