A batch number that actually leads somewhere.
Counterfeit lubricant is the single biggest problem in this market, and the usual answer — a hologram sticker — is copied within a month. Ours is duller and harder to fake: every canister carries a batch code, and every batch code returns the actual test sheet, signed by the lab technician who ran it.
What we run on every batch
Certification status is published as it stands, not as we would like it to look. Anything still in progress is marked as such.
ASTM D445Kinematic viscosity, 40 & 100 °CASTM D2270Viscosity indexASTM D97Pour pointASTM D92Flash point, open cupASTM D2896Total base numberASTM D5185Elemental analysis, ICPASTM D892Foaming tendencyASTM D130Copper strip corrosionASTM D6304Water content, Karl FischerASTM D4684Low-temperature pumpabilityQ1 Do you refine your own base oil?
No. Base oils are bought from certified suppliers with a certificate for every lot, and that certificate is checked against our own sample before the oil is discharged. What we do here is formulate, blend, test and fill. Any brand in this region telling you it refines its own base oil at this scale is either much bigger than it looks or is telling you a story.
Q2 How do I check a canister is genuine?
Three things together, not one: an unbroken induction seal under the cap, a laser code on the cap that is etched rather than printed, and a batch number that returns a test sheet when you send it to us. Any single one of the three can be faked; all three together have not been, so far.
Q3 What is the minimum order?
One pallet for a stocked grade, 3,000 litres for a private-label batch. Fleet customers usually start with a single 208 L drum of 15W-40 to run against their current oil before committing.