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Faces of Lubricants: Kim Polk
Mar 31, 2021
Join us in welcoming our newest team member, Kim Polk, as a business analyst for Ingevity’s lubricants and oilfield group. Kim is enthusiastic, hardworking and results-oriented, with an exceptional willingness to continuously improve business processes. With her positive attitude and excellent customer service skills, it’s no surprise she spent the last few years of her […]
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Update on boundary lubricity additives
Mar 31, 2021
Components used to help metalworking fluids (MWFs) fulfill their main function of reducing friction and wear are known as boundary lubricity additives. With such a wide variety currently available, multiple boundary lubricity additives are commonly used in a specific MWF to meet performance requirements. As companies move away from traditional boundary lubricity additives such as […]
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Pandemic aftershocks overwhelm global supply lines
Mar 31, 2021
Since the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused countries to shut down their borders and limit transportation, creating obstructions for international trade and transportation. Factories closed, resulting in a slowdown in the flow of capital, goods and services. The dramatic changes in consumption during the pandemic has upended traditional trade patterns and caused global […]
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How teams should make decisions
Mar 31, 2021
Decision-making, problem-solving and creativity in general can be a constantly evolving process. As a leader, it’s vital to make sure that your team feels their ideas are being heard and everyone feels motivated behind the idea chosen even when they may disagree. As we all have heard the common cliché of “two heads are better […]
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Webinar: Advances in sustainable MWF additives
Dec 02, 2020
Ingevity will participate in a webinar series hosted by the Chicago chapter of STLE this afternoon in which Lubricants Technical Team Lead Scott Cheng will share Ingevity’s advances in sustainable lubricants. During the commercial marketing forum, Scott will introduce recent technical advances of Ingevity’s key DTO products including Altapyne® M-28B and Altapyne D 25-30, along […]
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UK-held REACH registrations: ‘grandfathering’
Dec 02, 2020
EU REACH registrations held by UK-based companies will carry across directly into UK REACH, legally ‘grandfathering’ the registrations into the new regime set to go into effect Jan. 1, 2021. The Minister at the UK Government Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs issued a statement on September 1 amending the timelines for registration under UK REACH. […]
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Use disappointment to make yourself a better leader
Dec 02, 2020
Defined as the gap between our expectations and reality, disappointment is something all humans experience in the workplace in various shapes and sizes. While disappointment is hard enough when times are good, our current pandemic environment has many of our emotions close to the surface, exacerbating these feelings. It’s more important now than ever for […]
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Faces of Lubricants: David Smith
Dec 02, 2020
In 2019, Ingevity expanded its lubricants distribution partnership with Sea-Land Chemical Company into Western Europe. Through this expansion, Business Manager David Smith worked with our team to leverage Sea-Land Chemical Europe’s global technical sales and marketing network to maximize sales of Ingevity’s lubricant products into the Western European market. Currently, David helps increase the availability […]
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Faces of Lubricants: Yasu Wakabayashi
Sep 23, 2020
Yasu Wakabayashi is an open-minded sales manager who’s dedicated to successfully growing Ingevity’s Lubricants business in Japan. Yasu has been with Ingevity since July 2017. He splits his time between performance materials and performance chemicals businesses. Yasu was in sales and marketing in the petroleum/petrochemicals industries for more than 30 years before joining Ingevity. He […]
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Ingevity publishes its 2019 Sustainability Report
Sep 23, 2020
Ingevity’s sustainability framework is aimed at creating value for stakeholders and enabling the company to fulfill its purpose—to purify, protect and enhance the world around us. In support of this ongoing initiative, Ingevity published its 2019 sustainability report, detailing the company’s ongoing commitment to operating as a sustainable organization. The 2019 report provides new information […]
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