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Cincinnati, and a master's in business
administration from University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
WARREN DISTRIBUTION OPENS
NEW LUBRICANTS BLENDING
PLANT IN HOUSTON
Warren Distribution announced that
it has completed and commissioned
its fourth lubricants blending plant.
This new plant in Houston, Texas,
located just minutes west of George
Bush Intercontinental Airport, will
supply automotive, commercial and
industrial lubricants throughout the
Gulf Coast region that will be shipped
in bulk transports and packaged in
totes, drums and pails. It has an initial
annual blending capacity of 8 million
gallons and is scalable to 20 million
gallons with additional infrastructure
investment. This addition increases
the company's blending capacity to
over 100 million gallons per year
from plants in Iowa, West Virginia,
Alabama and, now, Texas.
"We selected Texas for this plant
because there is substantial growth in
demand for lubricants due to exploding business and population growth in
the Lone Star State. And Houston is
the perfect hub for servicing the entire
Texas market and surrounding states,"

The newly opened Warren Distribution plant in Houston.

said Curt Knapp, chief operating
officer for sales & supply.
CALUMET SPECIALTY PRODUCTS
PARTNERS ANNOUNCES THE
ACQUISITION OF BIOSYNTHETIC
TECHNOLOGIES
Calumet Specialty Products Partners
L.P. announced the acquisition of
Biosynthetic Technologies LLC,
enhancing the technological capabilities of the specialty products business.
Biosynthetic Technologies is a startup
company and developer of proprietary
renewable technology focused on the
conversion of sustainable plant oils
into high-performance synthetic base
stocks. These unique estolides exhibit
exceptional qualities for highperformance lubricants, while also
meeting stringent environmental
specifications for biodegradability, bioaccumulation and toxicity. Calumet
plans to develop and commercialize
these renewable esters at its existing
esters manufacturing facility in
Missouri. The acquisition of Biosynthetic Technologies was completed in
partnership with The Heritage Group,
a technology partner whose business
model offers synergies with Calumet
that will maximize the value of the
acquired technology portfolio.

"The acquisition of Biosynthetic
Technologies and its technological
capabilities align very well with the
partnership's specialty products-focused growth strategy and our vision
to be the premiere specialty petroleum
products company in the world," said
Tim Go, CEO of Calumet. "This
acquisition, alongside the recently
announced opening of our new
research and development facility
in Indianapolis, are indicative of
Calumet's commitment to innovation.
The technology and expertise we
have acquired will help extend our
existing esters business into new, forward-thinking product formulations
with exceptional qualities for which
the Calumet name represents."
RELADYNE ENTERS FLORIDA
AND GEORGIA THROUGH THE
ACQUISITION OF FOUR MAJOR
LUBRICANT DISTRIBUTORS
RelaDyne has closed on the acquisitions of Jack Becker Distributors Inc.,
Seaboard Neumann and Flamingo
Oil, three of Florida's top distributors
offering lubricants, fleet services,
equipment and diesel exhaust fluids.
This transaction is a strategic move to
expand RelaDyne's geographical footprint and resources into the growing
state of Florida.
Founded in 1956, Jack Becker
Distributors Inc. entered the market
and has expanded to offer a wide
range of branded lubricants to Florida
and southern Georgia. Flamingo Oil
started serving the automotive market
of Miami in 1930 and has since
grown to offer a full line of bulk and
packaged engine oils as well as a full
range of shop equipment solutions
and services across the state of Florida.
Seaboard Neumann was established in
1997 in central Florida and has made

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