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Member Connections
our business strategies as we build for
the future."

LOCKHART AND SEA-LAND
EXPAND DISTRIBUTION
PARTNERSHIP

Lockhart Chemical Co. and Sea-Land
Chemical Co. expanded their distribution partnership to include Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri
and Wisconsin, making Sea-Land
the authorized distributor across
all of North America for Lockhart's
additives and packages portfolio.
"Since May 2017, we have successfully represented and marketed the
Lockhart product line into several
regions throughout the U.S. and Canada," said Craig Lundell, senior vice
president of commercial operations
and Europe for Sea-Land. "In doing
so, we have established a very successful long-term strategic partnership
with Lockhart and our customer base."
Lockhart President and CEO Raj
Minhas added, "From a strategic point
of view, it just makes sense for us to
work with one national distributor
that has a strong track record and
experienced workforce in the metalworking additives market."
PALMER HOLLAND ADDS
LUBRICANTS ACCOUNT
MANAGER
Palmer Holland hired Curt Ellison as
its new lubricants account manager,
responsible for a territory encompassing Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri
and Wisconsin.

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STLE ELECTS 2020-2021
PRESIDENT

Curt Ellison

Ellison brings with him more than
20 years of experience in the lubricants
industry, serving several roles, such as
chemist, account manager and product management. He is also a former
member of the National Lubricating
Grease Institute Board of Directors.
HOLLYFRONTIER HIRES
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

HollyFrontier Corp. hired Timothy
Go as its new executive vice president
and chief operating officer, effective
in July.
Go brings with him more than 30
years of experience in executive-level
roles at companies in petroleum refining and specialty chemicals markets.
"We are excited that Tim will be
joining our executive leadership team,"
said HollyFrontier CEO and President
Michael Jennings. "Tim's focus on
operational execution and excellence
across our U.S. refining system and his
track record of business improvement
and value creation will help to advance

The Society of Tribologists and
Lubrication Engineers (STLE) elected
Paul Hetherington, sales and manager
of technical services at Petro-Canada
Lubricants, as its 2020-2021
president.
In this role, Hetherington will
serve as principal executive officer
of STLE and chairman of the STLE
Board of Directors. He will also lead
STLE's volunteers and professional
staff in implementing a strategic plan
that emphasizes education, technical
innovation and global advocacy in
tribology and lubrication.
"Paul is a recognized thought leader
[who] has served STLE at both the
local and national level," said STLE
Executive Director Ed Salek. "He's
designed and collaborated on numerous technical and education programs,
and his insights will be invaluable as
STLE continues to evolve and address
the changing needs of our members
and their respective industries in
today's business environment."
To submit Member Connections
items for future issues of Compoundings, contact Senior Managing
Editor Sam Hoffmeister at samuel.
hoffmeister@theYGSgroup.com
http://www.ILMA.ORG
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