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News Releases - Product Launches

LE Upgrades Its ATF Formulation for Better Performance

Versatile Fluid Ensures Smooth-Running Automatic Transmissions in Cars and Trucks

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LE Introduces New Advanced Lubrication Training Program

Company Brings Together Expert Instructor, Hands-On Training, State-of-the-Art Facility

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New Polyurea Grease Prolongs Life of Electric Motors;
LE Adds Monolec® Extend EM Grease to its Industrial Line

11/8/10
Responding to customer requests for an electric motor grease with a polyurea thickener, Lubrication Engineers, Inc., introduces Monolec® Extend EM Grease (1282). The new grease helps bearings run cooler and last longer, increases motor efficiency by decreasing drag, and offers excellent mechanical stability for a long service life – even in high-moisture environments. It is especially effective when severe industrial operating conditions, such as extreme temperatures and high speeds, are present.

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Clear Grease Gun Plus Battery Power Equals Convenient Solution;
LE Adds Third Grease Gun Style to Its Popular Reliability Product Offerings

4/9/10
For maintenance personnel and others seeking a solution to the costly problems of grease misapplication and cross-contamination, Lubrication Engineers, Inc. offers its Clear Grease Gun® in pistol grip and lever style versions as well as its newest option - the convenient Battery Powered Clear Grease Gun.

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Clear Grease Guns Now Available for Purchase Online;
LE Adds E-Commerce Capability to Revamped Microsite

3/10/10
After launching its Clear Grease Guns product line in March 2009 and achieving a solid first year of sales, Lubrication Engineers, Inc. is further bolstering its investment with a complete revamping of the microsite dedicated to this product line, including the addition of e-commerce capability.

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New Lubricant Is Tough on Rust, Gentle on Environment;
LE Adds Low Tox® Product to its Wire Rope and Chain Line

1/13/10
Lubrication Engineers, Inc., introduces its newest lubricant solution: Wirelife™ Low Tox® Penetrating Lubricant, ideal for marine environments and other applications where environmental concerns require the use of a very low toxicity wire rope and chain lubricant.

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New Synthetic Oil Provides Long-Lasting Protection to Wire Rope;
LE Adds Almasol® Syn Coating Lubricant to its Wirelife™ Line

1/13/10
Lubrication Engineers, Inc., introduces Wirelife™ Almasol® Syn Coating Lubricant, an extremely tacky, nonasphaltic synthetic lubricant with exceptionally high film strength. Perfect for extreme environments and conditions, it provides robust outer surface protection for wire rope and cable and comes from the same advanced technology that LE developed to protect large open gears in the mining and quarry industries.

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New Lubricant for Food Machinery Is Clean, Clear and Non-tacky;
LE Adds Washdown-Friendly Sheerplex® Grease to H1 Line

8/7/09
Unique to food and beverage manufacturers is the need for a machinery lubricant that is clean, translucent and approved for incidental food contact, as well as non-tacky for frequent washdown of equipment. Sheerplex® food grade lubricant - a new multipurpose premium grease created by Lubrication Engineers, Inc. - meets all of these needs and more.

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LE Offers Clear Grease Guns to Global Market;
New Product Ensures 100 Percent Visual Grease Identification

4/17/09
Adding to its growing arsenal of reliability solutions, Lubrication Engineers, Inc., announces its appointment as the worldwide exclusive distributor of Clear Grease Guns®. The patent-pending clear tubes ensure 100 percent visual grease identification for users, thereby avoiding costly grease cross-contamination errors. Other grease guns on the market do not allow the user to see what is inside the tubes, making proper grease identification impossible. LE's new clear grease tubes provide a simple, cost-effective, reliable solution for eliminating grease misapplication.

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Introducing LE's 8947 & 8949 MONOLEC® Landfill Gas Engine Oils.

2/09
Lubrication Engineers, Inc. has launched a new MONOLEC® Engine Oil specifically for the landfill power generation market. The LE 8947 & LE 8949 MONOLEC® Landfill Gas Engine Oils (SAE 40) are high performance straight-grade medium ash engine oils developed for landfill gas pumping engines & generation units. They are also recommended for stationary & mobile engines using sour fuels and spark plug ignited engines that have an operating range of up to 3,000hp.

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Introducing LE's 8845 MONOLEC ® Natural Gas Engine Oil and LE's 8945 MONOLEC® Natural Gas Engine Oil.

2/09
Lubrication Engineers, Inc. is pleased to introduce to the market two new natural gas engine oils: LE 8845 MONOLEC® Natural Gas Engine Oil (SAE 15W-40) & LE 8945 MONOLEC® Natural Gas Engine Oil (SAE 40). These superior, low ash natural gas engine oils have been specifically developed for use in stationary & mobile natural gas engines. The growing natural gas power industry has a requirement for high performance engine oils that can keep equipment clean, reliable & energy efficient.

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Lubrication Engineers Inc Launch of 1302 DUOLEC® Industrial Lubricant

7/11/08
LE is proud to announce an addition to the industrial lubricants that contain DUOLEC® LE's dual acting Extreme Pressure additive. LE's 1302 DUOLEC® Industrial Lubricant has been added to our product line to fill the need for an un-dyed superior performing lubricant that can take the place of 300 MONOLEC® Industrial Lubricant.

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Enchancement to the LE Website... Introducing the interactive utility LE Consultant Locator

7/11/08
Lubrication Engineers is pleased to announce another enhancement to our www.le-inc.com website.   The website now has the ability for a user to locate the Lubrication Consultant in their geographic area.  

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Lubrication Engineers, Inc. is pleased to introduce our latest Reliability Partner... Checkfluid, Inc.

7/11/08
Checkfluid Inc. manufactures oil sampling valves, accessories and mounting hardware for safe, accurate and reliable sampling. When just a few bad samples can add up to thousands of dollars in unscheduled repairs and downtime, it's easy to see why plant and fleet maintenance professionals choose to invest in sampling valves.

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1601-1609 DUOLECTM Vari-Purpose Gear Lubricant

THE NEXT GENERATION
7/31/07
Lubrication Engineers, Inc. is proud to launch their latest exciting 'Enhanced Lubricant™' to the market - a new, improved product that will supersede LE's now legendary ALMASOL® Vari-Purpose Gear Lubricant.

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LE Launches DUOLECTM - Exclusive 'Dual Action' Anti-Wear & Extreme Pressure Additive!

7/07
Fifty years after the introduction of its famous, unique & proprietary anti-wear additive ALMASOL®, Lubrication Engineers is launching their latest additive for the enhancement of their LE gear oils. LE is proud to announce the launch of their next generation proprietary additive DUOLEC™ - offering even more superior protection than ALMASOL®. DUOLEC™ has a 'dual action' that also shares the attributes of both LE's ALMASOL® & MONOLEC® anti-wear additives. It is a temperature activated, dual acting, liquid additive that imparts special properties & synergies to the LE lubricants in which it is used. DUOLEC™ increases lubricant film strength & protects metal surfaces by outperforming at greater temperatures & loads. In a wear test according to ASTM protocol, DUOLEC™ was found to reduce wear by as much as 11% when it was the only additive incorporated into base oil ¢€“ proving its outstanding performance without the interference of other ingredients.

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Did you know?

LE ENHANCED LUBRICANTS™ are engineered for superior performance in a specific range of applications without limitations on the base oil type or additives used.

  • Are proven in laboratory and field applications.
  • Are engineered and formulated to provide the highest level of performance in a specific application.
  • Are significantly beyond the minimal performance levels built into commercial grade mineral or synthetic base oil lubricants.
  • Are enhanced due to synergies between the base oil (mineral or synthetic), highest quality conventional additives and LE proprietary additives.
  • Specially refined 100% paraffinic base oils.
  • Highest quality conventional additives.
  • Synergistic engineered formulations.
  • LE proprietary additives: ALMASOL®, MONOLEC®, QUINPLEX®.