Castrol - motor oils and lubricants

Castrol is one of the world's largest manufacturers engine oils and greases. The company's product range includes almost all types of oils for almost all types of cars. Castrol oils and greases are manufactured in the largest technology centers in the world: in the UK, USA, Germany, Japan, China and India.

What will you learn from this post?

• How did the Castrol brand begin?
• How has Castrol products changed over the years?
• What can be found in the Castrol brand offer?

History of Castrol

Early years

The founder of Castrol was Charles “Cheers” Wakefieldwhich gave it the name CC Wakefield and Company. In 1899, Charles Wakefield decided to leave his job at Vacuum Oli to open a shop on Cheapside Street in London selling lubricants for rail vehicles and heavy equipment. He was persuaded to join his business and hired eight colleagues from his previous job. Since it was in the early XNUMX century, the concepts of sports cars and airplanes were all the rage, Wakefield began to delve into them.

Initially, the company began producing oils for new engines that had to meet the following requirements: they should not be too thick to work in the cold, and not too thin to withstand high temperatures. Laboratory studies have shown that a mixture of ricin (a vegetable oil from castor bean seeds) works great.

This new product has been released under the name CASTROL.

The world belongs to the brave

development innovative engine oil mobilized creators to find the right ways to reach the consumer. Sponsorship here turned out to be a bull's-eye - the Castrol name began to appear on banners and flags during aviation competitions, car races and attempts to break speed records. The creators have expanded their offering with an increasingly profitable line of products targeted at specific car manufacturers. Since 1960, the name of the oil turned out to be more popular than the name of the creator, so the name of the company was changed to Castrol Ltd. In the sixties, studies were also carried out on the physicochemical properties of oils. A modern research center of the company was opened in England.

In 1966, further changes took place - Castrol became the property of the Burmah Oil Company.

Ups and successes

Castrol gradually became a very recognizable brand. It was a very big image order for the supply of lubricants for the passenger liner Queen Elizabeth II, launched in 1967., is considered the largest ship of its kind. The following years are a series of further successes. The eighties and nineties allowed the company to remain at the forefront of manufacturers of innovative products.

2000 is another change: Burmah-Castrol is taken over by BP and the Castrol brand becomes part of the BP group. 

Still on top

Despite the passing of the years Castrol products are still hot... Recently, one of the important achievements of the company is the creation of industrial lubricants for all moving parts of equipment. łazika Curiosity, sent by NASA in 2012 to the surface in March. The special formula of the lubricant allows it to withstand space conditions - from from minus 80 to plus 204 degrees Celsius. The current success of the company is, above all, the result of continuous learning from the assumptions of the past. Especially considering the creator Charles Wakefield, whose philosophy suggested to enlist the support and commitment of customers in the development of new oilsafter all, only partnership cooperation is a guarantee of benefits for both parties. This approach continues to this day at Castrol.

Modern Castrol

Collaboration with the greatest

Currently Castrol cooperates with the largest automotive concerns, incl. BMW, VW, Toyota, DAF, Ford, Volvo or Man. Thanks to the contacts of many specialized engineers and laboratory laboratories, Castrol is able to continuous refinement to the smallest details of lubricants, oils for diesel and gasoline engines, hydraulic oils simultaneously with the engine or transmission for which it will be used. With 110 years of experience and advances and research in oils, Castrol is now the world's largest specialist in lubricants, oils, process fluids and fluids. It creates oils suitable for almost any type of vehicle. Castrol is headquartered in the UK, but the company has more than 40 countries and around 7000 people. Castrol has independent local distributors in over 100 other markets. Thus, Castrol's distribution network is very extensive - it covers more than 140 countries, including 800 ports and 2000 representatives and distributors.

Castrol offer

We can find in the Castrol offer lubricants for nearly all domestic, commercial and industrial applications... In the automotive industry (which includes motorcycles with two- and four-stroke engines, as well as cars with gasoline and diesel engines), the offer is very wide and includes:

• oils for mechanical and automatic transmissions,
• oils for gasoline and diesel engines,
• chain lubricants and waxes,
• coolants,
• liquids used in suspensions,
• brake fluids,
• cleaning products,
• conservation products.

moreover Castrol manufactures specialized products for agricultural machinery, factories, industry and marine transport.... Each product is listed on the International Chemical Register and complies with local regulations in all countries where they are sold.

He keeps his finger on the pulse

Castrol "Keeps his finger on the pulse of innovation"because the constant collaboration with 13 R&D centers around the world allows the company to bring hundreds of new, proven products to the market every year. The company works closely with original equipment manufacturers and recipients of their customized products. A large number of Castrol oils are recommended by OEMs, including Concerns Audi, BMW, Ford, MAN, Honda, JLR, Volvo, Seat, Skoda, Tata and VW. You can find them at avtotachki.com.

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