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HISTORY OF ROCOL
ROCOL has been creating lubricants with industry since the late 1870’s when the Ragosine OilCompany pioneered the development and manufacture of performance lubricants from
conventional mineral oils. Throughout its history the company has continued to build and
enhance its reputation through the performance of its products.Throughout industry ROCOL products are specified and used with the confidence achievedthrough years of providing products that perform to the highest levels. Today the ROCOL brand
stands for superior performance, technical innovation and the highest standards of quality and
reliability, values which have been achieved through years and years of unswerving attention to
detail in the design and manufacture of products.
In the early part of the 20th century the great ships of the oceans were rightly acclaimed as theengineering achievement of the time. ROCOL provided the specialised lubricants that redefined
the performance and reliability of much of the mechanical equipment essential to keeping these
ships afloat. ROCOL played an equally important role in keeping the early aeroplanes in the sky
through the development of revolutionary lubricants containing molybdenum disulphide. As
manufacturing developed, there has been a need to provide lubricants to meet industry’s even
greater demands. This has led to the development of products now designed for the most
arduous working conditions in a wide range of industrial applications.Internationally well known companies such as Unilever, Nestle, Black & Decker, General Motors,Du Pont, Coca Cola, Rolls Royce, Lucas, Toyota, British Aerospace, Rockwell, Airbus, Ministries
of Defence, British Oxygen, Dunlop, Agip, FMC, VME (Volvo Michelin Euclid), JCB, ICI, Ford,
Hughs Tools, Metal Box, Monsanto, Ciba Geigy, to name a few, are all companies or
organisations that have benefited from the use of ROCOL Speciality Lubricants.The development and diversification of the ROCOL group over its long history have been aresult of the quality of its people, product and partners. The reputation, performance and
reliability of ROCOL products, with their millions of users world-wide, is clearly the source of the
Company’s strength and ROCOL will continue Creating Lubricants with Industry.
2 Technical assistance contact: Email: technical.lubricants@rocol.com Tel: +44 (0)113 232 2700 >