Coca-Cola Creates Test Bottles from Recycled Plastic

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…essful creation of 300 test bottles made from a portion of recycled marine plastic. The soft drink company created a bottle made from 25 percent recycled plastic as part of its Joint Sustainability Action Plan, which was initially put into action in 2017. Reports indicate the bottles are the first of their kind. Coca-Cola considers these bottles a step towards their end goal of 100 percent recyclable bottles by 2025. Case Study: Optimizing a Lubri…

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Employment Opportunities

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…an accommodation during the application process, please contact (800) 451-5823. PetroChoice has developed a comprehensive set of associate benefit programs: Health/Dental/Vision Company paid long term disability Company paid life insurance Company paid employee assistance program Supplemental Benefits Available at Group Rates Short term disability Group hospital/critical care/accident Voluntary life/spousal life/dependent life; group rates 401K wi…

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PetroChoice Expands Southeast Reach with Acquisition of APS Lubricants (Advanced Performance Services, Inc).

…t. “APS has a strong commercial and industrial distribution portfolio that complements our current client base,” said Celeste Mastin, CEO of PetroChoice.  “Their prime location gives PetroChoice a launching pad from Alabama, allowing us to build and strengthen our presence in the entire Southeast,” continued Mastin. Davidson and Hayes will continue with the PetroChoice organization. Effective immediately, APS Lubricants will be operating as PetroC…

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King of Prussia motor oil distributor acquired by Brazilian company for $479M

Philadelphia Business Journal

…https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2022/05/24/petrochoice-moove-golden-state-capital.html…

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PetroChoice Announces Acquisition of Superior Petroleum

…CEO of PetroChoice stated, “I’m delighted that Mark Schweitzer and many accomplished employees at Superior have joined PetroChoice. We are especially appreciative of the long history of operational excellence Mark brings to the PetroChoice OneTeam. Over the last year we have transformed our sales organization and improved our delivery performance to better serve our customers. Superior represents the first of many acquisitions we intend to add to…

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New Oil Classification, New Tech, Changing Automotive Landscape Define 2018

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…, as Australia approved the technology used by mining company Rio Tinto to complete its first autonomous train. It hasn’t been all good news though. A pedestrian was struck and killed by a self-driving Uber vehicle in March. The incident was called “preventable” by the IIHS and the ride sharing company has since stopped testing self-driving cars on public roads. All of the new technology in vehicles is causing the cost of repairs to increase. In a…

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Autonomous Vehicles Not Taking Over Anytime Soon

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…ation of highway vehicles like will likely come first, as it is a lot less complex. However, even that is a long way off. “I think we are going to see some automation on the highway, where one driver will be able to operate two trucks,” Grush said. “I don’t think it’s going to happen for a while. We might put two drivers in two trucks and have one operate the lead truck while the other sleeps in the second. By law, truck drivers have to rest after…

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Gas, Oil Drilling, Completions Rise

…erican Petroleum Institute. The first quarter increase from 2017 to 2018 is a sign of strength for the United States’ oil and natural gas industries. Q1 2018 also saw a 60 percent increase in success rate for exploration of oil and natural gas- the highest it has been since 2009. PetroChoice offers a wide range of products and services for shale oil and gas drilling companies. Learn more about them here….

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Commercial Fleet Sales Fall in January

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Commercial fleet sales fell 1.9 percent for the month of January, largely due to a steep drop in passenger cars sold. According to reports, sales of passenger cars to fleet owners declined 17.2 percent month over month. This continues the trend of declining passenger car sales dating back to last year, which saw an overall increase in sales powered almost entirely by trucks, SUVs and vans. Sales of those vehicles remained largely flat in January….

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Mining Company Asks for Unity in Creating International Governing Body

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…rding to reports, BHP is asking mining companies to join together in creating an independent, international organization that would oversee construction, operation and integrity of tailing dams like the one at Vale’s Feijao mine that burst last month, killing almost 170 people. A similar incident at Vale and BHP’s jointly owned Samarco mine killed 19 people in 2015. Tailing dams are used to store mining waste. In response to the disaster, the Braz…

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