Afton Chemical
| Subsidiary of NewMarket Corp | |
| Industry | Chemicals |
| Founded | 1877 |
| Headquarters | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Robert Shama (President) |
| Products | Petroleum Additives |
| Website | aftonchemical.com |
Afton Chemical Corporation develops and manufactures petroleum additives, including driveline, engine oil, fuel and industrial additives. Afton Chemical Corporation is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, and has operations around the world. The company is a subsidiary of NewMarket Corporation (NYSE: NEU), a corporation specializing in performance specialty chemicals.
Afton Chemical products fall into four different strategic business units: driveline additives, engine oil additives, fuel additives, and industrial additives.
Driveline Additives
This segment includes driveline additives for automatic (ATF), continuously variable (CVT) and dual-clutch (DCT) transmission types, as well as gear oil additives for rear-axle and manual transmissions.
Engine Oil Additives
Afton Chemical offers engine oil additives for passenger car, motorcycle, medium speed diesel and heavy-duty engines, as well as olefin copolymer viscosity index improvers.
Fuel Additives
Afton Chemical produces fuel additives for gasoline and diesel vehicle performance, octane levels, home heating oil, and fuel specification and distribution.
Lubricant Additives
Lubricant additives are organic and synthetic chemical components and the product segment includes couplers, dispersants and emulsifiers, friction modifiers, and tackiness additives.
Industrial Additives
Afton Chemical acquired metalworking additives producer Polartech in 2010 to expand its industrial product base. Industrial products include lubricating grease additives, hydraulic lubricants and metalworking fluids.
Locations
Afton Chemical has regional offices located in Asia Pacific, Europe, India, the Middle East, Latin America and North America. The company has a technical center located in Ashland, Virginia. The Ashland Technical Center is the R&D site for vehicle-based research used by all strategic business units that manufacture automotive additives, including engine oil, fuel, transmission and axle. The center is used for research into durability, fuel economy, emissions, and new-product development. Plants are located in Belgium, England, India, Brazil, China and throughout the United States. The company opened a research lab in Suzhou, China, in 2011 and in July 2012 announced the construction of a new chemical additive manufacturing plant in Jurong Island, Singapore, which became operational mid-2016.
Afton Chemical operates within the petroleum industry, primarily focusing on, and manufacturing chemical additives for: driveline, engine oil, fuel, and industrial business units.
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