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Peter Greven Group

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LIGALUB. Synthetic esters for marine applications.

An effective climate protection strategy is essential for companies, as climate change is not only a global challenge but also has a significant impact on the economy. There is a need to minimise the environmental impact and adapt to changing environmental conditions.

Along with the increasing importance of sustainability, sustainability reporting has also become more relevant. For many years now, our sustainability manager has summarized our activities related to this topic in an internal report once a year.

We are pleased to announce that, with the start of this year, our long-term employee Carsten Rader joined the management board.

Associations are an important tool to represent the interests of a particular industry and establish public communication.

From 26th to 28th September 2023 Lubricant Expo took place in Essen for the second time. We participated as an exhibitor again and can look back to some successful show days with many interesting and high-quality meetings.

We have taken our 100th anniversary this year as an opportunity refresh the look of our website.

By switching our power supply to "eco" contract, we can contribute by saving 3.605.300 kg CO2 compared to the German electricity mix every year!

This year is a very special one to us as we celebrate a major jubilee: 100 years of Peter Greven! A lot has changed since we were founded in 1923. We grew, managed challenges and took our chances.

Since November 2022 we are a member of Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI).

At this year’s European Base Oils & Lubricants Summit, our Head of Development Oleochemicals, Dr. Wilhelm Huber, gave a presentation on “The Evolution of Biobased Base Oils – From Natural to Synthetic”.

Few weeks ago, we started commissioning a new production line at our site in Penang, MY.

In April 2022, we started up a new esterification line at our site in Bad Münstereifel (DE). It will increase our production capacity for esters by around 50 %.

We are a supporter of Forum for Sustainable Palm Oil (FONAP) and we have supported projects of the association in the past. Therefore, we are very pleased to also support the latest project that was recently started by FONAP.