History 

1930's

• First pour point depressants developed

1940's

• Paramins formed to develop, market and manufacture additives to the lubricants market

1960's

• First crystalline olefin co-polymer (OCP) developed as a viscosity modifier
• Major innovations in diesel fuel and heating oil flow improvers

1970's

• First di-block viscosity modifier based on styrene-hydrogenated isoprene developed (precursor to today's Infineum SV product line)
• First salicylate detergent for enhanced deposit control developed
• Shell begins to market additives to the lubricants market

1980's

• Star polymers created for shear stability coupled with high thickening efficiency (a new family of Infineum SV products ensued from this development)
• Major advances in dispersants technology
• State of the art Tribology and Wear laboratory opened in Linden, New Jersey
• 1982 Singapore plant started up

1990's

• Complex detergents introduced, incorporating phenate, salicylate and sulfonate functionality; tailored for marine applications
• Lubricity additives introduced into the market; a requirement with reduction in diesel sulphur content
• Novel frictions modifiers developed for OEMs needing fluids with extended anti-shudder durability for their advanced fuel-efficient automatic transmissions
• Unique cold flow chemistries launched to deal with narrow cut, difficult to treat diesel fuels

2000

• Introduced new continuously variable transmission (CVT) fluid additive technology enabling original equipment manufactures (OEMs) to expand use of this transmission into higher torque vehicle applications

2001

• Shanghai Hi-Lubes Additives Co. Ltd. formed as joint venture with Sinopec Shanghai Gaoqiao Petrochemical Co.
• Joint venture Jinzhou Jinex Lubricant Co. Ltd. started up its polyisobutylene unit in Jinzhou China 

2002

• Molybdenum trimer technology commercialized, delivering antioxidancy, antiwear and friction modification properties in a novel, patented component
• Startup of Infineum-wide Enterprise Resource Management system based on SAP operating platform

2003

• Japanese Technology Centre opened in Tokyo, Japan
• Detergent manufacturing capacity expanded in Berre, France

2006

• Proprietary, powerful soot dispersant component commercialized for a range of light and heavy duty applications where rheological control of soot agglomeration is required
• New state of the art laboratory facility opened at Milton Hill, United Kingdom
• New line of lubricity additives launched in North America to address the needs of ultra low sulphur diesel

2009

• Developed novel fuel detergent chemistry designed for use in very high temperature and pressure modern injectors