The Petroleum Quality Institute of America (PQIA) is pleased to announce that PPC Lubricants has joined PQIA's growing list of lubricant manufacturers, marketers, additive suppliers, and other supporters working to help assure the quality and integrity of motor oils, transmission fluids, and other lubricants in the market.
Dave Klinger, President of PPC says "We are very employee and customer-centric, and I think that's the reason we've been so successful. Our company mantra is that our employees and our customers always come first. We continually challenge ourselves to find ways to improve and create efficiencies, as well as strive to achieve the highest quality standards in the industry in order to set ourselves apart from the competition." To that point, Klinger adds, "This is in part why we made the decision to support PQIA. The Petroleum Quality Institute of America has done a tremendous job in protecting and educating consumers by shining a bright light on the good and bad in this industry and making this information public on the
PQIA website. We hold ourselves to the highest quality standards, as does PQIA and we're proud to support their efforts and be their partner."
"We welcome PPC Lubricant's support and its commitment to quality demonstrated by its willingness, like all our supporters, to agree to our Supporter Code of Conduct." Further, Glenn adds, "While it is clear we still face serious challenges with poor quality off-spec engine oils and other lubricants in the market, it is with the help of PPC Lubricants and our other supporters that we are able to continue our work to help clean up the market by exposing such products."
To date, PQIA has identified and made public information on over 20 different brands of packaged motor oils and ATFs on retail shelves that can cause damage to car engines or transmissions. In addition, dozens more brands have been found that fail a claimed specification or are labeled with false or misleading claims.
About PPC Lubricants
PPC Lubricants, headquartered in Jonestown, PA, is a leading lubricant marketer in the mid-Atlantic region. The company was incorporated in 2000 as a sister company of PPC Corp, which was started in 1977. Since 2000, PPC Lubricants has done 29 acquisitions and grown from six employees to 185, and expanded from a single facility in Highspire, PA, to 5 facilities, 4 in Pennsylvania and 1 in Maryland, and distributes and markets in the entire mid-Atlantic region. PPC has over 2 million gallons of bulk lubricant storage and has 65 delivery trucks.. The company markets a full line of Castrol, Shell, Pennzoil, Quaker State, Sunoco, Peak and Total lubricants. PPC Lubricants is also a master distributor of BlueDEF™ in the Mid Atlantic.
For over 40 years, PPC Corp / Lubricants has earned a reputation of offering the highest quality products, services and providing solutions. PPC Lubricants has also spent the last 5 years focusing on and investing in the Natural Gas and Diesel Exhaust Fluid Markets, by starting PPC DEF Solutions and PPC Nat Gas Solutions, while continually supporting their heritage business in the Automotive, Commercial and Industrial markets of the Mid Atlantic.
About PQIA
The Petroleum Quality Institute of America (PQIA) is an independent resource for information and insights on the quality and integrity of lubricants in the marketplace. PQIA tests and publishes brand specific data on its website at
www.pqia.org.
PQIA supporters currently include: Afton Chemical, Chemlube International, Chevron, CHS Industries, CITGO, Eni USA R&M Co., Gulf Lubricants, Infineum USA LP, Lubrication Engineers, Lubricating Specialties CO, Lubrizol, Oronite, Phillips 66, Pinnacle Oil, Reliance Fluid Technologies, Royal Purple, Safety-Kleen, Universal Lubricants LLC, Warren Distribution, Warren Oil, JAX, G.H. Berlin-Windward, Ocean State Oil and Domestic Fuel and Lubes, Keller-Heartt, L.F. Powers, Leahy-Wolf, Dennis K. Burke, Parman Energy, Amber Resources, NOCO, and now PPC Lubricants.
