Expanding to meet demand

A world leader in the production of specialty oils, Ergon recently expanded its Antwerp site. Ergon International’s Per Dahlstedt talks to Tank Storage Magazine Business is booming for specialty oils in Europe at the moment, and one company determined to make the most of the opportunity is Ergon International, which recently announced an expansion at its terminal in Antwerp in Belgium. Ergon International is part of US-based firm Ergon, which has 3,200 employees worldwide, and distributes products from two other Ergon subsidiaries – Ergon Refining, the world’s largest producer of specialty naphthenic oils, and Ergon West Virginia, a major manufacturer of Group I and Group II paraffinic base oils. Naphthenic and paraffinic oils are most commonly used to provide solvency and viscosity in the production of materials including rubber, plastics, coatings, adhesives, metalworking fluids and lubricants. Ergon International started life in 2007 as Ergon Europe, to tap into the European naphthenic specialty oils market, which was then served by only two suppliers. Ergon Europe later extended into the Asia Pacific region, when it was renamed Ergon International. It now supplies...