As of 2025, Lube Magazine is excited to announce its partnership with The Lubricants Live Podcast; a new industry podcast created by UKLA past-President Steve Mayo and dedicated to the end-to-end supply chain community in the lubricants industry, the Lubricants Live Podcast is dedicated to the end-to-end supply chain community in the lubricants industry hosted by industry professionals with extensive experience in the industry.
The objective of the podcast is to engage with the lubricants community to share news, debate provide insight into the topics of the day, its designed to be interactive and enable all levels to have a voice, share opinions for the benefit of the industry.
Latest Podcast
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Lubricants Live – Episode 9: Navigating the path to a successful business sale in the lubricants and chemicals SME sector.
There is no doubt that M&A activity levels are ticking up in the lubricants industry in 2025 not only at the global lubricant blender level but also at a regional/ local level with transactions amongst lubricant blenders, distributors as well as additive and speciality chemicals suppliers.
Craig Richardson of PHD Industrial Holdings joins Steve Mayo on the Lubricants Live Podcast to explain their alternative platform for long term growth aimed at the SME sector in lubricants and speciality chemicals market. A proposition for owners looking to exit a business but offering a different solution to traditional private equity ownership or trade sale that offers more flexibility. PHD Industrial Holdings have already demonstrated the benefits of the model with portfolio businesses Technikraft, Delta Fluid Technology and Hylomar already seeing the growth coming from the long term ownership strategy.
Previous Podcasts
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Lubricants Live – Episode 8: Digitalisation-the road to drive decarbonisation, customer experience and efficiency in bulk lubricant logistics.
Til Landwehrmann CEO of FoxInsights joins Steve Mayo to discuss the future of bulk logistics and how the digitalisation of tank telemetry is a win/win revolution for the whole lubricants supply chain. The opportunity for AI to further enhance the analytics and deliver improvements in customer experience and loyalty.
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Lubricants Live – Episode 7: A drive to a PFAS free future Jess Baker of Rocol talks about the journey for food lubricants.
Jess Baker Senior Scientist at Rocol talks to Steve Mayo about their commitment to lead the market to a PFAS free future and driving the change in food lubricants.
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Lubricants Live – SPECIAL: CHEMUK 2025 UKLA Lubes Lounge Panel Discussion
A panel of experts discuss the future of the lubricants industry.
This week The Lubricants Live Podcast as a partner to Lube Magazine attended the CHEMUKEXPO 25 event at Birmingham NEC where the United Kingdom Lubricants Association (UKLA) Ltd took centre stage with the Lube Lounge panel discussion to discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead for the lubricants industry. Hosted by Lady Tina Reading Dip DigM MCIPR a panel of David Wright, Andrew Gelder IMCD Group, Ryan Beckett SIP – Speciality Oils and Fluids and Colin Morton provided their perspectives on the future lubes industry
Ian Stone congratulations on a great expo. This was a great opportunity to test our new AI recording and editing technology in a packed hall we recorded this with just one spatial microphone clipped to me as an audience member so i hope you will listen in. I am now looking forward to putting the technology in use again at the UKLA Roadmap conference on the 11th June in London see you there!
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Lubricants Live – Episode 6: A roadmap for growth Simon Campbell MD Pure Lubrication talks to the Lubricants Live Podcast
Simon Campbell Managing Director of Pure Lubrication a Quaker Houghton distributor joins Steve Mayo to talk about how their approach to sustainability, employee engagement and customer experience is driving growth.
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Lubricants Live – Minisode: UKLA Roadmap for European Lubricants Conference speaker preview Gemma Stephenson
The United Kingdom Lubricants Association (UKLA) Ltd Roadmap for European Lubricants conference takes place on Wed 11th June in London.
Guest speaker Gemma Stephenson of Cargill and a member of the UEIL (Union of the European Lubricants Industry) sustainability committee gives a brief overview of the topic of her planned speech at the conference.
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Lubricants Live – Episode 5: The dynamics of the waste oil market in the UK and the principle of ” Value for planet”
The Lubricants Live Podcast talks to Mark Olpin from Slicker Recycling about the structure of the UK waste oil market, the responsibility of the lubricants blenders, distributors and users of lubricants and the choices they have for end of life disposal of waste oil.
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Lubricants Live – Episode 4: The changing dynamics of the sales process in the lubricants business.
Steve Knapp of Plan Grow Do joins Steve Mayo to discuss what AI might mean for the sales process. Building a personal brand on LinkedIn and creating content that your connections will read .Why your website needs to provide content that informs and educates customers. Can online sales create value for you and your customers?
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Lubricants Live – Episode 3: Every customer experience counts on the road to advocacy
Michael Killeen Chairman of CX Academy talks to Steve Mayo about the growing importance of customer experience in B2B. Leadership commitment, the emotional drivers, engaged employees, the future role of AI in CX and how CX can drive not only customer retention but new customer acquisition.
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Lubricants Live – Episode 2: Doug Hunt & Rob Brown Metalube Limited
Doug Hunt and Rob Brown from Metalube share with Steve Mayo an inspirational view on driving sustainability in a SME specialty lubricants blender in the UK that are exported around the world. They share their progress towards sustainability and their aspirations for the future.
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Lubricants Live – Episode 1: Sustainability in the lubricants supply chain and the impact of product carbon footprint
Joris van der List of Q8 Oils joins Steve Mayo for the first episode in the series on sustainability in the lubricants industry. In this episode they discuss sustainability in the lubricants supply chain and the impact of product carbon footprint.
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In Conversation with Thomas Norrby, Nynas AB
Former Lube Magazine editor Andrianne Philippou chats with Thomas Norrby, Technical Manager & Senior Specialist – Lubricants, Nynas AB, about his career in the lubricants industry.
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In conversation with Andrew Goddard, Executive Chairman at Morris Lubricants and newly appointed President of United Kingdom Lubricants Association (UKLA)
Former Lube editor Andrianne Philippou chats with newly appointed UKLA President, and Morris Lubricants Chairman, Andrew Goddard about the legacy of a family lubricants business, his role as UKLA president and the considerations, challenges and opportunities he is expecting for the UK lubricant industry as we navigate a post-Brexit and post-COVID future.
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In conversation with Maurizio Abbondanza, Sustainability and Business Growth Director, Infineum
Former Lube magazine’s editor, Andrianne Philippou, interviews Maurizio Abbondanza, Sustainability and Business Growth Director, Infineum
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In conversation with Petra Bots, General Manager, OilDoc GmbH
In our interview podcast with Lubricant industry professionals, Former Lube editor Andrianne Philippou talks to General Manager of OilDoc GmbH, Petra Bots, about her lifelong career in the lubricants industry, and the upcoming OilDoc event in Germany.
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In conversation with Mike Skypala, Managing Director, OATS Ltd
In the first of a series of interview podcasts with Lubricant industry professionals, Former Lube editor Andrianne Philippou talks to Managing Director of OATS, Mike Skypala, about the need for reliable industry data and how OATS has managed to thrive during the uncertain period of 2020 and 2021.
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