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 Company: Petro-Canada Lubricants, Mississauga, Canada
Company Description: Petro-Canada is one of Canada’s largest oil and gas companies, operating in both upstream and downstream sectors, in Canada and Internationally. We produce more than 350 innovative lubricants, specialty fluids and greases in a diverse range of industries – including the food industry, general manufacturing, power generation, transportation, mining, forestry, agriculture and plastics processing.
Nomination Category: Products & Product Management Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Best New Product or Service - Manufacturing
Nomination Title: Launch of PURITY FOOD GRADE LUBRICANTS WITH ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACY
1. Tell the story about this nominated product or service (up to 500 words). Describe its functions, features, benefits, and sales results to date. You may include here hyperlinks to product photographs and data sheets. IMPORTANT: Begin each link with http://, and enclose each link in square brackets; for example, [http://www.youraddress.com]:
The food industry presents some unique challenges for lubricants. The demands
of increasingly harsh operating environments and the stringent safety
restrictions of lubricant composition are tough to balance in keeping equipment
performance level high. But these are just the kinds of challenges that Petro-
Canada thrives on. Petro-Canada is committed to supplying lubricants to the
food industry to address requirements and challenges for today as well as
looking forward. The performance of our PURITY* FG lubricants exceeds many
conventional lubricants for lubrication requirements, a large scale improvement
from where food grade lubricants were just two short decades ago.
To further build on product leadership and to address a growing concern in food
plants around microbial growth in lubricants, in early 2007, Petro-Canada
launched the PURITY* FG with MICROL*†. line. Featured in hydraulic and gear
oils and food machinery grease, PURITY FG AW Hydraulic Fluid with MICROL,
PURITY FG EP Gear Fluid with MICROL and PURITY FG FM Grease with MICROL all
contain an antimicrobial preservative to protect the lubricant from
deterioration, fouling and odour caused by microorganisms. This helps to
maintain the lubricants in effective operating condition and achieves
optimization of equipment performance.
Even before the introduction of anti-microbial lubricant protection, food
processing machinery lubricants presented some unique challenges. Stringent
regulations, harsh environmental conditions and rigorous plant operations
require a well-designed food grade lubricant. Petro-Canada has established an
excellent reputation in quality and performance with its PURITY industrial food
grade line and with the addition of MICROL, a new level in lubricant product
protection has been achieved.
MICROL is the first and only U.S. EPA registered antimicrobial preservative for
lubricants with incidental food contact. These products also have the required
industry credentials and fit perfectly in HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical
Control Point) and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) plans.
PURITY FG with MICROL is the only food grade lubricants on the market that is
fully compliant with both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and EPA
regulatory requirements. The products are registered with NSF International
(The Public Health and Safety Company) as an H1 lubricant (lubricants for
incidental food contact), CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) as a lubricant
(incidental food contact) and is permitted to be used in the preparation of
Kosher and Halal food.
Development of a antimicrobial food grade lubricant line with a high degree of
product efficacy while ensuring that all additives comply with FDA and that all
materials are suitable to gaining approvals (EPA, NSF), along with suitability
for preparation of Kosher and Halal foods meant that the development was a
process that took over 4 years prior to the launch of the product in March 2007.
Petro-Canada sees the development, approvals and launch of this product as one
more benchmark in showing our corporate responsibility to our communities’
health and safety – a cornerstone of our values.
2. List hyperlinks to any online news stories, press releases, product reviews, or other documents that support the claims made in the section above. IMPORTANT: Begin each link with http://, and enclose each link in square brackets; for example, [http://www.youraddress.com]:
Recent coverage of Purity FG Lubricants with Microl
http://www.petro-canada.ca/pdfs/IM8032e.pdf
http://www.petro-canada.ca/pdfs/IM8033e.pdf
http://www.petro-canada.ca/pdfs/IM8035e.pdf
http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/news-by-product/news.asp?id=74924&id
Cat=143&k=Petro-Canada--lubricants-grease
http://www.meatnews.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&artNum=14306
3. Provide a brief (up to 100 words) biography about the leader(s) of the team that developed the nominated product or service:
Dr.Henry Sapiano
Dr. Sapiano received his Ph.D in Chemistry from the University of Windsor,
Windsor, Ontario in 1979. As both Quality Control Manager and Chief Chemist
with British Petroleum in the refinery at Oakville, Ontario, his duties
included the assessment of refinery processes and their effect on the
environment. In 1983, Dr. Sapiano took on the role of Production Control
Manager for the newly created Petro-Canada.
In 1987, he joined Petro-Canada’s Lubricants Division as Base Stock and
Additive Supply Manager and OEM Quality Accreditation Manager. Over the years,
he added to his list of responsibilities with production and packaging
scheduling and various purchasing, computer system and accounting
responsibilities. During this time, he led the successful bid to be the first
Ford Q1 registered supplier of automotive lubricants. As well he led the
business development team to enable Petro-Canada to become a producer of
pharmaceutical grade white oil.
Since 1992, Dr. Sapiano has led a team of researchers in the creation of
specialty lubricants and greases in Research and Development. He is a member of
NLGI and STLE. He is a recipient of Sheridan Park Research Association’s
Technical Achievement Award in 2000 for development of a transformer oil. He
received Petro-Canada’s Outstanding Contributor Award for the development of
Purity FG food grade lubricants with Microl in 2007.
Leads on Dr. Henry Sapiano’s leadership team included:
Dr. Inga Kuksis, Product Specialist – Specialty Fluids
Nick Samman, Product Specialist – Grease
Gamil Alhakimi – Analytical Chemist
Dr. Inga Kuksis
Dr. Kuksis is a Product Specialist for Petro-Canada's Purity Food Grade line of
products. Her work involves product development and research, as well as
technical and quality support for the Purity line of lubricants. She has had a
number of responsibilities at Petro-Canada since joining in 1999 including heat
transfer fluid and industrial synthetic gear fluid product development.
Inga received her Ph.D. in Organometallic Chemistry from Queen's University in
Kingston, Ontario and has several publications to her credit. Her BSc. in
Chemistry and Human Biology is from the University of Toronto.
A member of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, Inga has
presented papers at both national and section meetings and works on the
Education Committee for the Toronto Section STLE. In addition to her product
responsibilities at Petro-Canada, Inga serves as both a quality and
environmental auditor for Petro-Canada Lubricants.
Dr. Gamil Alhakimi
Received a B. Sc. and M.Sc in Organic Chemistry in 1990 from Martin Luther
University, Germany. In year 1993 he received his Ph. D. in Organic Polymer
Chemistry from Friedrich-Shiller University in Germany. After completing two
years of Research fellow at the same university, he joined Ras Lanuf Oil and
Gas as R&D group leader in1995 for four years. 2000-2002 he joint University of
Toronto as post doctoral fellow.
Since 2002, he is working as analytical chemist/product specialist for Petro-
Canada Lubricants. He is author of 17 scientific papers and 5 world and
European patents. He acts as reviewer for Journal of Hazardous Materials and
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology: A.
Dr. Nicolas Samman
Received a B. Sc. (Honours) in Chemistry in 1969, and a Ph. D in Chemistry in
1972 from Queen's University of Belfast, N. Ireland. After completing two
years of post-doctoral research, he joined the Chemistry Dept. staff at the
University of Zambia, Lusaka in 1974 for three years. 1978-1980 he was
employed by the Hydrocarbon Research Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton,
Canada, to conduct research in the field of upgrading tar sand bitumen.
Since 1980, he has been involved in various research activities with Gulf
Canada and now Petro-Canada Lubricants which include upgrading bitumen and
residua, catalytic hydrotreating, development of long service life lubricants
and development / marketing of greases. His current position is Manager,
Grease Product Development. He is a member of the NLGI and STLE. He is the
recipient of the NLGI Author Award in 1992 and the Chevron U.S.A. Award in 1996 and 2007.
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