Glen Sharkowicz, Industrial Lubricants Marketing Manager, Asia Pacific, ExxonMobil Fuels & Lubricants, said, "ExxonMobil works closely with equipment builders (EBs) to analyze machinery and equipment trends, as well as identify effective solutions that improve equipment efficiency and performance. Our collaboration with EBs has led to the development of advanced high performance lubricant solutions that our customers can rely on. Our partnership with Micromatic, one of the leading machine tool developers, will help us push the boundaries of lubrication formulation and performance"

TK Ramesh, CEO, Micromatic Machine Tools Pvt. Ltd, said, "With over two decades of experience and supplying more than 25,000 machines in India and abroad, we understand the demands of manufacturing industries. ExxonMobil's team has used its application expertise and enabled partners like us improve product performance and efficiency of our machines.

"Micromatic welcomes this partnership with ExxonMobil in light of the growing global demand for Indian-made equipment and we look to leverage our collective knowledge and expertise to bring improved performance and productivity to our customers. We also look forward to Mobil's expertise in selection of appropriate fluids which is in line with our commitment to promote Green environment."

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