Penrite Oil Company

Penrite
Private
Industry Automotive
Founded Melbourne, 1926
Founder Les Mecoles
Headquarters Melbourne, Australia
Area served
 worldwide
Products Motor Oil
Website http://www.penriteoil.com.au/

Penrite Oil Company is an Australian independent international petroleum company based in Melbourne, Australia. The company was established in 1926 as a privately owned company.[1][2]

From small beginnings in 1926, Les Mecoles founded Penrite Oil Company, soon purchasing his first factory in Melbourne, Australia, manufacturing high quality lubricants from Pennsylvania base stocks, regarded at the time as the best in the world.

In 1979, due to ill health, Les sold the company to John Dymond, Lubrizol's Australian National Sales Manager, a mechanical engineer by trade and a car enthusiast at heart, who rapidly expanded the Penrite range of products. John's technical background and commitment to quality ensured that Penrite continued to produce the highest quality product for every application and this philosophy, implemented by John in 1979, remains a core value of the company to this day.

Establishing Team Penrite in the early 80’s, John was able to complete all the R & D requirements for his products on the race track, not only with cars, but also bikes, karts and trucks!

Driven by his “every product, every application, every customer” philosophy John expanded and developed the capabilities and capacity of the business to produce specific products for any market, effectively ensuring Penrite has every industry segment covered.

Supported by the largest range of speciality products and all backed up with a 100% product guarantee, John established a product range and brand that is, today, Australia’s number 1 lubricant specialist.

For nearly 90 years Penrite has been family owned and managed. In 2011,Toby and Nigel Dymond manage this World Wide business from Melbourne Australia, taking John's technical knowledge, his passion and his philosophy forward into the future.[3]

HPR Range

HPR premium quality engine oils are the ultimate performance range of engine lubricants designed, tested and proven in tough Australian conditions.

The Penrite HPR range has been engineered with a unique DOUBLE LAYER of engine protection with FULL ZINC and Penrite's advanced EXTRA TEN[4] technology.

The Penrite HPR range has been developed for use in vehicles from modern compact multi valved family cars through to high performance super cars, racing & competition machines, 4WD’s, SUV’s, light & heavy commercials and motor cycles.[5]

Enviro+ Range

Enviro + engine oils are a range of highly advanced, full synthetic low & mid SAP engine oils that have been developed for late model fuel efficient passenger, light & heavy duty vehicles including those fitted with long life catalysts such as Diesel Particulate Filter’s (DPF’s).[6]

The Enviro + range has been developed to provide long lasting protection for vehicles with extended oil drain intervals as well as providing OEM approved products[7] to satisfy new vehicle warranty requirements. The range covers petrol, E85 and diesel fuel types.[8]

10 Tenths Racing Range

10 Tenths Racing Oils are high performance, premium 100% PAO (Group 4) and Ester (Group 5) full synthetic engine oils that provide the ultimate protection in on road and competition applications. Designed, tested and proven in tough Australian conditions.

10 Tenths Racing Oils contain an anti wear package of *FULL ZINC + (exceeding 2200+ ppm levels)[9] for ultimate engine wear protection.

10 Tenths Racing Oils can be used in naturally aspirated, supercharged and turbocharged engines. They are also suitable for use with exotic fuel types such as racing fuel, avgas, methanol, alcohol and ethanol blends such as E10 & E85.[10]

Vintage, Veteran & Classic Range

Penrite is proud to be one of the few companies with a complete range of products specifically designed to meet the original requirements of classic, veteran and vintage vehicles, but utilising the very best of modern oil technology.

Some modern lubricants may contain ingredients that can have an adverse effect in many older vehicles. This includes the use of white metals such as brass & copper in engine designs, as well as some of the early types of lubrication systems, which are not compatible with the additive packs of modern lubricants. Therefore, these vehicles require specialised lubricants.[11]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.accessautoaustralia.com/Companies/Index/97034
  2. ↑ http://www.retroclassiccarparts.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=214&Itemid=211&vmcchk=1&Itemid=155
  3. ↑ http://www.penriteoil.com.au/about.php
  4. ↑ http://www.penriteoil.com.au/tech_pdfs/0What%20is%20EXTRA%2010%20-%20NOV%202014.pdf
  5. ↑ http://www.penriteoil.com.au/products-categ.php?id_categ=1&id_brand=1
  6. ↑ http://www.penriteoil.com.au/products-categ.php?id_categ=14&id_subcateg=69
  7. ↑ http://www.penriteoil.com.au/manufacture_approvals.php
  8. ↑ http://www.penriteoil.com.au/tech_pdfs/DPFs%20AND%20CORRECT%20LUBRICANTS%20-%20NOV%202014.pdf
  9. ↑ http://www.penriteoil.com.au/tech_pdfs/1Zinc%20Myths%20&%20Legends%20Nov%202014.pdf
  10. ↑ http://www.penriteoil.com.au/products-categ.php?id_categ=1&id_brand=3
  11. ↑ http://www.penriteoil.com.au/products-categ.php?id_categ=14&id_subcateg=69
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