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Royal Purple
Oil Brand
A brand of high performance synthetic lubricants. Founded in 1986 by John Williams.
History
The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Royal Purple (lubricant manufacturer) page on 25 April 2021, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Royal Purple is an American manufacturer which produces lubricants for automotive, industrial, marine, and racing use. It is known primarily for its line of synthetic Royal Purple Motor Oil products used in gasoline and diesel engines. They also produce other fluids including gear oil, transmission fluid, power steering fluid and industrial gear, bearing, engine, and hydraulic oil. Other products include chassis and bearing grease, lubricant aerosol, aerosol chain lubricant, and firearm lubricant.
The company was founded in 1986 by John Williams, a synthetic oil developer and later consultant. Due to a customer who said he had never seen purple oil, Williams named the product Royal Purple. Producing synthetic oil using its own additives, the company grew and in 2004 completed a 125,000 square foot production facility in Porter, Texas. That same year they acquired a US federal trademark for the exclusive use of purple containers for lubricants. In 2011 Royal Purple had an annual income of 109.5 million dollars, and in 2012 was sold in over 25,000 outlets worldwide. In July 2012 Royal purple got a new owner when it was sold for 335 million dollars to Calumet Lubricants and is now part of their Branded Products Division.
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