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SPOTLIGHT Royal Mfg Co. LP: A Leading Manufacturer of Lubricating Oils and Greases Royal Mfg Co. LP., with its roots going back to 1914, is one of the top leading independent manufacturers of lubricants and greases in United States. Royal provides products to private label customers as well as branded distributors and users throughout North America and is now established with customers in over 26 foreign countries worldwide. Royal manufactures almost all types of lubricating oils and lubricating greases with its main focus on industrial and heavy equipment applications. Royal has now four manufacturing facilities, two each at Tulsa, Oklahoma (22 acres) and San-Antonio, Texas (14 acres) for grease manufacturing and a lube blending with total combined capacity over 225,000 metric tons per year. Grease manufacturing capacity, Royal has 32 state of the art grease kettles, two Stratco Contactors, four APV Gaulin homogenizers, several Charlotte mills with up to date packaging equipment from bulk truck loading to tubs & cartridges, including several other specialty size containers.
Historic Background of Royal Mfg Co LP:
The involvement of the Mallory family, who currently owns Royal, began during the depression years. Bill Mallory Jr., President/CEO and spokesman for the company narrates; “In the late 1930’s, my mother, Lee, started working for Royal Manufacturing Company, then
Tulsa, OK Plant
a small specialty grease company, serving the oil patch. The company’s owners were called to serve in World War II. Subsequently the bank took over the company and my dad, Dick Mallory, was asked to run the company. He then bought it from the bank.” In 1954, the Mallory family bought Tulsa Refined Oil Co (TROCO), founded in 1914, near downtown Tulsa and merged its operations with Royal. In 1976, The Mallory’s acquired Wright Oil Company a lube marketing company based in SanAntonio, and also merged with Royal. In 1989 a fire destroyed the main plant in Tulsa. The Tulsa plant was then rebuilt and has seen two expansions since. In 1998, another strategic diversification took place when Royal started selling base oils into Mexico and The Caribbean. In 2000, another Mallory owned company, RTW Terminal, leased 10 acres from The Port of Brownsville and built a storage terminal facility for base oils in Brownsville, Texas allowing Royal to supply its base oil customers and to bring in base oil cargos worldwide. This RTW terminal has now 37 tanks with over 250,000 barrels capacity with truck, railcar, ship and barge loading/unloading capabilities.
A Legacy of Quality and History of Performance:
For decades, Royal has manufactured high performance lubricating oils and greases catering various industrial requirements. Initially, business for Royal evolved
Schertz, TX Plant