NLGI Member Spotlight

Over 125 years of lubricating grease experience

Company: AXEL Americas, LLC Member Category: Manufacturer Contact Name: Tom Schroeder Country: USA Address: 1440 Erie St., PO Box 12337, North Kansas City, MO 64116 Telephone: (816)-471-4590 Email: tom.schroeder@axelch.com

AXEL Americas LLC is a leading supplier of lubricating greases in the US market and a part of the AXEL Christiernsson Group (AXEL). During the last ten years, AXEL has expanded dramatically to become a leading global producer and supplier of lubricating greases, with state-ofthe-art ISO Certified manufacturing facilities in Sweden, France, the Netherlands, and the US.

In 2011, AXEL acquired the assets of Jesco Resources and gained access to two grease production facilities in the US with an initial combined capacity of 16,000 MT/year. Axel Americas’ management, R&D staff, and original grease plant are located in North Kansas City, Missouri. AXEL products manufactured in Kansas include greases containing graphite and MoS, a whole range of lubricants for the mining industry, and calcium sulphonate complex products.

AXEL’s main US manufacturing and warehousing facilities are in Rosedale, Mississippi about 110 miles south of Memphis. Built on a greenfield site and inaugurated in 1986, this ISO and TS certified plant has undergone a series of expansions to meet the growing customer demands for its industrial and automotive greases, which are supplied to multinational companies and large distributors in the Americas.

The most recent multi-million dollar investment at the Rosedale facility is comprised of a new Calcium Sulfonate production line and an additional Polyurea production line. The expansion includes four new production kettles, a state-of-the-art PLC system, seven new bulk finished good storage tanks, and two new base oil storage tanks. In addition to the new production lines, AXEL has also installed a new cartridge filling line that can fill 56,250 cartridges per shift.

“This investment will not only increase our flexibility and production capacity by more than 17.2 million pounds, it will also allow us to produce some of the more specialized grease technologies our customers are demanding. Our investment demonstrates our continued commitment to growing our presence in the US market and to providing our customers with world class solutions and innovative grease technologies.”

Tom Schroeder, President, AXEL Americas

AXEL’s Unique Customized Label™ Strategy

AXEL’s Customized Label™ Strategy means that it becomes a true partner on several fronts. The company provides over 125 years of grease expertise to help its customers grow their grease business. It manufactures grease to the highest standards, consistently and reliably across its five global ISO certified facilities, but also dedicates its resources to support its customers’ technical, R&D, sales and marketing efforts. The company works closely with its customers’ functional teams to deliver new and superior grease technologies, educate their sales forces, provide field support, and a host of marketing and business development services.

AXEL works with its partners to optimize their product portfolios, develop unique solutions for complex and demanding applications, and to identify new growth markets and segment opportunities.

A Focus on Partnership and Growth

AXEL’s sole focus is on defining, developing and producing high-quality lubricating grease products, and providing unique services to grow its cusztomers’ grease business and brands. This is why some of the worlds’ largest and most prestigious lubricating grease manufacturers have put their trust and good name into AXEL’s hands. For AXEL, Customized Label™ is about true partnership and alignment, and about teams of people working on a common objective. It is the modern way of making money on lubricating greases.

Axel Locations

AXEL CHRISTIERNSSON AB STRANDVÄGEN 10, BOX 2100 449 41 NOL SWEDEN PHONE: +46 303 33 25 00 EMAIL: INFO@AXELCH.COM

AXEL CHRISTIERNSSON B.V. 1 FEBRUARIWEG 13 4794 SM HEIJNINGEN NETHERLANDS PHONE: +31 167 522 980 EMAIL: INFO@AXELCH.COM

AXEL FRANCE SAS 30 RUE DE PIED DE FOND ZI ST LIGUAIRE - CS 98821 79028 NIORT CEDEX FRANCE PHONE: +33 5 49 77 13 71 EMAIL: INFO.FRANCE@AXELCH.COM AXEL AMERICAS LLC 150 RUSSEL CRUTCHER ROAD, ROSEDALE, MS. 38769 USA PHONE: +1 662 759 6808 EMAIL: INFO@AXELCH.COM

AXEL AMERICAS LLC 1440 ERIE ST. NORTH KANSAS CITY, MO. 64116 USA PHONE: +1 816 471 4590 EMAIL: INFO@AXELCH.COM

AXEL CHRISTIERNSSON INTERNATIONAL AB STRANDVÄGEN, BOX 2100 449 41 NOL SWEDEN PHONE: +46 303 33 25 00 EMAIL: INFO@AXELCH.COM

CONTACT: TOM SCHROEDER PRESIDENT AXEL AMERICAS

AXEL’s Global Presence and Reach

AXEL products are produced under the strictest quality standards including ISO 9001, 14001, 21469 and TS 16949. NLGI is proud to announce the introduction of the ‘NLGI Member Spotlight’, a new feature of the 2016 all-digital Spokesman magazine.

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