Motul (lubricant manufacturer)
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Aubervilliers France
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| Branch | Lubricant manufacturer |
| Website | www.motul.com |
Motul is a French lubricant manufacturer .
Motul created as a subsidiary of the Rockefeller Group belonging to Standard Oil in 1853 in Pennsylvania and acted first with whale oil for lamps. The company Swan & Finch bought the company in 1919 and renamed it in Swan & Finch Company to. For the first time they also exported to Europe.
1932 bought the French family Zaugg the Swan & Finch Company and moved the seat to France, but used the name as Motul now French brand.
Motul then stood for numerous innovations in vehicle oils. The world's first multigrade oil was developed in 1953, the first partially synthetic in 1966 and the first fully synthetic in 1971 . Oils have also been further developed from the point of view of environmental protection; in 1972 the first (91.6% according to test guidelines) biodegradable oil for two-stroke engines is introduced . The first biodegradable four-stroke oil followed in 1992 (87.7% according to the test guidelines) .
The company headquarters is near Paris and Motul oils are now marketed in over 70 countries. They are particularly dominant in the development and sale of motorcycle oils, as well as in equipping competition vehicles in motorcycle, rally and car long-distance competitions. So were u. a. Won the 1999 and 2000 world championship titles in the Moto Cross 500 cc and 2001 in the 250 cc class, the MotoGP world championship title from Valentino Rossi in 2004 and 2005 and the 2001 world rally championship title from Richard Burns using Motul oils.
The German branch was founded in 1980.