Operations

For operational excellence from start to finish, count on Ethyl services right down the line.

Quality Assurance
Manufacturing Processes
Services
Products

Our more than 75 years of experience in worldwide chemical manufacturing means we are ready with the solutions you need today.

Quality Assurance

• ISO Registrations
  • Manufacturing since 1990
• Statistical Process Control
  • Continuous Improvement in plant process capability
  • No waiver policy since 1993
• Six Sigma Program
  • Black Belts and Green Belts are available to each site
  • On-going programs at each site

Manufacturing Processes

Ethyl has a broad range of chemical processes, including:

• Batch
  • Alkylation with aluminum chloride
  • Chlorination
  • Sucinnic anhydrides
  • Amination
• Continuous
  • Alkylation with Boron Trifloride and Hydrogen Flouride catalyst
  • Mannich condensation reactions
  • Nitration
• Blending
  • Small quantity blending available at multiple sites

Services

Analytical (24/7)

• Routine ASTM Methods 
  • TAN, TBN, pH, Visc. Pour Point, Flash Point, Etc.
• Spectroscopy
  • UV Vis, FTIR
• Chromatography
  • GC, GPC, GCMS, HPLC
• Various Elemental Analysis Using
  • ICP, TOC, TGA, Nitrogen, Sulfur,  Etc.
• Others by request

Logistics

• E-business in Freight Forwarding and Ocean Shipping
• Integrated Enterprise Resource Planning system
• Tank car / tank truck / liquid bin / drum handling
• Worldwide shipping expertise
  • 25,000MT /year worldwide bulk shipping
  • ISO container export to all world regions
  • Hazardous Chemical Handling Expertise (poisons, metals, pyrophorics, explosives)
  • Ocean Fleet Management & Time Charter Expertise

Engineering

• Process Engineering
• Definitive Engineering Design
• Project and Construction Management      

Process Commercialization

• Process studies  
• Laboratory
  • Safety evaluations
  • Scale up

Products

Tetraethyl Lead

Diesel Cetane Improver

Gasoline Performance Additives

PIBSA (Polyisobutylene Succinic Anhydride)