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About SOS OIL
Welcome to SOS Oil.
SOS Oil as a company is about building relationships of honesty, integrity and loyalty amongst all those people we come into contact with daily and to prosper these individuals as well as the companies they are helping to build.

Our goal is to strive to be perfect in all that we do, to the benefit of those who sincerely work towards similar goals in the workplace and at home.

It is our vision to dress our daring dreams in practical workclothes, to make full use of our gifts and skills and to run the race marked out for us with perseverance.

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When you buy lubricants, are lubricants all you get from your supplier? Or do you get that little bit more. Most lubricant suppliers just supply oil or grease and nothing else.

At SOS Oil we want to give you more, so our focus is to help and assist customers to resolve machine lubrication related issues in their production environment. While we, like all businesses will always be appreciative of new customers and more business, the most satisfying aspect of our business is to be able to use our 40 years of technical expertise to help our customers and to resolve lubrication related problems. It has always been our first and most important priority - to add value to our customers business.

So, when you buy your lubricants from SOS Oil, you gain access to 40 years of technical expertise in the lubrication and manufacturing industries as well as the oil, grease or speciality lubricants that you require.

The South African economy needs to grow.
The South African economy needs to grow.  This is not a secret.  We also need to compete on the international market.  But, are we all doing what we can to ensure that we are contributing towards this economic growth.  We have a responsibility to the consumer to keep the manufacturing costs of our products down (as low as possible).

One of the contributing factors towards controlling manufacturing costs is the ability of Engineers and their Maintenance staff to carry out reliable and correct equipment maintenance and repair of the machinery they are responsible for.  This entails the following of prescribed equipment maintenance procedures and the use of the best materials and services available, such as parts, lubricants and specialist technical lubrication knowledge.

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Success stories
Plastic Packaging Industry: Kawaguchi 280 Injection Moulding Machines, The name plate on these machines had a description for a lubricant but it was incorrectly spelt. No one took the time to confirm if there was such a product on the market and therefore used a product with a similar name

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Consulting

 We assist with the development of knowledge and understanding of lubricants, specifically in the area of the client’s needs and requirements, through seminars and our consulting practice. This enables the client to make informed choices and decisions about needs and products available.

Through Oil Wise Lubrication, we provide lubrication seminars, both public and in house, to give clients greater insight, knowledge and understanding of the role lubricants and greases play in tribology. For more information, please take a look at www.oilwiselubrication.co.za

Colonel Edwin L Drake

Latest News
2010-03-12
The oil price is $80.41 per Barrel at 13:40 today, 12 March 2010.
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2009-12-01
Disappointing to Know. This is an extract from an email recently received from an Engineer who had asked for some lubricant advice. Divesh Bhooshun of KZN Sands says…
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2009-10-21
Good news. The SOS Oil On-Line Store is up and running again.
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2009-10-05
SOS Oil with Liqui Moly had an enjoyable and successful day at Killarney on Saturday, 26 September 2009.
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2009-09-18
Oil Wise Lubrication will be running the next public "Basics of Lubrication" seminar on 29 October 2009
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2009-07-13
As a lubricant supply company, SOS Oil has a unique claim to fame.
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