Products
Calumet is a producer of specialty hydrocarbon products. The company processes crude oil and other feedstocks into a wide variety of customized lubricating oils, solvents, waxes, synthetic lubricants, and other products. Calumet's specialty products are sold to domestic and international customers who purchase them primarily as raw material components for various industrial and consumer applications. Calumet also blends, packages, and markets specialty products through their Royal Purple, Bel-Ray, and TruFuel brands. Calumet's fuel products segment processes crude oil into a variety of fuel and fuel-related products, including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, asphalt, and others, and occasionally resells purchased crude oil to third-party customers. Calumet's portfolio includes: Base Oils, which are refined from crude oil and used in a wide variety of end-use products, such as adhesives, paints and coatings, and lubricants. Calumet makes numerous naphthenic and paraffinic oil products. Solvents from Calumet are used for a large number of applications, such as adhesives, water treatment facilities, paints and coatings, aluminum rolling and printing ink. Polyol Esters are used for high-performance lubrication applications, including in the aviation and automotive industries. Calumet specializes in synthetic polyol esters. Gelled Hydrocarbons are essentially highly refined hydrocarbon products that are thickened into a gel using special polymer additives. The thickness varies according to which and how much polymer is introduced. Gelled hydrocarbons are used extensively in the cosmetics industry as thickeners for, among other products, lotions, shampoos and lip glosses. Petrolatums are semisolid compounds used in cosmetics such as skin conditioners and moisturizers. Its water repellent qualities make it ideal for sealing in moisture. White Mineral Oils are used as a base emollient, lubricant, release agent, binder, or excipient in numerous product applications. Waxes produced by Calumet include fully refined paraffin waxes, scale wax, slack wax, soft wax, unfinished and finished petrolatum, and microcrystalline waxes that are used for a wide variety of applications, including candles, boxboard saturation and coating, hot melt adhesives, and rubber and PVC processing. The company is one of the last remaining North American producers of these products. Renewable Diesel products will be available from Calumet's Montana Renewables business beginning in 2022. These products, including renewable diesel, renewable gasoline and sustainable aviation fuel, are produced from renewable feedstocks such as oil seed crops and food waste byproducts. Finished Lubricants and Chemicals are sold through Calumet's portfolio of retail brands, including Royal Purple, Bel-Ray, and TruFuel. Fuels including (but not confined to) gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. Asphalt is produced at three different Calumet facilities, and is used for everything from road construction and repair to the production of roofing shingles.Brands
Headquartered inHistory
1919 Calumet Refining Company formed 1953 Princeton, Louisiana refinery constructed 1990 Corporate headquarters moved to Indianapolis 1995 Calumet purchased Kerr-McGee Corp. refinery in Cotton Valley, Louisiana 2006 Calumet listed on NASDAQ, becomes publicly traded company 2008 Calumet acquired Penreco 2012 Calumet acquired numerous companies, including Montana Refining Company; Royal Purple; and TruSouth Oil 2013 Among other acquisitions and developments, Calumet acquired Bel-Ray and broke ground on Dakota Prairie Refining, the first greenfield hydrocarbon processing facility built in the United States since 1976 2014 Listed in the Fortune 500 for the first time 2020 Expanded specialty wax business with acquisition of ParalogicsResponsibility
In recent years Calumet has increased its focus on sustainability and decreased the environmental footprint of its operations. That effort has focused on four areas: tracking and reducing energy consumption; monitoring and reducing air emissions; water management; and waste management. Calumet offers an assortment of environmentally friendly products, including low-toxicity, biodegradable lubricants for marine engines, and ultra-low sulfur gasoline that is 65 percent cleaner than the Environmental Protection Agency requires. In addition, all of the asphalt the company produces, both for roads and roofing, is 100 percent recyclable.References
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