Rowe Mineralölwerk GmbH is a lubricant manufacturer headquartered in

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. Founded by Michael Zehe in

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in 1995, the company relocated its headquarters to Bubenheim in the Palatinate in 2000. To increase production capacity, the new headquarters in Worms were opened on 9 December 2013.

Products

Rowe's product range includes motor oils, gear and hydraulic oils, industrial and metalworking lubricants, bio-lubricants, fuel additives, but also radiator and windshield antifreeze and various car care products. The company's other products include lubricants for two-wheelers, commercial vehicles, boats and combined heat and power plants. With its own grease plant, Rowe has been producing multi-purpose and high-performance greases for the extended lubricants market since 2015. Since 2017, all Rowe products have been fully CO2 compensated.

Markets

Rowe lubricants are represented in over 80 countries worldwide. Southern and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North and South America are among the main export markets.

Production

Lubricants are produced in 38 mixing tanks and 12 filling plants on an area of more than 110,000 m² in Worms. The second plant, based in Bubenheim, has a further ten filling plants specializing in radiator antifreeze, brake fluids and industrial lubricants.

Sponsorships

Rowe is involved in sponsoring the following below: *Culture: Symphonic Accordion Orchestra Hessen (SAkkOH) *Squash: Black & White Racket Club e.V. Worms and various others. *Powerboat: Since 2016, Rowe has supported the ROWE PowerBoat team, which competes in the Formula 2 World and European Championships. *Motorsport: Rowe has been the main sponsor of the Nürburgring Endurance Series at the

Nürburgring The () is a 150,000-person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Grand Prix motor racing, Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long configuration, built in the 1920s ...

since 2009 and expanded its commitment by being present on the start number mats of all vehicles starting in 2017. Rowe also became the official lubricant partner of the

Britcar Britcar is an endurance sports car racing and touring car racing series in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1997, as a result of a discussion in a Nürburgring bar between Willie Moore and James Tucker. Folklore has it that James Tucker and J ...

Endurance Championship, and title partner of the Britcar Trophy Championship. *Football: **

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Rowe Racing

In cooperation with Motorsport Competence Group AG (MCG AG), the

Rowe Racing ROWE Racing is the motor racing team of the German lubricant manufacturer Rowe Mineralölwerk. Since 2011, ROWE Racing has competed in series such as the Nürburgring Endurance Series, the GT World Challenge Europe (former Blancpain GT Series), th ...

team has existed since 2011 and is mainly active in endurance races. Rowe primarily uses the cooperation to further develop and test its own products under racing conditions, but also to strengthen and publicize the Rowe brand.

Certifications and licenses

Rowe's certifications are

ISO 9001 The ISO 9000 family is a set of international standards for quality management systems. It was developed in March 1987 by International Organization for Standardization. The goal of these standards is to help organizations ensure that they meet ...

(2015),

IATF 16949 International Automotive Task Force 16949 (IATF 16949) is an international standard for automotive management systems that is a widely adopted and standardized quality management system for the automotive sector. It was released in 1999 by Inter ...

(2016),

ISO 14001 The ISO 14000 family is a set of international standards for Natural environment, environment management systems. It was developed in March 1996 by International Organization for Standardization. The goal of these standards is to help organizations ...

(2015),

ISO 50001 ISO 50001 Energy management systems - Requirements with guidance for use, is an international standard created by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It supports organizations in all sectors to use energy more efficiently thro ...

(2011)

References

External links

* {{official website, http://www.rowe-oil.com Oil companies of Germany Motor oils German companies established in 1995