Lubrizol Corporation - Specimen Stock Certificate - Chemical Company

Specimen Stock printed by American Bank Note Company. Available in Blue or Orange. Please specify color. The Lubrizol Corporation is an American company that specializes in providing chemicals for the transportation, industrial, and consumer markets. Its product range includes additives for engine oils and other transportation-related fluids, industrial lubricants, as well as gasoline and diesel fuel. Additionally, Lubrizol manufactures ingredients and additives for personal care products, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, specialty materials (including plastics technology), and coatings, which are offered in the form of specialty resins and additives. Since 2011, Lubrizol has been a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway.

In 2016, the company generated $6.5 billion in revenue and employed approximately 8,300 people globally. Lubrizol was founded in 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, as The Graphite Oil Products Company by Frank A. Nason, his son Francis A. "Alex" Nason, Thomas W. James, and brothers Kent H. Smith, Vincent K. Smith, and A. Kelvin Smith. The company's first product was a graphite lubricant and applicator designed for early automobiles. In 1929, it changed its name to The Lubri-Graph Corporation, and in 1931, it moved to Wickliffe, Ohio. The company continued to evolve, changing its name to The Lubri-Zol Corporation in 1934 and finally adopting the name Lubrizol in 1943.