Providing Specialty Lubricants Since 1844
Heritage
Founded in 1844, Nye’s history is one of continual adaptation to market needs. From the Industrial Revolution to the Information Age, Nye has enabled and improved breakthrough products and critical new technologies. We are proud to number among our customers the foremost automotive OEM suppliers; the world’s largest aerospace and defense contractors; name-brand appliance and power tool companies; prominent in-vacuum and clean room equipment manufacturers; and leaders in the emerging medical-device and renewable-energy industries. Nye’s lubricants add value to thousands of products around the globe.
Product Range
Nye’s lubricants are based on a wide range of synthetic oils, including polyalphaolefins, esters, glycols, polyphenylethers, silicones, alkylated naphthalenes, and all four types of perfluoropolyethers (PFPE). Through an agreement with Shell Global Solutions, Nye is also the exclusive global distributor of Pennzane-based multiplyalkylated cyclopentane lubricants.
Operations
Our facilities include R&D and production labs, cleanroom operations, specialty packaging, production lines, and administrative offices. Nye’s annual grease production capacity is greater than 5 million pounds. Our products are available in a wide variety of packages, including blister packs, syringes, jars, tubes, cartridges, pails, and drums. We assemble lubricant kits, which customers often use for field maintenance and also private label any Nye product under customer brand names.
Technology
Tribologists, chemists, mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineers all bring their expertise to Nye’s product development efforts. We partner with raw material suppliers to evaluate new fluids, additives, thickeners and formulation methods. We work closely with customers and routinely enter into Non-Disclosure and Joint Development Agreements. We also seek out relationships with universities, research consortiums, and engineering departments at some of the world’s most innovative companies to continually improve our technical knowledge and services.
