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Castrol logo
Castrol is a brand of industrial and automotive lubricants which is
applied to a large range of oils,greases and similar products for
most lubrication applications. The Castrol brand is part of the BP's
Group of Companies, but has retained its separate identity.
Contents
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• 1 History
• 2 Products
• 3 Sponsorship
o 3.1 Motorsport

2. o 3.2 Football
o 3.3 Cricket
o 3.4 Other sports
• 4 Speed records
• 5 Advertising
• 6 References
• 7 External links
[edit]History
In February 1899, Charles Cheers Wakefield resigned from
the Vacuum Oil Company over a disagreement with the management
regarding Vacuum Oil's foray into the railway lubricants sector, and
set himself up as competition. The firm he left behind would go on to
become Mobil Oil.
Wakefield rented three small rooms on the third floor of 27 Cannon
Street in the heart of London, and it was there, on Thursday 9 March
1899, that the firm of C.C.Wakefield & Co opened its doors for the
first time.
In 1909, the company began production of a
new automotive lubricant named "Castrol" (a contraction of castor oil,
from which it was made). The company developed specific oil
applications for various applications of the new internal combustion
engine, including cars, motorcycles, and aircraft. The original 3
grades of oil being CW for cars, C for motorcycles and R for aircraft
and racing engines, the castrol oil being responsible for the
noticeable exhaust odor of early aircraft rotary engines.
In 1966, Castrol was acquired by British oil company Burmah, which
was renamed Burmah-Castrol. In 2000, Burmah-Castrol was
acquired by the then BP Amoco plc (now renamed BP plc). Castrol
branded lubricants continue to be sold around the world and are, in
many countries, market leaders.
[edit]Products

3. Castrol offers lubricants for virtually all domestic, commercial and
industrial applications. For automotive lubrication
(includingmotorcycles 2-stroke and 4-stroke engines,
car petrol and diesel engines), their products include an extensive
range of manual and automatic transmission fluids, chain lubricants
and waxes, coolants, suspension fluids, brake fluids, greases,
cleaners and maintenance products. Castrol also produces products
for agricultural machinery, plant, general industry and marine
engineeringuses.
Castrol products include:
 For passenger cars: Edge, Magnatec, Syntec and GTX; less
commonly, XL, GTD, Formula RS, Synt and SLX
 For motorcycles: Power1, PowerRS and Act>evo; less commonly,
TT, TTS, GP, GPS and Go!
 For heavy duty vehicles: Elixion, Enduron, Hypuron, Tection, CRB
and Agri
 For ships: Cyltech and TLX Plus
 For industrial applications: Hyspin (hydraulic), Aircol
(compressors) and Alpha (industrial gears)
[edit]Sponsorship
[edit]Motorsport
The most prevalent display of the Castrol brand is to be found in
sponsorship of varying motorsports (mainly as a "technical partner"),
currently in the World Rally Championship, World Touring
Cars, MotoGP, World Superbikes and World Supersports. Castrol
have previously been formally involved in Formula 1 (most notably -
with Williams), British Superbikes, British Rallying,DTM, V8
Supercars, Dakar Rally, Drag racing, Sidecar racing - and more.
Castrol also have sponsored the Castrol Driver Rankingssince
January 2010.
The brand has been involved in Formula One for many years, most
visibly as the title sponsor of Team Lotus for the 1993 season. Prior

4. to that, Castrol had provided lubricants to a number of other teams,
including Jaguar, McLaren, Brabham and Walter Wolf Racing.[1]
Following the temporary withdrawal of Elf from the sport at the end of
1996, Castrol forged an alliance with the Williams F1 team as a
technical partner.[2] As of the end of the 2006 season, when the
relationship ended, this partnership had yielded both Formula One
World Championship titles in 1997 and 17 wins.
Castrol is one of the most popular oils used in the Australian Touring
Car/V8 Supercar series. For many years, Castrol was the title
sponsor of the Perkins Engineering Holden team, the relationship
ending in 2006. Latterly, Castrol has been one of Ford Performance
Racing's title sponsors, backing the Falcon of Steven Richards.
Castrol's 2010 program will see Paul Morris Motorsport run a Castrol
Racing Commodore for Greg Murphy, alongside its existing FPR Ford
entry. [3] Castrol is the title sponsor with Team Bray, owned by
Australian drag car legend, Victor Bray for 17 years.
The Toyota World Rally Championship team was supported by
Castrol until 2003. Since then, the works Ford team has been
supported by BP and by extension, Castrol lubricants.
During the 1980s, the Jaguar entries for the Le Mans 24 hours race
were sponsored by Castrol, along with the tobacco brand Silk Cut.
The company also supported the Sauber Mercedes sportcar team.
The company sponsored the Brewco Motorsports #27 car in
the NASCAR Busch Series, driven by Casey Atwood from 1999 to
2000.
In North America, Castrol has been an active sponsor of NHRA drag
racing. Castrol has sponsored John Force Racing under the GTX
brand since 1987. Currently, Castrol is a sponsor of both John
Force and Ashley Force Hood. Castrol is the name sponsor
ofEdmonton, Alberta's Castrol Raceway, a multi-track oval, drag, and
motocross racing facility.[4] In 2011 Castrol Edge became the official
motor oil of NFL.
[edit]Football

5.  Castrol sponsored Swindon Town Football Club from 1995 to
1997. In the first season of this two-year deal, Swindon
wereDivision Two champions.
 Castrol also sponsored the UEFA Euro 2008 football tournament
and will sponsor the UEFA Euro 2012 football tournament.
 Castrol sponsors the Castrol Performance Index, a player
performance rating system.
 Castrol is an official sponsor of the FIFA World Cup 2010TM as well
as the FIFA World Cup 2014TM.
[edit]Cricket
The Castrol Cricket Index for a team is a dynamic indicator of the
overall performance of the cricket team. It is calculated by taking into
consideration the batting momentum, the bowling efficiency, the
performance of the teams in the quick start overs and the extreme
performance overs and many other factors. Castrol Cricket also ranks
cricketers based on their overall performance.[5]India centric initiatives
being undertaken like Castrol World Cup ka Hero was created during
the 2011 Cricket World Cup.[6] [7]
[edit]Other sports
 Castrol sponsored the 2009 Royal Rumble.
 Castrol has recently began to sponsor a popular Nintendo podcast
called Lithcast.
[edit]Speed records
Historically, Castrol has been a prolific sponsor of World Land Speed
Records, with 21 "titles" to their credit, and their rightful claim of
the "World's 'Fastest' Oil", with their current unbroken record of
a supersonic speed of 763.035 mph (1,228 km/h) set by RAFfighter
pilot Sqn Ldr (then) Andy Green, in the Richard
Noble 'brainchild' ThrustSSC. This occurred in the USA at the Black
Rock Desert in Nevada, on 15 October 1997.
[edit]Advertising

6. Castrol products are still marketed under the red, white and green
colour scheme that dates from the launch of Castrol motor oil in 1909.
Advertisements for Castrol oil historically featured the slogan "Castrol
- liquid engineering"; this was more recently refreshed and
reintroduced as "It's more than just oil. It's liquid engineering." In
2008, this slogan is also being featured as the name for a new
rewards club called the "Castrol Liquid Engineering Crew" in which
members get the chance to win prizes.
For many years, [8] the opening notes of the
first Nachtmusik movement of Mahler's Seventh Symphony were
used as the signature theme of Castrol TV commercials.
[edit]References
1. ^ "The history of Castrol in F1". Castrol.com. 2005-01-27.
Retrieved 2010-12-22.
2. ^ "Castrol signs with Williams". Grandprix.com. 1996-12-02.
Retrieved 2010-12-22.
3. ^ V8supercars.com.au[dead link]
4. ^ "Castrol Raceway official website". CastrolRaceway.com.
2011-01-27. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
5. ^ "Don't bring up fatigue issue: Anil Kumble". Midday.
2009-29-05.
6. ^ "Castrol plans to pump up sales with cricket
connect". Business Line. 2011-11-02.
7. ^ "Brett Lee announces Ashok Kumar as the first Castrol World
cup ka Hero". Punjab Newsline. 2011-14-02.
8. ^ "Castrol advertising". Brandrepublic.com. 2007-11-12.
Retrieved 2010-12-22.
[edit]External links
 Distributors of Castrol Oil in the UK
 Official Site - Castrol Motor Oil
 BP buys Burmah Castrol report on BBC News
 Castrol Edge Motor Oil

7.  Castrol Liquid Engineering Crew
 The history of Castrol in F1
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Castrol India
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Castrol India
Type Public(BSE: 500870NSE: CASTROL)
Industry Oil and Gas
Founded 1910

9. Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Key people Mr. Naveen Kshatriya
(Chairman & MD) [1]
Products Oil
Petroleum
Petrochemical
Lubricant
Revenue 2,354.30 crore (US$522.65 million)[2]
Website Castrol India
Castrol India (BSE: 500870NSE: CASTROL) is an automotive and
industrial lubricant manufacturing company. Castrol India is the 2nd
largest manufacturer of automotive and industrial lubricants in the
Indian lubricant market and owns around 22% market share in the
overall Indian lubricant market.[3] Its part ofCastrol Limited UK (part
of BP Group). It has 5 manufacturing plants that are networked with
270 distributors, serving over 70,000 retail outlets.[4]
Contents
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• 1 History
• 2 Products
• 3 Reference
• 4 External links
[edit]History
In 1910, Castrol India started importing certain automotive lubricants
from C C Wakefield & Company made an entry in the Indian market.

10. In 1979, CIL was incorporated under the name of Indrol Lubricants
and Specialities Pvt Ltd.[5] In was listed on BSE in 1982 and CIL was
converted into a public limited company. CIL had formed a subsidiary
Company in the year 1987 under the name of Indtech Speciality
Chemicals, Ltd.
On 1 November 1990, The name of the company was changed from
Indrol Lubricants & Specialities Ltd. to Castrol India Ltd. It helped to
manufacture of Telephone cable jellies, pharmaceuticals jellies and
industrial waxes in technical collaboration with Dussek Campbell,
U.K.
[edit]Products
 Industrial - Castrol metalworking fluids, cleaners, corrosion
preventives and lubricants.
 Oils - Cylinder oils-crosshead, crancase oils-crosshead, truck
piston engine oils, hydraulic oils,gear oils, compressor oils, turbine
oils, refrigeration oils, emulsifiable oils, multi-grades, heat transfer
oils, greases, and fishing
[edit]Reference
1. ^ "Castrol India". Business.mapsofindia.com. 2006-03-31.
Retrieved 2010-12-22.
2. ^ "BSE Plus". Bseindia.com. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
3. ^ "HDFC Securities". Hdfcsec.com. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
4. ^ "Castrol India - Castrol India". Castrol.com. Retrieved
2010-12-22.
5. ^ "HDFC Securities". Hdfcsec.com. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
[edit]External links
 Castrol India to double volumes this fiscal
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1910 | Oil companies | Chemical companies of India
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