On April 22, 2021, the inauguration ceremony of the CCIC-Sinopec Lubricant Grease Testing Joint Laboratory was officially held in Singapore. The joint laboratory was jointly established by Sinopec Lubricant (Singapore) Pte Ltd and CCIC Singapore, marking a new milestone in in-depth technical and market cooperation between the two leading Chinese central state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the Southeast Asian petrochemical market.
Senior executives from both enterprises attended the opening ceremony to witness the official launch of the joint laboratory:
CCIC Singapore attendees:
Wang Guicheng, General Manager of CCIC Singapore;
Liang Derong, Deputy General Manager of CCIC Singapore;
Lv Jinshan, Department Supervisor of the Petrochemical Laboratory.
Sinopec representatives attendees:
Wang Tiebin, Chief Representative of Sinopec Southeast Asia Representative Office;
Song Shangtao, Deputy Chief Representative of Sinopec Southeast Asia Representative Office;
Gu Xin, General Manager of Sinopec Lubricant (Singapore) Pte Ltd;
Ma Guang, Deputy General Manager of Sinopec Lubricant (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
As two authoritative central SOEs in China’s petrochemical and quality inspection sectors, the strategic cooperation betweenCCIC (China Certification & Inspection Group) and Sinopec Lubricants focuses on multi-dimensional, long-term collaborative development in the Singapore and Southeast Asian markets.
Both parties will carry out in-depth cooperation in the following core fields:
By leveraging their respective industrial advantages and achieving complementary resources, the two enterprises will jointly enhance professional technical capabilities, optimize testing service standards, and further strengthen their core competitiveness in the global lubricant and petrochemical quality inspection industry.
Sinopec Lubricants, affiliated with SINOPEC (China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation) — ranked 2nd among the Fortune Global 500, is one of the world’s largest professional lubricant enterprises. It integrates R&D, production, storage, transportation, sales and after-sales services into a complete industrial chain system.
Headquartered in Beijing, the company owns 12 standardized production bases nationwide, capable of manufacturing 21 categories and more than 2,000 types of lubricants and greases. As one of the earliest Chinese lubricant brands to go global, Sinopec Lubricants has deployed a professional production base and grease inspection center in Singapore.
Its high-quality lubricant products are exported to more than 60 countries across Southeast Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and South America, with a mature service network covering global mainstream markets.
Officially included in the Central SOE Directory of SASAC in June 2020 as the 97th first-class central state-owned enterprise, CCIC is a leading comprehensive quality service institution in China.
With a global service layout, CCIC has established branches at major ports and cargo distribution hubs in more than 30 countries and regions worldwide. The group boasts nearly 20,000 professional employees, hundreds of standardized laboratories and over 100,000 domestic and overseas corporate clients.
CCIC Singapore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CCIC, serves as the regional headquarters covering Southeast Asia and the Middle East, as well as the core business operation center for CCIC’s petrochemical product line in the overseas market.
The launch of the CCIC-Sinopec joint lubricant testing laboratory further consolidates Sinopec Lubricant’s position as a key APAC lubricant production and quality inspection hub. It standardizes overseas lubricant product testing, improves international product compliance certification efficiency, and provides authoritative technical support for Chinese lubricant brands to explore global high-end markets.
