Motul (company)

Motul is a French manufacturer of lubricants.

Motul was the daughter of members of the Rockefeller Group Standard Oil in 1853 in Pennsylvania and acted first with whale oil for lamps. The Swan & Finch Company bought the company in 1919 and renamed it to Swan & Finch Company. For the first time were exported to Europe.

1932 bought the French family Zaugg the Swan & Finch Company and moved the seat to France, but took on the name Motul as now French brand.

Motul was in the episode for numerous innovations in vehicle oils. In 1953, they developed the world's first multi-grade oil, 1966, the first semi-synthetic and 1971, the first fully synthetic motor oil. Even under environmental aspects oils were further developed in 1972 passing the first ( according to the test guidelines to 91.6 %) biodegradable oil for two-stroke engines. In 1992 he was the first ( according to the test guidelines to 87.7 %) biodegradable four-stroke oil.

The company headquarters is located in Paris and Motul oils are now marketed in over 70 countries. Particularly dominant one is in the development and sale of motorcycle oils, in addition to the equipment of vehicles at competitive motorcycle, rally cars and long-distance competitions. Thus, inter alia, the world title in 1999 and 2000 in the motocross 500 cc - won and 2001 in the 250 cc class, the MotoGP world title Valentino Rossi in 2004 and 2005 and the World Rally Championship title in 2001 by Richard Burns using Motul oils.

In 1980, the German branch was established.