Navigating the path to a successful business sale in the lubricants and chemicals SME sector.

Send us Fan MailThere is no doubt that M&A activity levels are ticking up in the lubricants industry in 2025 not only at the global lubricant blender level but also at a regional/ local level with transactions amongst lubricant blenders, distributors as well as additive and speciality chemicals suppliers.Craig Richardson of PHD Industrial Holdings joins Steve Mayo on the Lubricants Live Podcast to explain their alternative platform for long term growth aimed at the SME sector in lubricants and speciality chemicals market. A proposition for owners looking to exit a business but offering a different solution to traditional private equity ownership or trade sale that offers more flexibility. PHD Industrial Holdings have already demonstrated the benefits of the model with portfolio businesses Technikraft, Delta Fluid Technology and Hylomar already seeing the growth coming  from the long term ownership strategy. FoxInsights GmbHFoxInsights the market leaders in remote bulk storage tanks monitoring using data driven toolsSupport the show