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The Lubrizol Corporation is a provider of specialty chemicals for the transportation, industrial and consumer markets. These products include additives for engine oils and other transportation-related fluids, additives for industrial lubricants and additives for gasoline and diesel fuel. In addition, Lubrizol makes ingredients and additives for personal care products and pharmaceuticals; specialty materials, including plastics technology; and coatings in the form of specialty resins and additives.

Lubrizol was founded in 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio. Today, the company's headquarters are based in Wickliffe, Ohio, USA. Lubrizol, with 2006 revenues of $4.0 billion, employs approximately 6,800 people worldwide.