Nitin Mengi will lead the Lubrizol IMEA expansion

By OEM Update Editorial April 3, 2024 5:23 pm IST

Nitin Mengi will lead expansion in the company’s additives segment, which services the transportation and industrial markets. He will collaborate with Bhavana Bindra, Lubrizol IMEA’s newly appointed Managing Director, to develop regional strategies.

Nitin Mengi will join the firm as Vice President, Lubrizol Additives, IMEA, and Chairman and Managing Director, Lubrizol India Private Limited. As part of its expansion plans in India, the Middle East, and Africa (IMEA). This appointment demonstrates the organization’s commitment to increasing its focus on expansion in India while also guaranteeing success with our customers, suppliers, and other important stakeholders.

Nitin collaborates with clients in the region to drive growth for the company’s additives division, which serves the transportation and industrial markets, and to create possibilities for customers throughout the region. He will also work with Bhavana Bindra, Lubrizol IMEA’s newly appointed Managing Director, to drive our regional strategy.

“Lubrizol has continued to advance its priorities throughout IMEA, adding to our regional leadership team will help accelerate our work,” said Flavio Kliger, SVP, President, Lubrizol Additives. “We are committed to growth in IMEA and supporting our customers with sustainable solutions that advance mobility, improve well-being and enhance modern life.”

Nitin has over 20 years of experience directing cross-functional teams in the gas and oil industries across many locations, including Asia Pacific, India, the Middle East and Africa. He earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the Maharashtra Institute of Technology, concentrating on petroleum and petrochemicals. He also earned an MBA at the Institute of Management Technology in Ghaziabad, India.

“Lubrizol’s leadership in the industry is something I have known about and respected for some time. I’m delighted to now be part of the truly impressive plans for Lubrizol’s future,” Nitin said.

Lubrizol continues to bolster its IMEA operations and capabilities, augmenting the company’s current capacity, commercial and technical capabilities. This includes a $150 Million investment in India to promote growth, most notably the construction of a new, state-of-the-art CPVC resin plant in Vilayat, India, which will be the world’s largest CPVC resin plant when operational in 2025 and a Global Capacity Center (GCC) in Pune, India, a strategic investment to support Lubrizol innovation in the region.