Founded in 1973 and headquartered in India, Manak Petroleum has spent five decades formulating, testing, and manufacturing lubricating greases and engine oils for the industries that built this country.
In 1973, with a single blending kettle and a deep belief that India's industrial future would be lubricated by Indian formulators, the first batch of Manak grease left the floor.
Fifty years later, that kettle has become a fully integrated, ISO-certified manufacturing facility at Harohalli, Bengaluru. The team has grown to dozens of qualified chemists, plant operators, and field engineers. The clients have grown from a handful of regional workshops to multinational brands and billion-rupee distributors.
What hasn't changed is the standard. Every drum that leaves Harohalli carries the same accountability it did fifty years ago — Quality First. No exceptions.
A condensed history of how a single-plant grease manufacturer grew into a pan-India lubricant company serving multinational brands.
A single, fully integrated manufacturing site at the Harohalli Industrial Area — production, filling, warehousing, and an accredited R&D laboratory under one roof.
Internally we don't call them values. We call them commitments — because they are tested every single day on the manufacturing floor.
No exceptions. Every batch is tested to IS, API, and NLGI specifications and signed off before release. We don't ship what we wouldn't run in our own engines.
Formulations are driven by your application — not catalogue convenience. We listen first, run trials second, ship third.
Health, Safety and Environment are non-negotiable. Effluent control, fire safety, and PPE compliance across the facility — verified, not assumed.
An accredited R&D lab and qualified chemists constantly improving formulations for evolving duty cycles — biodegradable bases, low-SAPS additives, EV-grade fluids.
Every batch ships with a Certificate of Analysis. Every formulation has a written specification. Every change is traceable, every quarter, every year.
Multi-source base-oil contracts and dual-plant production protect our clients from supply shocks. Twelve-month rolling commitments. No ghost shipments.
