Once again, the 77^th edition of the STLE Annual Meeting & Exhibition has been the reference event in the USA for our sector. With a participation of more than 1,400 industry professionals representing 39 different countries, and some 100 exhibitors, the event continues to bet on the combination of technical congress and commercial exhibitors. This year held at the Long Beach California Convention Center. The environment has been extraordinary as well as its convention center, spacious and with numerous presentation rooms. To nitpick, the California area has few lubricant blenders, so the participation of many American companies has been inaccessible, although it has provided the opportunity to Mexican companies due to its proximity to the event.

This year IQLubricants has been present in a larger booth than in past editions, promoting its permanent establishment as a company in the USA, as well as being able to have local stock for its current and potential customers. With this, IQL intends to expand its business in the American market, promoting its DocaditTM specialty brand, promoting the three essential legs on which the mission and vision of the business are based: high performance, biodegradability, and sustainability (renewability, non-toxicity and non -bioaccumulative).

Customers who have been able to visit us at the booth have had the opportunity, in addition to getting to know our extensive portfolio, to be able to discuss upcoming business developments such as:

• Docadit VII, a series of biodegradable and highly renewable viscosity index improvers with a better balance between thickness efficiency and shear stabilities than the VIIs available on the market as PAMAs, PIBs or HSDs.
• Docadit SEE, a new self-emulsifying technology that does not require emulsifiers or co-emulsifiers that give the emulsion (milky or transparent) very good lubricity and effective detergency.
• Docadit FL 90 a new product with NSF HX-1 and LuSC-list approvals with excellent thermal and oxidative stability, with low volatility and clean burn indicated for the most demanding applications.
• Docadit 10020 new ISO 1000 rapidly biodegradable for applications that require demanding hydrolytic stability and good elastomeric compatibility in formulation.