The new laboratory has been constructed at the Afton Chemical (Suzhou) Co. Ltd manufacturing facility in the Suzhou Industrial Park. The Suzhou manufacturing facility was one of 4 sites acquired by Afton through their 2010 acquisition of Polartech Metalworking Additives. The new laboratory will replace the current Shanghai R&D facility.

Afton Chemical Corporation, part of the NewMarket Corporation family of companies, develops and manufactures petroleum additives that help fuels burn cleaner and more efficiently. It offers performance fuel additives and refinery chemicals, such as gasoline performance additives, diesel fuel additives, lubricity improvers, and cold flow improvers; driveline products, such as automotive gear oil and automatic transmission fluid additives; engine oil additives for passenger car engines, heavy duty diesel engines, and railroad and marine diesel engines; additives for industrial products, such as antiwear and R&O hydraulic oils, industrial gear oils, grease, and industrial specialty chemicals.