Rupinder Paintal, Director, Market Development, ExxonMobilInfrastructure in India is seeing a period of fast growth. “We at Mobil see India as one of our high-growth regions,” says Rupinder Paintal, Director, Market Development, ExxonMobil. “We have a wide range of performance-oriented products ranging from the Mobil DTE 10 Excel™ series of hydraulic oils, to engine oils such as the Mobil Delvac™ MX PLUS 15W-40, and greases like Mobilgrease XHP™ 220 series. We are confident that the suitability of our products would continue to fit aptly into the growth mindset and exuberant development plans in India.” He shares more on the market and the company’s plans…How do you see the Indian market for lubricant panning out?Currently, India is the third largest lubricant market worldwide, and is the fastest-growing lubricant market in the world. The growth in India’s lubricant consumption is averaging between 3-4 per cent per year.Mobil has strong expertise and sophisticated, high-tech products in the construction and mining sectors, such as the Mobilgrease XHP™ Mine Series and Mobil SHC™ Gear OH for mobile mining equipment. Tell us about your current market share.Worldwide, we have a market-leading position as one of the top players in the lubricants space. To grow our market share in India, we are expanding geographically into regions where we have not operated so far and we have widened our spectrum to play into every single sector. We now have lubricants for every single industry and type of operations. Our approach has been showing results – in the last two years we have been growing in double digits.What are the new adaptations made in your products to increase efficiency? Mobil has a rich 150-year legacy, and the most enduring pillar of our journey has been our innovation. Our emphasis on cutting-edge R&D has enabled us to develop a wide range of lubricants that address the needs of every industry. We are driven to bring new technology to our customers and conduct extensive research, lubricant analysis, and have developed new formulations and additives to ensure optimum performance parameters and higher uptime; our formulations include mineral, semi-synthetic, and synthetic lubricants.For instance, after assessing the particular need in India, we recently launched the Mobil DTE™20 Ultra Series, a technologically-advanced series of hydraulic oils. It is an advanced formulation that significantly reduces the consumption of hydraulic oil. The Mobil DTE20 Ultra Series helps industries address their performance and efficiency challenges as it offers better wear protection, thus prolonging the component life, and also provides up to 89.2 per cent better deposit control for maintaining precision operations.Touch upon the new trends seen in grease lubricants.  Mobil’s range of grease lubricants has been designed to not just maximise productivity and improve performance, but also go a step further and help the sustainability goals of businesses by minimising the impact on the environment. We have developed greases that provide extended service life, good water resistance and excellent protection against wear, rust and corrosion to help reduce consumption, workplace contamination, as well as maintenance and replacement costs. Some of our high-performance greases include the Mobilith SHC™ Series, Mobilgrease XHP™ 220 Series, and the Mobilux™ EP Series.