Royal Purple (lubricant manufacturer) Royal Purple (lubricant manufacturer) Royal Purple is an American manufacturer which produces lubricants for automotive, industrial, marine, motorcycle, and racing use. It is known primarily for its line of synthetic Royal Purple Motor Oil products used in gasoline and diesel engines. They also produce other fluids including gear oil, transmission fluid, power steering fluid and industrial gear, bearing, engine, and hydraulic oil. Other products include chassis and bearing grease, lubricant aerosol, aerosol chain lubricant, and firearm lubricant. The company was founded in 1986 by John Williams, a synthetic oil developer and later consultant. Due to a customer who said he
Lindner (agricultural machinery manufacturer) Lindner (agricultural machinery manufacturer) Lindner (fully Lindner Traktorenwerk GesmbH) is an Austrian family company based in Kundl that has produced tractors and transporters for mountain and grassland management and for forestry and municipal applications since 1948. Lindner specializes in all-terrain special vehicles for agriculture. The company was the first manufacturer of a four-wheel drive tractor in Austria. Hermann Lindner was born on 5 November 1905 in Neustift im Stubaital. He founded the company in 1946 initially to produce gang saws, but in 1948 exhibited his first tractor, the S 14, at the Vienna Autumn Fair. Lindner constructed more tractor models