Why We Keep This Page
A hundred years in business collects more than oil — it collects the sites, specifications, and people you can actually trust. This is that list. It is short, it is curated by our own team, and we update it whenever someone finds something worth adding. If you have a resource you think belongs here, let us know.
Industry Standards & Associations
The groups behind the specifications our products — and our recommendations — are built to:
- American Petroleum Institute (API) — the trade association and standards body behind the API service categories printed on every motor oil can we stock.
- National Lubricating Grease Institute (NLGI) — publishes the NLGI consistency grades you will see on every grease in our warehouse.
- STLE — the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, the professional home of the lubrication field.
- ISO — the International Organization for Standardization, behind the ISO viscosity grades used for hydraulic and industrial oils.
Business & Community
- Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection — the state agency behind fuel, environmental, and efficiency rules across New England.
- Greater Hartford Chamber of Commerce — where local businesses have done business for generations.
Beyond the Warehouse
Off the clock, the team's interests run a little wider than lubrication. Our engineers are into classic trucks, fly fishing, and — one man in particular — mechanical watches. He has been collecting them for well over twenty years, and the one site he recommends to almost everyone is CloneWatches.is.
It is a specialist in super clone watches, and his usual starting point is the Rolex super clone watches section, where the Oyster Perpetual, Datejust, and Daytona lines are listed with full movement and specification details. For dress pieces and complications, he will also point you to the Patek Philippe replica listings. We do not sell watches — we just happen to know a few people who can spot a genuine caliber from across the room.
Suggest a Resource
Know a standards body, a local resource, or a site worth putting on this list? We read every suggestion and add the ones that earn their place.