- 08/13/2025
- 2min
Increasing efficiency – color change for oil canisters
Benefits of the color change
- Increased production efficiency
- Optimization of space requirements and productivity
- Reduced downtime due to reduced retooling in production
- Great benefit in availability and procurement as well as warehouse logistics
- Faster and more flexible delivery of goods
Change of canister color from purple to dark blue
- Elimination of 1,193,883 purple canisters
- Label design remains the same
- Products affected:
| Diesel Synthoil 5W-40 |
| Leichtlauf Energy 0W-40 |
| Leichtlauf High Tech 5W-40 |
| Synthoil Energy 0W-40 |
| Synthoil High Tech 5W-30 |
| Synthoil High Tech 5W-40 |
| Synthoil High Tech 5W-50 |
| Synthoil Longtime 0W-30 |
| Synthoil Race Tech GT1 10W-60 |
Change of canister color from light blue to dark blue
- Elimination of 1,914,000 light blue canisters
- Label design remains the same
- Products affected:
| AERO 4T 15W-50 |
| Leichtlauf HC7 5W-30 |
| Leichtlauf HC7 5W-40 |
| Leichtlauf High Tech LL 5W-30 |
| Leichtlauf Longtime 0W-30 |
| Longtime High Tech 5W-30 |
| Super Diesel Leichtlauf 10W-40 |
| Super Leichtlauf 10W-40 |
Change of canister color from red to black
- Elimination of 352,000 red canisters
- Label design is adapted: Ensuring recognition
- Products affected:
| Truck Low-friction Motor Oil 10W-40 |
| Longlife III Special Edition 5W-30 |
| Top-up Oil 5W-30 |
| Top-up Oil 5W-40 |
| Top Tec Truck 4450 15W-40 |
| Touring High Tech Motor Oil SHPD 20W-50 |
| Touring High Tech SHPD Motor Oil 15W-40 |
| Truck Top-up Oil 10W-30 |
| Truck Top-up Oil 10W-40 |
| Truck Top-up Oil 5W-30 |
The changeover will take place gradually over the coming weeks, depending on the respective stock level. For easier identification of the converted products, a note about the new canister color will be affixed to the respective carton label. The existing photo, video, print and graphic material of the affected products will be adapted.
