Moove Lubricants Holdings

General Information
Business:

We are a holding company whose subsidiary produces and distributes lubricants for automotive, agricultural and industrial uses.

Moove is a global lubricants solutions provider. We specialize in the formulation, manufacturing, distribution, marketing, selling and servicing of lubricant products across a diverse range of end markets and customers. We offer a comprehensive portfolio of products and technical support that is highly tailored to our end markets, while optimizing our cost base, physical footprint and working capital needs to drive unit profitability and cash flow generation.

Our business was formed following Cosan’s acquisition of ExxonMobil’s Brazilian lubricant manufacturing and distribution assets in 2008. We have diversified the business significantly over more than 15 years—across suppliers, customers, end markets and geographies—and have maintained and strengthened a highly strategic alliance with ExxonMobil that drives mutual value creation. ExxonMobil’s brand, premium research and development capabilities, proprietary product technology and base oils production are important factors to our marketing strategy and supply chain. We believe that our market intelligence, efficient operations, market know-how and close physical proximity to customers make us a powerful partner of choice for them.

We sell lubricants in 10 countries across three regions: South America (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay), North America (the United States) and Europe (Spain, France, Portugal and the United Kingdom) and our products are exported to over 60 other countries in Europe and Asia. Our continued investment in physical assets, including manufacturing sites, trucking capabilities, information technology systems and an increased distribution center footprint, is a distinct competitive advantage for Moove and provides the business, and by extension our customers, with increased logistics optionality and optimization opportunities as well as reliability of supply. Our operations are supported by a global workforce of over 2,100 employees as of June 30, 2024, many of whom are in highly skilled roles and have significant tenure with the organization.

We blend and produce over 700 different formulations of lubricant products that are distributed through a number of delivery systems and formats. In total, we supply more than 9,000 stock keeping units, or SKUs, across our global network. In support of our production, we purchase hundreds of different raw materials, including base oils, additives and packaging, and have developed long-standing relationships with our key suppliers.

We commenced independent operations in 2008, when Cosan acquired ExxonMobil’s lubricants assets in Brazil and obtained the right to blend, distribute and market premium Mobil branded products in the country. The ability to develop our business pursuant to this arrangement enabled us to expand our footprint to Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay in 2011. In 2018, recognizing the success accomplished and strategically aligned plans for future growth, ExxonMobil and Moove signed a 20-year contract extension and added Argentina to the footprint.

Beyond Mobil branded products, we chose to leverage our technical expertise and capabilities in sourcing and formulation to develop specific lubricants for different end uses, enabling us to offer an extensive catalog of lubricants, fluids, greases, insulating oils and process oils. Our more significant proprietary brands include “Comma” (Europe and Asia), “EcoUltra,” “Medallion Plus” and “Dyna-Plex 21C” (North America) and “Tirreno” (South America), which add to a comprehensive portfolio of around 100 brands across all regions.

Note: Net income and revenue are in U.S. dollars (converted from Brazil’s currency) for the 12 months that ended Dec. 31, 2023.

(Note: Moove Lubricants Holdings filed its F-1 for its IPO without disclosing the terms; estimated IPO proceeds are $100 million, although some IPO professionals believe that this IPO could raise as much as $200 million.)

Industry: Lubricants
Employees: 2199
Founded: 2008
Contact Information
Address Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 4,100 – 8th floor São Paulo – SP, 04538-132, Brazil
Phone Number +55 11 4517-1546
Web Address https://moovelub.com/en.php/
View Prospectus: Moove Lubricants Holdings
Financial Information
Market Cap
Revenues $1812.3 mil (last 12 months)
Net Income $47.9 mil (last 12 months)
IPO Profile
Symbol MOOV
Exchange NYSE
Shares (millions): 0.0
Price range $0.00 - $0.00
Est. $ Volume $100.0 mil
Manager / Joint Managers J.P.Morgan Securities/ BofA Securities/Citi/ Itau BBA; BTG Pactual/Santander/ Goldman Sachs/Jefferies/ Morgan Stanley
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