Revol Limited was established in 1926 in Newcastle upon Tyne by James Arnott & Co, a local lubricant producer that had been making Arnoco Oils on Newcastle Quayside for over a hundred years Revol Limited is an independent manufacturer of speciality industrial lubricants producing a wide range of products primarily comprising of greases, colloidal dispersions and oils In the early 1990's Revol purchased several important plant items and a full line grease plant was designed and commissioned on site thereby giving the company the ability to manufacture greases from their base raw materials In 1989 Revol acquired the business of Northern Molybdenum Limited, another highly specialised lubricant manufacturer which gave the company the ability to manufacturer stable colloidal dispersions Following the exit from Burmah Castrol, Revol relocated from the Quayside to its present address in Killingworth on the outskirts of Newcastle