Richard Camper of Hasco Oil Becomes ILMA President
Richard Camper, executive vice president of Hasco Oil and Pacific Precision Formulators in Vernon, California, today assumed the presidency of the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association (ILMA). He succeeds Catharine T. Golden, CEO of Etna Products Inc. The transition took place during the 2024 ILMA Annual Meeting at the Broadmoor Hotel and Resort.
Camper began working at Hasco Oil in 1995 and helped the company purchase the industrial and specialty lubricant blending plant that is now Pacific Precision Formulators. He was elected to ILMA’s board of directors in 2019 and spearheaded the launch of ILMA’s Sustainability Committee in 2021.
“Richard and I met at our first executive committee meeting … in 2019,” Golden recalled as she passed the gavel on to Camper. “It was on our second day of meetings that Richard started talking about the significance that sustainability may have on our industry. Since that meeting, Richard has led the Sustainability Committee with a measured and practical approach.”
“When people ask me what I do,” Camper said, “I tell them that I work in an industry that allows people to make just about everything you see, move that stuff around, and allow people to get to work, vacations, doctor’s appointments, birthday parties and club water polo games.”
My industry does all this with one goal — to make all that more energy efficient."
“A lot of industries talk about sustainability and diversity; this one walks it every day,” he concluded.