Change more
than your oil

Metalub is a Costa Rican company that manufactures quality automotive and industrial lubricants, locally produced through a circular economy. Our Re-Refinery Plant works as a tool to reduce 15,000 tons of CO2 per year. We created the first and only environmentally sustainable lubricant in Central America. By using our products, you reduce the carbon footprint of your vehicle, fleet or organization. We are #CircularEconomy

Discover our Solutions

Some of our clients with successful results

Metalub soluciones para un futuro mas sostenible

Solutions for a
more sustainable future

Metalub provides a friendly solution to reduce your carbon footprint while improving the performance of your valuable assets. Our lubricants meet the highest industry standards (API – American Petroleum Institute) and are certified by many engine manufacturers such as Cummins, Detroit Diesel, Mack, Volvo and Renault.

We achieve our mission by collecting used oils and lubricants from our clients, re-refining them to become the most sustainable premium lubricants on the market, using the circular economy model, this model is an alternative to the traditional linear economy model (produce, use, dispose) in which Resources are kept in use practically infinitely, and thus achieve maximum value from these resources, preventing them from contaminating the environment.

Our impact by the numbers

We contribute to a cleaner planet creating a purer oil for your vehicle.

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liters of used oil collected and re-refined by Metalub

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tons of CO2 emissions avoided,
protecting the ecosystem

PROUDLY RE-REFINED IN COSTA RICA

Metalub Products

Metalub is the only lubricant made in Costa Rica with the least environmental impact and with a quality superior to many market oils.We manufacture sustainable quality products, mixed and formulated with base oil obtained from the re-refined process in our Costa Rica plant, complying with the most demanding international quality standards on the market.

Metalub Aceite de Motor Sostenible de Costa Rica

Motor Oil

Metalub OneUp™
Metalub GeoFleet™
Metalub HeavyDuty™
Metalub Moto4T™

Transmission Oil

Metalub Omio™
Metalub EP™

Hydraulic Oil

Metalub HyDra™
Metalub EP™

Our products meet the highest quality standards under the API license (American Petroleum Institute)

Metalub Services

We have comprehensive services to meet the needs of the automotive and industrial markets, rescuing and reusing the hazardous waste of these industries. With our service network we give the best final destinations to this waste.We offer innovative and sustainable solutions for industrial, commercial and automotive markets.

Camion Metalub recolectando aceite usado

Innovative solutions for industrial and commercial waste management

MetaCentro Mantenimiento Automotriz Sostenible

Sustainable Automotive Maintenance Center

MetaLab Laboratorio de Analisis de aceites

Advanced analysis laboratory to ensure the quality of your products

Meet the first and only Re-Refinery Plant in Central America.

Metalub is proud to present the first and unique installation of re-refinement and mixture of additives of Central America, with mitigation of carbon footprint and best practices in waste management (ULO, UOF, AF).We transform what was previously discarded or burned into an added value product, premium lubricant based on a circular model made in Costa Rica.

Discover Our Impact

Re-refined infinite cycle:
Sustainability in action

Discover the complete metalub process: an example of sustainability. From the collection of used oil, the processing in our plant, the mixture with quality additives and the packaging of new products, until its return to the market as lubricants for the automotive industry, heavy and industrial use. Metalub is a sustainable and infinite cycle.

1. Collection

The used lubricating oil is collected following high safety and management standards applying reverse logistics.

2. Re-refination

In the Metalub re-refinery plant, the oil is processed until it is obtained base oil, raw material to produce lubricants.

3. Mix with additives

In the formulation area of Metalub, the base oils are mixed with high quality additives to produce a diverse set of products

4. Back to the market

The oil returns to the market in the form of motor, transmission and hydraulic lubricants.

In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model. You create a new model and make the old one obsolete. - Buckminster R. Fuller

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Change more than your oil