The Amsterdam-based chemicals company previously known as AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals has rebranded as Nouryon.Shell Oman Marketing Co.signed an agreement to become a pack supplier of lubricants for the National Plastic Factory. ATIEL, the technical association of the European lubricant industry, issued a reminder yesterday that the 2012 ACEA Engine Oil Sequences will expire on Dec. 1. Beginning on that date, light- and heavy-duty oils promoted as complying with ACEA sequences must meet the 2016 sequences or the upcoming 2018 sequences, which ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association, is working to finish.