Topaz places heavy emphasis on Research and Development, as without research there cannot be any progress. Additionally, our research is not limited to mere product research. Research for us includes codifying and developing our systems: i.e., our production process systems, distribution systems, dealership section and support system, customer service system and even after sales service system.

Both these areas of research stand equal in importance, ensuring that we provide a complete 'product' - from the quality of our tangible physical product to the quality intangible value added services. Lubricants research at Topaz is kept at the highest standards. Often we receive orders for specialty lubricants. These are lubricants that must meet specific requirements as required by our customers. Each of these 'new' lubricants undergoes stringent tests to ensure quality.

But we do not stop there. Products from Topaz are enhanced to exceed by as much as possible the basic requirements of our customers. These even include adding extra lubricant components like our additives that enhance lubricant performance and reliability. Often lubricant blending processes are repeated until the product meets our own stringent controls regardless of customers' basics requirements. In fact it is a point of hour for us to exceed customer requirements on a regular basis.

LABORATORY TESTING – fully equipped

At TOPAZ we have fully-equipped State-of-the-art laboratory, which meets local and international standards, is capable of conducting a wide range of analytical tests for customers as well as fulfilling our own research functions. However, ours is not a static laboratory. Topaz is constantly upgrading and expanding the range of functions the laboratory is capable of.

Currently we regularly conduct in-house testing, analysis of customer products, specification checks, quality control tests on our own and customer lubricant products. This is done to ensure we meet our customer satisfaction goals, our own quality standards and our research and development aims.

2. Atomic Absorption Spectrophotomery (AAS)
Application: Used for the elemental analysis of lubricating oils containing any one/or any combination of Zn, Ca, Mg, Na & Cu.

3. Water Separability Equipment
Application: Used for measurement of the ability of petroleum oils or synthetic fluids to separate from water. It is also used for specification of new oils and monitoring of in-service oils.

4. Kinematic Viscosity Equipment @ 40°C & 100°C
Application: Used to determine the kinematic viscosity of liquid petroleum products, both transparent and opaque, by measuring the time for a volume to flow under gravity through a calibrated glass capillary viscometer.

5. Foaming Test Apparatus
Application: Used to determine the following characteristics of a lubricating oil at specified temperatures. Means of empirically rating the foaming tendency and the stability of the foam are described.

6. Color Meter
Application: Cover Visual determination of the color of a variety of petroleum products using the Analis Colorimeter Model P536 and it is in accordance to the ASTM D1500 method.

7. Density Meter.
Application: Used to measure the density of petroleum products (mass per unit volume) at specified temperature.

8. Flash Point Open Cup/Close Cup
Application: Used to determine the flash point & fire point of petroleum products by a semi automatic open/close cup apparatus. This equipment is applicable to all petroleum products with the flash point above 79°C & below 400°C.

9. Mittler Toledo DL5 3 Automatic Titrator
Application: Used to measure the total base number of the petroleum products by titration with perchloric acid in glacial acetic acid.