In 1862 Etienne Lenoir built the first car with a combustion engine. Since that time lots of things have changed. Cars have become faster, safer and more comfortable. And the developments are still going further under the influence of increasingly strict environmental demands. Forté keeps close track of it all and develops maintenance products which allow modern engines to give an optimum performance.

Forté International is the undisputed world market leader in problem solving potential in the petrochemical field. The group is noted for its vast technical know-how and supplies maintenance products of paramount quality to the automotive, motorcycle, shipping and agricultural industry in more than sixty countries. Forté Noord-West Europa BV, with its main seat in the Netherlands, is a household word in the European automotive industry. Twenty years ago Forté was the first in the Netherlands, who seriously accosted the problem of soiling of fuel systems which resulted in acceptance of fuel additives