Motul is a French company manufacturing and trading lubrication materials for various types of vehicles and industrial use seated in Aubervilliers, France. The year of the foundation of Motul is considered to be 1853 when Swan & Finch, a company from New York, started its business in the area of high-quality lubricants. In 1932 the company came to the French market via its partner Supra Penn. Nowever, Swan & Finch suspended its activities in 1957 and Supra Pen acquired its rights and contracts for the supply of the main product under the brand name of Motul and registered a company in France under the same name, as Motul S.A.