Lubes'n'Greases – May 2020
A New LSPI Test for Aged Oil
ILSAC GF-6 makes its debut this month, but trouble is already brewing around LPSI prevention as engine oils age. A new test is in the works... read more
Lubes'n'Greases EMEA – June 2020
Get Set, Flow
Hydraulic systems need the correct viscosity fluid to balance opposing efficiency loss mechanisms. A team of German researchers looked into how this plays out in metal-cutting... read more
Lubes'n'Greases – May 2020
The Test that Keeps on Giving
The ROBO test brought significant savings as a stand-in for an engine test for low-temperature performance in aged oil, and it may not have reached its... read more
Lubes'n'Greases EMEA – June 2020
Trading Pressures
In today’s lube marketplace, product differentiation is key to capturing share especially during this depressed demand period. But the forces of lubricant commoditization are making it... read more
U.S. Base Oil Price Report
Lingering Covid-19-related issues and the Memorial Day holiday resulted in a fairly subdued domestic base oils market, but participants clung to hopes that activity would improve as businesses across the United States reopened, more people took to the road, and factories resumed production.–by Gabriela Wheeler
Asia Base Oil Price Report
Prospects of a swift recovery for the battered base oil market appeared slim; instead, a majority of participants expected a gradual process stretched over the next few months as most economies reopened following coronavirus-related lockdowns.–by Gabriela Wheeler
EMEA Base Oil Price Report
Beginning this month, Lube Report will temporarily publish Ray Masson’s column every other week. His EMEA Base Oil Price Report will appear again in next week’s issue.
Bruce Lerner will join HollyFrontier as president of HollyFrontier Lubricants and Specialties effective June 1. Lerner succeeds Mark Plake, who will step down from the role on June 1 and retire from the company on Dec. 31.
After a merger of Jagger Advisory‘s global lubricants services with IHS Markit‘s Oil, Midstream and Downstream consulting unit, Suzan Jagger has been named vice president of the IHS Markit OMD Consulting team. She will be responsible for leading the business development, delivery and management of the consulting service in global lubricants.
MFG Chemical named Paul Turgeon president and CEO, succeeding Keith Arnold. The company also appointed Jonathan O’Dwyer as vice president of commercial operations.
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