Lubes'n'Greases – July 2020
Spotlight on Food-grade Lubricants
From dairy and meat to confectionary and fruit, the food processing industry is thriving and demand continues to grow. One company shares how its compressor oils... 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 – July 2020
Lubricants Breathe Life into Ventilators
While blenders converting their production lines for hand sanitizer grab headlines, companies that make greases for life-saving ventilators are quietly doing their part to combat the... 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
The United States base oil market was chugging along, faced with many uncertainties as health experts were still trying to decide whether the country was facing a second wave of COVID-19 cases, or dealing with a surge of the original round of infections.–By Gabriela Wheeler
Asia Base Oil Price Report
Tightening supply and steeper feedstock prices have resulted in stable to firm spot base oil prices in Asia, but lingering uncertainties generated by the COVID-19 pandemic forced many market players to take a cautious stance.–By Gabriela Wheeler
EMEA Base Oil Price Report
Base oil demand still shows no sign of returning to pre-pandemic levels, but prices have started to recover, particularly in the API Group I camp where prices possibly had no further to fall.– by Ray Masson.
The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers elected Paul Hetherington from Petro-Canada Lubricants Inc. as the organization’s 2020-2021 president.
Chris Wholley succeeded Peter Vickers—who will remain as chairman—as managing director of UK-based Vickers Oils on March 30. Wholley has served as deputy managing director for several years and as technical director since 2002.
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.
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