Lubes’n’Greases – July 2018
Setting Limits for Food Grade Lubes
No one wants lubes in their food, but H1 lubricant manufacturers are cautious about the practicalities of current limits...read more
Lubes’n’Greases EMEA – July 2018
EU’s Ecolabel Gets Practical Update
The EU’s Ecolabel standard for lubricants is being updated. While it has raised some concerns among those in the lubricants industry, its aim to protect the environment is on course...read more
Lubes’n’Greases – July 2018
Are Stop-start Engines Wearing Thin?
Fuel-saving stop-start engine technology irritates some drivers. Does it wear on engines as much as nerves?...read more
Lubes’n’Greases EMEA – July 2018
Political Tensions Threaten Middle East Growth
As the Middle East’s largest lubricants market, Iran is a major buyer and supplier of oil products. But what effects will the U.S. exit of the nuclear deal have on the wider region?...read more
U.S. Base Oil Price Report
Base oil producers watched the fall of crude oil prices with a certain degree of relief as margins had been squeezed by lofty values in previous weeks, and an attempt to adjust base stock prices had seemed a futile exercise due to soft demand fundamentals.–by Gabriela Wheeler
EMEA Base Oil Price Report
Base oil markets throughout European, the Middle East and African remain stable but are menaced by a number of factors that could exert upward or downward pressure on prices. –by Ray Masson
SSY Base Oil Shipping Report
There has been a tiny improvement in cargo volumes out of the United States this week, Asian markets are mostly unchanged, and Europe is now starting to slow down.–by Adrian Brown
Asia Base Oil Price Report
With crude oil prices retreating over the last couple of weeks, some of the pressure on base oil values has been lifted, but producers still feel their margins are squeezed on the back of higher production costs since earlier in the year.–by Gabriela Wheeler
Consultant Roy Fewkes died May 11 at age 69.
Vicki Case was appointed global marketing director at Ametek Brookfield.
Raj Shah of Koehler Instrument Co. became the youngest recipient of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers’ P.M. Ku Award.
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