Lubes'n'Greases Magazine
- The current upheaval of base oil markets is severe enough to seem mythical except that lubricant producers are feeling the very real brunt.
- Some of the inputs for calculating product carbon footprints can vary significantly, which underscores the importance of specific data, but some data is difficult to obtain.
- A vendor offers examples of how to use artificial intelligence to sort formulating priorities during supply chain disruptions.
- Costs for lithium, a key grease ingredient, have eased for now, but a Nynas official predicts grease suppliers will continue encountering reasons to consider alternatives.
- Registrations under the landmark chemicals regulation (REACH) began in 2007, but implementation has several steps, and some grease thickeners are still in process.
- Are base stocks a commodity? Maybe they once were, but those days are long gone, given the range of properties, even within API groups.
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Features
SUSTAINABILITY / EUROPE
The Lifecycle Data Challenge in Base Oils and Lubricants
Some of the inputs for calculating product carbon footprints can vary significantly, which underscores the importance of specific data, but some data is difficult to obtain.
RAW MATERIALS / GLOBAL
Resilience in Lubricants Now Depends on Better Formulation Decisions
A vendor offers examples of how to use artificial intelligence to sort formulating priorities during supply chain disruptions.
LITHIUM / GLOBAL
Pressures Stacking Up on Lithium
Costs for the key grease ingredient have eased for now, but a Nynas official predicts grease suppliers will continue encountering reasons to consider alternatives.
GREASE THICKENERS / EUROPE
REACH 20 Years on: A Review for Grease Thickeners
Registrations under the landmark chemicals regulation began in 2007, but implementation has several steps, and some grease thickeners are still in process.
Departments
BASE STOCKS / NORTH AMERICA
June Base Oil Report
Our Industry’s Own Odyssey
The current upheaval of base oil markets is severe enough to seem mythical except that lubricant producers are feeling the very real brunt.
LUBRICANT SPECIFICATIONS / NORTH AMERICA
Automotive
Are Base Stocks a Commodity?
Maybe they once were, but those days are long gone, given the range of properties, even within API groups.