Specialty chemical company Pilot Chemical and low-crabon base oil company Novvi entered into an exclusive partnership to introduce biobased alpha olefin sulfonate surfactants into the U.S. market. Pilot will be the sole distributor of Novvi’s CalCare AOS biobased alpha olefin sulfonates across several applications.
Transformer oil company Redox acquired Molekulis Pty Ltd and Molekulis Limited, solidifying its position in the Australian and New Zealand transformer and speciality oils markets. Molekulis is headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, and operates a transformer oil regeneration facility in New Zealand.
TotalEnergies has expanded up the geographic scope of its new range of engine oils that meet API SQ and ILSAC GF-7 specifications to include Asia Pacific and the Middle East. The range includes Quartz 9000 Future FGC 5W-30, Quartz 9000 Future GF-7 0W-20/5W-30 and Quartz 7000 Future GF-7 5W-30.