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Fuchs to Shift Nulon Manufacturing

Fuchs to Shift Nulon Manufacturing

Fuchs Petrolub will relocate production of recently acquired Nulon-branded lubricants to its own facilities in the state …

Lube Association Forms in Australia

Lube Association Forms in Australia

The newly created Australian Lubricant Association plans to set up processes to verify labels and standardization of lub …

Chevron Ending License with Caltex Australia

Chevron Ending License with Caltex Australia

Caltex Australia will rebrand its operations after Chevron notified the company that it cannot use the Caltex brand on i …

Viva Buys Out Liberty Wholesale Business

Viva Buys Out Liberty Wholesale Business

Viva Energy, Shells exclusive lubricants distributor in Australia, has completed its purchase of the remaining 50 percen …

Caltex Australia Rejects Takeover Bid

Caltex Australia Rejects Takeover Bid

Caltex Australia, one of Australias biggest lubricants and grease suppliers, rejected an unsolicited A$8.6 billion (U.S. …

Canadian Company Swoops in for Caltex Australia

Canadian Company Swoops in for Caltex Australia

Canadian convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard has made a takeover offer for Caltex Australia, one of Aust …

Hydrodec’s Australian Assets Destined for UK

Hydrodec’s Australian Assets Destined for UK

United Kingdom-based Hydrodec Group this week unveiled details of the sale of its Australian hydrotreater – to its bigge …

When  Australian  Grease  Goes Bad

When Australian Grease Goes Bad

After two recalls in Australia this year, grease makers examine how products can slip through the cracks of sophisticate …

Hydrodec Unveils Sale Details for Australian Assets

Hydrodec Unveils Sale Details for Australian Assets

United Kingdom-based Hydrodec Group this week unveiled details of the sale of its Australian hydrotreater – to its bigge …

Aussie Lube Industry Shrinks

Aussie Lube Industry Shrinks

The Australian lubricant industry is in a sustained decline, as local producers face increasing competition from importe …

Nulon Deal Was Departure for Fuchs

Nulon Deal Was Departure for Fuchs

The takeover of Australian retail automotive brand Nulon by Fuchs Petrolub SE signals more than just a consolidation amo …

Fuchs Acquires Australian Lube Blender

Fuchs Acquires Australian Lube Blender

Fuchs Petrolub signed an agreement to acquire independent lubricant blender Nulon Products Australia, an expansion into …

Kiwi Consortium Tackles Oil Bottle Recycling

Kiwi Consortium Tackles Oil Bottle Recycling

Plastic lubricant packaging has been considered too difficult and expensive to recycle, but a group of suppliers aims to …

Rerefined Oils Near Price Parity in Australia

Rerefined Oils Near Price Parity in Australia

The Australian API Group I market depends almost solely on rerefined oils, the price of which is almost equal with its i …

Forecast Sees Growth for Auto Lubes

Forecast Sees Growth for Auto Lubes

Global demand for automotive lubricants should continue to rise even as electric vehicles become more popular, an offici …

Hydrodec Pulls Plug on Australia

Hydrodec Pulls Plug on Australia

Hydrodec Group plans to exit Australia, birthplace of the technology that it uses to rerefine used electrical transforme …

Australians Upbeat About Growth

Australians Upbeat About Growth

Australian lubricant suppliers are unusually buoyant these days, talking about a pick-up in sales and demand in a market …

New Zealand Lube Suppliers Talk Rubbish

New Zealand Lube Suppliers Talk Rubbish

New Zealands biggest lubricant brands have joined forces to recover and recycle waste packaging.