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Aussie Blender Plans New Facility

Aussie Blender Plans New Facility

Australian independent motor oils blender Nulon has submitted plans to build a $10 million, 10,696 square meter producti …

Fuchs Expands in Australia

Fuchs Expands in Australia

Fresh from its official opening of a lubricants blending plant near Sydney, Fuchs Lubricants Australasia said it is also …

Australian Mining Lags, Expects Recovery

Australian Mining Lags, Expects Recovery

Australias mining industry is currently in a trough, pressuring some lube suppliers to the industry to rely more on tang …

Fuchs Australia Stretches into Bigger Facility

Fuchs Australia Stretches into Bigger Facility

Fuchs Lubricants (Australasia) Ptys new blending plant near Newcastle on Australias east coast will help it shut its dat …

GHS Deadline Looms in Australia

GHS Deadline Looms in Australia

Australias Jan. 1 deadline to comply with a global system of chemical labeling requirements has some of the market’s lub …

Aussie Rerefinery Needs Upgrade

Aussie Rerefinery Needs Upgrade

Cleanaway, one of two rerefiners of base oil in Australia, has received state government approval to upgrade its Hunter …

Aussies Fine without Domestic Base Oils

Aussies Fine without Domestic Base Oils

Australian lubricant and grease blenders say they have adjusted to a new playing field for sourcing base oils in a marke …

Chevron Supplies Group II to Australia

Chevron Supplies Group II to Australia

Chevron will market API Group II base oils through a distribution agreement with Caltex Australia, joining the growing n …

Asian Suppliers Push into Australia

Asian Suppliers Push into Australia

Compared to much of Asia-Pacific, Australia has a large lubricant market with high quality products and high profit marg …

Fuchs Expands in Australia

Fuchs Expands in Australia

Fuchs Petrolub AG has announced it is expanding two production facilities in Australia, bucking the trend of rival lube …

Aussie Manufacturing Shows Life

Aussie Manufacturing Shows Life

The Australian manufacturing sector is showing some signs of life, and thats good news for the nations industrial lubric …

Value Trucks Gain Popularity

Value Trucks Gain Popularity

A convergence of premium and low-cost trucks has created a fast-growing mid-market segment in Asia, referred to as value …

Reducing Lube Use in Trailer Couplings

Reducing Lube Use in Trailer Couplings

V.Orlandi, an Italian towing systems supplier for original equipment manufacturers in Australia, is developing products …

Aussies Develop Real-time Oil Sensor

Aussies Develop Real-time Oil Sensor

Scientists at Australias Edith Cowan University have developed a real-time sensor to detect when an engine oil has degra …

Chevron NZ Sale Draws Complaints

Chevron NZ Sale Draws Complaints

Two competitors have filed objections to Z Energys planned takeover of Chevron New Zealand, which sells Caltex branded f …

Imports Pushing into Australia

Imports Pushing into Australia

Australias lubricant demand may be flat to shrinking, but foreign companies continue to increase the volume that they im …

Aussie Light-duty Fleet Shifts to Diesel

Aussie Light-duty Fleet Shifts to Diesel

Australias fleet of light-duty vehicles continues shifting from gasoline power to diesel – a trend that will require cha …

Chevron Sells NZ Fuels and Lubes Unit

Chevron Sells NZ Fuels and Lubes Unit

Chevron has sold its New Zealand Caltex gasoline service-station network and lubricants interests to Z Energy, the compa …