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Chile Court Hears Legal Challenge to Lubricating Oils EPR Decree

Chile Court Hears Legal Challenge to Lubricating Oils EPR Decree

Chile’s Second Environmental Court has heard legal challenges from Copec, Enex and PTH Grupo Ambiental seeking to ann …

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Kawasaki New Synthetic 4-stroke Bike OilKawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. has launched a new synthetic 4-str …

Dumarey and Petronas Test Hydrogen Engine Oil

Dumarey and Petronas Test Hydrogen Engine Oil

Dumarey Group, a Belgian automotive engineering services company, and Malaysia’s Petronas Lubricants International ha …

Pakelo Acquires Uveol to Expand Industrial Lubricants

Pakelo Acquires Uveol to Expand Industrial Lubricants

Pakelo Motor Oil S.p.A. has completed the acquisition of Uveol Srl, taking full ownership of the Italian specialist in …

CPP Investments to Take Minority Stake in Castrol

CPP Investments to Take Minority Stake in Castrol

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board agreed to acquire an indirect, non-controlling stake in Castrol as part of a trans …

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Kawasaki New Synthetic 4-stroke Bike OilKawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. has launched a new synthetic 4-str …

ATIEL Updates Engine Oil Code to Address Rerefined Base Stocks

ATIEL Updates Engine Oil Code to Address Rerefined Base Stocks

The Technical Association of the European Lubricants Industry (ATIEL) has issued an updated version of its engine oil C …

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SK Enmove Opens China Technology Center in ShanghaiSK Enmove held an opening ceremony on Dec. 15 for its …

API Moves PC-12 HDEO Category Toward 2027 Licensing

API Moves PC-12 HDEO Category Toward 2027 Licensing

The American Petroleum Institute (API) Lubricants Group has agreed to move forward with balloting on three proposals …

Streamlining and New Executive Roles at Motiva

Streamlining and New Executive Roles at Motiva

On Monday, Motiva Enterprises began a restructuring its commercial functions, introduces a standalone marketing and sal …

Oronite Opens Depot in Dubai

Oronite Opens Depot in Dubai

Chevron Oronite has opened a new storage facility in the Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai, partnering with RSA-Talke, a log …

Valvoline Must Divest Stores Before Oil Changers Deal, FTC

Valvoline Must Divest Stores Before Oil Changers Deal, FTC

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission ordered Valvoline Inc. to divest 45 quick-lube shops as a condition for clearing its …

US-China Truce on Port Fees

US-China Truce on Port Fees

The United States and China have agreed to suspend their tit-for-tat application of port service fees on each other’s …

DuPont to Build New China Production Facility

DuPont to Build New China Production Facility

DuPont held a groundbreaking ceremony on Nov. 18 for a new specialty lubricants production facility in Zhangjiagang, Ji …

Lubrication Needs for Internal Combustion Engines Still Evolving

Lubrication Needs for Internal Combustion Engines Still Evolving

Electric vehicles draw much attention, but
automakers will continue making internal
combustion engines for years to co …

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Infineum and Indian Oil Sign MoUInfineum and Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. signed a memorandum of understanding in Mumbai on No …

Asia-Pacific Leading Regional Growth for Fuchs

Asia-Pacific Leading Regional Growth for Fuchs

Fuchs SE reported a modest recovery in its third quarter, with sales of €896 million, down 1% on a reported basis but …

Weak Market Dampens Lanxess Earnings

Weak Market Dampens Lanxess Earnings

German specialty chemicals company Lanxess said a “weak economic environment and massive geopolitical uncertainties …