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China Market Reaches Value Turning Point

China Market Reaches Value Turning Point

China’s domestic lubricant industry is entering a critical phase of transformation, shifting toward a more results-or …

Hydrogen-powered ICEs: Different Fuel, Different Lubrication

Hydrogen-powered ICEs: Different Fuel, Different Lubrication

For heavy-duty vehicles, hydrogen-powered internal combustion engines can be an easier step away from fossil fuels, but …

Smith & Allan Halts Sale of PCMO After VLS Investigation

Smith & Allan Halts Sale of PCMO After VLS Investigation

Smith & Allan has withdrawn its Momentum C3 SWTL 5W-30 engine oil following an investigation by Verification of Lub …

API Activates Emergency Licensing Amid Global Base Oil Crisis

API Activates Emergency Licensing Amid Global Base Oil Crisis

The American Petroleum Institute activated Emergency Provisional Licensing for participants in its Engine Oil Licensing …

IOCL, ReSustainability to Set Up RRBO Network in India

IOCL, ReSustainability to Set Up RRBO Network in India

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd (IOCL) and Re Sustainability Ltd plan to establish a nationwide system for collecting and rerefini …

Puma and Hass Sign Lube Deal in DRC

Puma and Hass Sign Lube Deal in DRC

Puma Energy has entered the Democratic Republic of Congo’s lubricants market through a five-year agreement with Hass …

King Industries Expands Alkylated Naphthalene Production

King Industries Expands Alkylated Naphthalene Production

King Industries, Inc., a specialty chemicals manufacturer headquartered in Connecticut, U.S., has begun full operations …

Shell to Flog Off Jiffy Lube

Shell to Flog Off Jiffy Lube

Shell agreed to sell Jiffy Lube International and its subsidiary Premium Velocity Auto to an affiliate of Monomoy Capit …

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Repsol’s Bike Oils Hit the Track

Repsol Lubricants introduced the Extreme range of motorcycle oils, developed usi …

Fuchs Ups Output from U.K. Site

Fuchs Ups Output from U.K. Site

The United Kingdom operating unit of Fuchs has increased manufacturing capacity at its Stoke-on-Trent site, investing i …

Idemitsu and Aramco Ink Base Oil Deal

Idemitsu and Aramco Ink Base Oil Deal

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. and Saudi Aramco signed a base oil supply agreement aimed at strengthening supply stability an …

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Vertex Expands Group III Portfolio with VTX-R6

Vertex Energy Inc. has added VTX-R6, a 6 centiStoke API Gro …

Pentas Flora Japan RRBO Expansion

Pentas Flora Japan RRBO Expansion

Malaysian waste management company and rerefiner Pentas Flora will supply rerefined API Group II+ and Group III base oi …

Dos and Don’ts for Commissioning a Blending Plant

Dos and Don’ts for Commissioning a Blending Plant

Ganesan Ganapathi offers best practices
for commissioning and starting up finished
lubricant factories.

Is the PCMO Market Losing Its Middle? 

Is the PCMO Market Losing Its Middle? 

Thomas Glenn observes that synthetic
blends are falling from the middle tiers of
the passenger car motor oil market.

Next-gen Lubes Revolutionize Automotive Assembly

Next-gen Lubes Revolutionize Automotive Assembly

In the fast-evolving landscape of automotive manufacturing, assembly robots are the unsung heroes of precision engineer …

Idemitsu Inks Base Oil Alliance With Saudi Aramco

Idemitsu Inks Base Oil Alliance With Saudi Aramco

Japanese refiner Idemitsu Kosan Co. and Saudi Aramco inked a agreement to cover the supply and procurement of lubricati …

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Briefly Noted

Chevron Delo TorqForce MP Secures Allison TES 781 Approval Chevron announced that Delo TorqForce MP is the first a …