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Career Moves: Who’s now working where?

Career Moves: Who’s now working where?

New appointments and promotions.

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Specialty chemical company Pilot Chemical and low-crabon base oil company Novvi entered into an exclusive partnership t …

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Lubrizol picked IMCD Group to be its new channel partner for the lubricant and fuel additives market in Vietnam. IMCD i …

Career Moves: Who’s Working Where

Career Moves: Who’s Working Where

Waste oil collector ReGen III Corp. appointed Liam Gallacher to its board. As a current shareholder, Liam brings experi …

API Is Not Alone

API Is Not Alone

Who are the major players in motor oil specification development right now, and how are they impacting the lubricants in …

What the Story Behind EHC 340 MAX?

What the Story Behind EHC 340 MAX?

ExxonMobil is preparing to roll out a new extra-heavy neutral Group II base stock. What are the advantages of the base s …

Navigating the Future

Navigating the Future

Kline & Co.’s David Tsui explains how sustainability, resiliency and specification upgrades will impact the global lub …

TIMWOOD: The Unsung Powerhouse in Operations Excellence

TIMWOOD: The Unsung Powerhouse in Operations Excellence

Industry veteran Ganesan Ganapathi outlines how employing the TIMWOOD principle can help to eliminate waste and increase …

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Castrol tapped Rock Energy Ltd. to be the U.K. lubricant company’s exclusive product distributor in Bangladesh. Rock E …

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Used engine oil is typically burned for heat, recycled into vehicle fuel or rerefined into base oil. But in Dar es Sala …

Cutting Costs: Three Ways Lubricants Can Help to Lower Expenses

Cutting Costs: Three Ways Lubricants Can Help to Lower Expenses

Shell’s Frank Machatschek shares expert insights on how lubrication can have a disproportionately large impact on flee …

Greener Lubes for Ships: EALs and their Future in Marine Applications

Greener Lubes for Ships: EALs and their Future in Marine Applications

Raj Shah and Bob Fang explore new research on environmentally acceptable lubricants that can be used as antifouling agen …

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Azerbaijan produced 6,200 metric tons of lubricating oils in January and February, marking a decline of 32% from the sa …

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Planned maintenance is due at Orlen’s refinery in Plock, Poland starting May 7 for four weeks plus another two weeks for …

NYCO Opens Greenfield Manufacturing Facility

NYCO Opens Greenfield Manufacturing Facility

NYCO, an integrated specialist in the fabrication of high-performance lubricants and component synthetic base esters, is …

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TotalEnergies Lubrifiants integrated an immersion-cooled battery into a Renault Mégane E-Tech, a mass market electric …

What’s Next for Polymer Dissolving Technology?

What’s Next for Polymer Dissolving Technology?

Gero Thalemann explains how a new, patented polymer dissolving process can improve lubricant quality while increasing pr …

Turbulence in the High Seas

Turbulence in the High Seas

Kline & Co. explains how technological advances, environmental legislation and evolving market dynamics are transforming …