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Swedish Surfactants Plant Expands

Swedish Surfactants Plant Expands

Nouryon announced Aug. 27 that it will double capacity at its surfactants plant in Stenungsund, Sweden, through a 12-mil …

Mixed Results for EU Vehicle Sales

Mixed Results for EU Vehicle Sales

Commercial vehicle registrations across the Europe Union grew 5.8 percent to almost 1.4 million vehicles over the first …

NLGI Pursues Future Grease Specs

NLGI Pursues Future Grease Specs

The National Lubricating Grease Institute yesterday announced a collaboration with the Center for Quality Assurance to d …

Study Plugs Scrubbers for IMO 2020

Study Plugs Scrubbers for IMO 2020

A Norwegian research group recently stated that overall emissions of greenhouse gases would be lower if ships installed …

Rerefining Subsidies Hiked in Spain

Rerefining Subsidies Hiked in Spain

The non-profit organization that manages the recycling of used lubricants in Spain raised its subsidy for oil collection …

Croda Acquires Rewitec

Croda Acquires Rewitec

Croda International Plc announced last week the acquisition of Rewitec GmbH, stating it aims to help the German additive …

Sasol Opens New China Alkoxylation Facility

Sasol Opens New China Alkoxylation Facility

Sasol Ltd. opened its alkoxylation plant in Nanjing, China, last week, expanding its production of surfactants, some of …

BASF Increases Carboxylic Acid Capacity

BASF Increases Carboxylic Acid Capacity

BASF increased its global production capacity for isononanoic acid and 2-ethylhexanoic acid – considered higher carboxyl …

Oxea to Add Sixth Carboxylic Acid Plant

Oxea to Add Sixth Carboxylic Acid Plant

Oxea announced on July 5 plans to build a new plant in Oberhausen, Germany, by the end of 2021 to produce carboxylic aci …

New Steel Drum Plant to Serve Western India

New Steel Drum Plant to Serve Western India

Balmer Lawrie & Co. opened a new industrial packaging plant that manufactures steel drums last month in Vadodara, in the …

EPA Proposes Ban of Lube Additive

EPA Proposes Ban of Lube Additive

The United States Environmental Protection Agency proposed Friday to ban the use of 2,4,6-Tris(tert-butyl)phenol as a lu …

Study Calculates Emissions Cuts from Lubes

Study Calculates Emissions Cuts from Lubes

Advanced lubricants will have contributed up to 4.1 percent of the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from transport …

EAL Performance Triggers Rules Update

EAL Performance Triggers Rules Update

Norway-based classification society DNV GL will update its shaft alignment design rules to differentiate between environ …

Pertamina Aids Lube Distributors with Financing

Pertamina Aids Lube Distributors with Financing

Pertamina Lubricants and Bank Rakyat Indonesia signed a cooperation agreement recently intended to provide financing to …

Auto Sales Growth Forecast in Latin America

Auto Sales Growth Forecast in Latin America

The passenger vehicle market in Latin America is projected to grow 4.3 percent in 2019 to 5.7 million new units, accordi …

Fuchs Opens New Plant in China

Fuchs Opens New Plant in China

Fuchs Petrolub SE announced yesterday the opening of its new lubricants blending plant in Wujiang in Chinas Jiangsu prov …

Aceto Sells Performance Chemicals Business

Aceto Sells Performance Chemicals Business

Aceto sold its performance chemicals business, which supplies lubricant additives, to New York investment firm New Mount …

No National Class Action for Dollar General Suits

No National Class Action for Dollar General Suits

A federal judge last week granted statewide class action status to 16 groups of consumers suing Dollar General for selli …