Tim Sullivan

TIM@LUBESNGREASES.COM

Executive Editor - Tim joined Lubes’n’Greases in 2001. He has worked on a number of the company’s publications and products and now has editorial oversight of publications, responsible for working with our editors and staff writers to maintain the high quality and relevance of these offerings. He is also a member of the company planning team. Before joining Lubes’n’Greases he was a reporter for community newspapers. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Hope College in Holland, Michigan.

Recent Articles

Arteco Opens Coolants Plant in China

Arteco Opens Coolants Plant in China

Arteco formally opened a coolant factory in Nantong, China, this week, stating that the facility will make products for …

Cerilon to Use Chevron Technology

Cerilon to Use Chevron Technology

Gas-to-liquids startup Cerilon said today that it has agreed to license Chevron processing technology for its base oil a …

Fire Breaks Out at Port-Jerome Refinery

Fire Breaks Out at Port-Jerome Refinery

The status of base oil production at ExxonMobil’s refinery in Port-Jerome-sur-Seine, France, was unclear after a broke …

ILSAC GF-7 Sent to Ballot

ILSAC GF-7 Sent to Ballot

ILSAC GF-7, the next pair of industry performance specifications for engine oils used in conventional light-duty vehicle …

SI Enters Manufacturing Agreement in China

SI Enters Manufacturing Agreement in China

SI Group has entered a long-term agreement to have some of its chemical products manufactured by Dingjide Petrochemical …

Auto Sales Rose in India in 2023

Auto Sales Rose in India in 2023

Motorcycle and moped sales in India rose 9% during the 2023 calendar year, while sales of new passenger cars topped 4 mi …

EPA May Slow Emissions Clampdown

EPA May Slow Emissions Clampdown

After pushback from automakers and unions, the United States Environmental Protection Agency may propose slowing the pac …

Vickers Opening Food-grade Lube Plant

Vickers Opening Food-grade Lube Plant

Vickers Oils announced it has built a lubricant blending plant in the Leeds, United Kingdom, area dedicated to productio …

SK, Hyundai Partner on Refrigerants for EVs

SK, Hyundai Partner on Refrigerants for EVs

SK Enmove and Hyundai Motor Group entered an agreement last week to jointly develop refrigerants for heating and cooling …

Novvi Exits Bankruptcy with New Structure

Novvi Exits Bankruptcy with New Structure

Renewable base stock supplier Novvi emerged from voluntary bankruptcy last week with a new ownership structure and a cap …

Total, Veolia Recycle Used Bottles in U.A.E.

Total, Veolia Recycle Used Bottles in U.A.E.

TotalEnergies and waste management firm Veolia have formed a partnership to recycle used automotive lubricant containers …

Solvay Spins Off Specialty Chemicals Unit

Solvay Spins Off Specialty Chemicals Unit

Solvay last month completed the spin-off of its specialty chemicals business, which has been named Syensqo and supplies …

Agreement Aims to Restart Curacao Refinery

Agreement Aims to Restart Curacao Refinery

Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. and the owner of Refineria Isla have reached an agreement resolving a debt dispute and re-es …

Nynas, Stena Link to Recycle Transformer Fluid

Nynas, Stena Link to Recycle Transformer Fluid

Nynas AB has entered a partnership with waste management firm Stena Recycling to collect, process and reuse used electri …

Vietnam Requires Lube Suppliers to Recycle

Vietnam Requires Lube Suppliers to Recycle

Vietnam this week enacted an extended producer responsibility law requiring suppliers of lubricants and other materials …

Vibra Rejects Offer, Will Consider Others

Vibra Rejects Offer, Will Consider Others

Vibra Energia, one of Brazil’s largest lubricant suppliers, recently rejected a merger offer from Eneva, calling the p …

Richful Receives Warning from Securities Bureau

Richful Receives Warning from Securities Bureau

Richful Lube Additive Co. disclosed this week that it received a warning from securities officials who concluded that so …

Shareholders Approve Livent-Allkem Merger

Shareholders Approve Livent-Allkem Merger

Shareholders of lithium suppliers Livent Corp. and Allkem Ltd. both approved their proposed merger this month, the last …