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Afton Profit Down for Quarter, Up for 2023

Afton Profit Down for Quarter, Up for 2023

Afton Chemical suffered drops in sales and operating profit for the fourth quarter plus a dip in sales for the full year …

Lubrizol Inks Licensing Deal with BASF

Lubrizol Inks Licensing Deal with BASF

BASF and Lubrizol struck a deal last week for the latter to produce and distribute several products from two lines of in …

Lubrication Systems, Pumps Maker Acquired

Lubrication Systems, Pumps Maker Acquired

Aerospace and defense manufacturer Crane Co. acquired lubrication pump and system components producer Vian Enterprises f …

Trecora Acquires Pentasulfide Producer

Trecora Acquires Pentasulfide Producer

Petrochemical manufacturer Trecora LLC announced last week that it has acquired the lubricant additives business of Chem …

Quaker Chem, HF Sinclair Net Higher Earnings

Quaker Chem, HF Sinclair Net Higher Earnings

Earnings at Quaker Chemical and HF Sinclair’s lubricants and specialty segment rose for the third quarter ended Sept. …

U.S. Base Oil Production Falters

U.S. Base Oil Production Falters

Which factors stunted base oil production in the United States during the first half of this year?

Revenue, Waste Oil Volume Fall for Safety-Kleen

Revenue, Waste Oil Volume Fall for Safety-Kleen

Clean Harbors reported a challenging third quarter for its Safety-Kleen segment – which includes waste oil collection …

Fuchs Profit Rises Despite Dip in Sales

Fuchs Profit Rises Despite Dip in Sales

Fuchs SE posted an 11% increase in third quarter profits, compared to the same period of last year, despite a small drop …

ACEA Official: Engine Oil Specs for Years to Come

ACEA Official: Engine Oil Specs for Years to Come

The European Automobile Manufacturers Association will probably continue developing automotive engine oil specifications …

Shell Acquires Transformer Fluid, Coolant Lines

Shell Acquires Transformer Fluid, Coolant Lines

Shell Lubricants acquired two product lines from United Kingdom-based M&I Materials Ltd. – one for synthetic and e …

Aramco Acquires Chilean Blender, Distributor

Aramco Acquires Chilean Blender, Distributor

Saudi Aramco is entering the South American lubricants market after fully acquiring Chilean blender, distributor and ret …

Fuchs Buys Partner Share of Chile J.V.

Fuchs Buys Partner Share of Chile J.V.

Independent lubricant manufacturer Fuchs Petrolub bought out its partner in a joint venture distributorship in Chile, th …

Jax Opens New Headquarters in Wisconsin

Jax Opens New Headquarters in Wisconsin

Jax Lubricants has completed construction of a new headquarters and a factory expansion that increases its lubricants an …

Conditions Eased for Potential Isla Operator

Conditions Eased for Potential Isla Operator

The Curacao government has received interest from at least 15 companies to operate the Isla Refinery, the director of th …

SBZ Begins Manufacturing in U.S.

SBZ Begins Manufacturing in U.S.

British lubricant additives maker SBZ Corp. announced it has begun manufacturing its lubricant additive packages in the …

Valvoline Inc. Reports Higher Profits, Sales

Valvoline Inc. Reports Higher Profits, Sales

Valvoline Inc. reported large increases in income and sales from continuing operations and in system-wide store sales fo …

EVs to Dent Motor Oils, Metalworking Fluids

EVs to Dent Motor Oils, Metalworking Fluids

In less than 20 years, the vast majority of new car sales in Europe are projected to be electric vehicles, a shift that …

European Grease Output Nearly Steady in 2022

European Grease Output Nearly Steady in 2022

European grease production declined slightly in 2022, dipping less than a third of one percent compared to the prior yea …