Additives

March 23 marked the deadline for stakeholders to submit comments about environmental risks and critical applications associated with medium- and long- ...

Independent investment company Bencis Capital Partners acquired a 50.1 percent majority share in Netherlands-based BRB Holdings B.V., which will allow ...

Tianhe Chemicals Groups lubricant additive business posted a slight increase in revenue in 2015, the company reported last week. It also advised that ...

Corrosion destroys both equipment and lubricants, but corrosion inhibitors present many challenges for lube formulators. Can the foe be vanquished?

Infineum announced Thursday the opening of its first wholly owned lubricant additive production site in China, a 100,000 metric ton per year blending ...

BASF Petronas Chemicals Sdn broke ground Thursday on a 50,000 metric ton per year highly reactive polyisobutene plant at its petrochemical complex in ...

While the spotlight has been on increasing engine and drivetrain life and efficiency, there was little or no focus on grease.

Metalworking fluid formulators must find ways to keep microbes out as regulations creep in limiting the use of tried and true biocides.

Improving the Lapping Process

February 17, 2016

Lapping is a highly precise metal removal process that produces extremely flat surfaces with very low roughness. Additives must be carefully matched t ...

Feb. 22 is the deadline for submitting comments and more data for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys ongoing preliminary risk assessment of med ...

Nyco Now Makes Additives

February 3, 2016

Nyco announced yesterday that it has begun producing its first line of additives from a new unit at its Tournai, Belgium, synthetic lubes and ester ba ...

If Not Chlorine, What?

January 22, 2016

The search is on for the next generation of extreme pressure additives to replace chlorinated paraffins in metalworking fluids.

Keen For Green

January 22, 2016

With polyalphaolefin demand growing faster than supply, Illinois renewables company Elevance believes its plant-based version is the answer. How fast ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has made public new documents regarding its preliminary risk assessment of medium- and long-chain chlorinated ...

Additives Boost Fuel Economy

December 29, 2015

Protecting engine parts with surface-active additives is critical to improving fuel economy, and may be a revolution in lubricant formulations, Lubriz ...

Croda Expands Singapore Plant

December 29, 2015

Croda International Plc announced last week that it completed an expansion that doubled the size of its alkoxylation plant in Singapore.

Demand for higher performance products means higher demand for additives, but not all components will benefit equally.

Can very-long-chain chlorinated paraffins replace their cousins, which have been targeted by EPA?

Chemtura Corp. will build a second lubricant antioxidant plant at its Latina, Italy, site, doubling its capacity there by the end of 2016. The Philade ...

Globalization in the raw materials and additives markets is having a significant impact on lubricant manufacturing companies. The consequences of the ...