Automakers and lubricant formulators alike recognize that soot is a bad actor, promoting engine wear and untimely engine failure. Researchers hope a f ...

A Frost & Sullivan analysis projects global lubricant additives revenue to grow 38.2 percent from $11.8 billion in 2013 to $16.3 billion in 2020, ...

Lanxess new Rhein Chemie Additives business unit will launch effective Jan. 1, combining its Rhein Chemie and functional chemicals business units with ...

The grease market is grappling with two opposing trends. Demand is increasing because of industrial and vehicle growth in developing countries, but it ...

David Wedlock discusses the low temperature demands on base oils.

Chevron Oronite announced last week the completion of a major expansion at its lubricant additive plant in Singapore. The project increased the facili ...

KH NeoChem said last week that it had completed a 10 percent expansion of 2-ethyl hexanoic acid at its plant in Yokkaichi, Japan. The chemicals are ca ...

Infineum opened a research and development center in Shanghai, China, last week, as part of its growth plan for the Asia-Pacific region.

Afton Chemical began construction last week of a lubricant additive plant on Jurong Island, Singapore, The facility is scheduled to begin operating in ...

Tianhe Chemicals confirmed last week that its June 12 stock offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange brought a price of H.K. $1.80 (U.S. 23 cents) per ...

In the drive to improve fuel economy, the primary focus has been on reducing friction. But testing at Lubrizol suggests that whats happening at the su ...

Tianhe Chemicals last week conducted a long-awaited stock offering aimed at raising funds to repay debt and invest in product development of its lubri ...

Japans Sanyo Chemical Industries Ltd. will build a plant in Jiangsu Province, China, with capacity to produce 5,000 tons per year of viscosity index i ...

Tom Glenn raises a red flag about the price increases being pushed along by lubricant additive suppliers.

Seeing an open door to the world's lubricant markets, these young additive companies are eager to expand their reach beyond China's borders.

BASF and Sinopec will build a neopentylglycol plant at their joint venture petrochemicals complex in Nanjing, China. NPG is used as a building block i ...

A look inside Germanys market for lubricating greases shows a healthy recovery. It also underscores the challenges facing grease manufacturers worldwi ...

The additives maker has anted up a hefty $150 million to build a salicylate plant in Singapore. And it says a new plant in China wont be far behind.

Gasoline direct-injection engines, many with turbochargers, will be in over half of new cars by 2020. Are formulators facing a physical cliff of oxida ...

As greasemakers eye the next round of EU chemical registrations, some may need to weed out specialty products that dont support the cost of compliance ...