Additive Components

Ingevity has reached an agreement to sell its crude tall oil refinery in North Charleston, South Carolina, the latest in a series of restructuring ste ...

The story of copper as an additive is a good one. The story of how a startup took that technology from the pages of Soviet-era tribology papers and tu ...

Global grease production entered its tenth year of decline in 2024, found the National Lubricating Grease Institute in its global grease production su ...

Navigating the Future

April 30, 2025

Kline & Co.’s David Tsui explains how sustainability, resiliency and specification upgrades will impact the global lubricant additives industry.

Lithium thickeners rule the market. But why is lithium grease so popular, and might its popularity peter out as formulators develop other types of gre ...

Richful Lube Additive Co. and Farabi Petrochemicals have inked an agreement to build the first full-fledged lubricant additive factory in Saudi Arabia ...

Gero Thalemann explains how a new, patented polymer dissolving process can improve lubricant quality while increasing production efficiency.

Lubrizol examines the pros and cons of various types of extreme pressure additives in metalworking fluid formulations.

Pilot Chemical Co. said last week that it will significantly expand its capacity to produce anionic surfactants at its specialty chemical factory in M ...

Ingevity is considering divesting from certain performance chemicals industrial specialties product lines at its site in North Charleston, South Carol ...

Mitsubishi Cancels MMA Plant

January 15, 2025

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., part of the Japanese industrial giant Mitsubishi, axed plans to open a 350,000-metric-tons-per-year methyl methacrylate pla ...

Growth in developing markets and supply chain disruptions have led to the emergence of a new generation of additives suppliers. Trevor Gauntlett expla ...

As first license for GF-7 nears, lubricant manufacturers must adjust their blending strategies to meet new performance requirements.

Is copper a viable anti-wear solution, and what barriers might it face on its way to market?

Performance chemicals company Ingevity Corp. is to close its Crossett, Arkansas facility and shift oleo production to North Charleston, South Carolina ...

Ingevity Corp. ended its crude tall oil purchase agreement with GP Pine Chemicals LLC after several years of partnership, citing a strategic realignme ...

China’s grease industry continued shifting away from lithium soap thickeners, according to the latest survey from the United States-based National L ...

The grease industry’s use of lithium soap thickeners continued to decline in 2023 both worldwide and in North America, as producers looked for ways ...

The portion of greases made with lithium thickeners continued to decline in Europe in 2023, according to the latest survey by the National Lubricating ...