Extreme Pressure Additives

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EPA Expected to Switch Course on CPs

Lube Report - April 5, 2017

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will reconsider its use of Toxic Substances Control Act Section 5 to review med ...

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Asia Sticks with Chlorinated Paraffins

Lube Report Asia - April 4, 2017

The production of chlorinated paraffins for use in lubricant additives and metalworking fluids will grow steadily in com ...

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Landmark TSCA Reform Becomes Law

Lube Report - June 29, 2016

The Toxic Substances Control Act reform legislation signed into law June 22 makes significant changes to the United Stat ...

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Comments on CP Refute EPA’s Risk Analysis

Lube Report - April 6, 2016

March 23 marked the deadline for stakeholders to submit comments about environmental risks and critical applications ass ...

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Slaying the Corrosion Dragon

Lubes'n'Greases - March 23, 2016

Corrosion destroys both equipment and lubricants, but corrosion inhibitors present many challenges for lube formulators. ...

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Chlorinated Paraffin Comments Due to EPA

Lube Report - February 17, 2016

Feb. 22 is the deadline for submitting comments and more data for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys ongoing prel ...

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If Not Chlorine, What?

Lubes'n'Greases - January 22, 2016

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

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EPA Reveals Its Thinking on Chlorinated Paraffins

Lube Report - December 30, 2015

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has made public new documents regarding its preliminary risk assessment of medi ...

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Chlorinated Paraffins: No Quick Solutions

Lubes'n'Greases - December 23, 2015

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

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EPA Yields Little on Chlorinated Paraffins

Lubes'n'Greases - November 18, 2015

The agency seems adamant that most chlorinated paraffins need to go away. A coalition of industry groups is gearing up t ...

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EPA Gives Ground on CP Deadline

Lube Report - September 30, 2015

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday a postponement of about a year to the beginning of a ban on ...

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EPA Nixes Most Chlorinated Paraffins

Lubes'n'Greases - April 28, 2015

If the federal agency prevails, some of the most effective extreme-pressure agents in metalworking will vanish from the ...

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EPA: Most Chlorinated Paraffins Must Go

Lube Report - April 22, 2015

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency stated it could eliminate mid- and long-chain chlorinated paraffins in U.S. com ...

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The Contributions of Additives

Lube Report Asia - December 30, 2014

Formulators use a wide range of chemicals to perform the long list of jobs assigned to lubricant additives. Todays engin ...

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EPA Reiterates Short-Chain CP Concerns

Lube Report - December 24, 2014

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Significant New Rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act for alkane ...

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Chlorinated Paraffins Saga Continues

Lubes'n'Greases - May 27, 2014

Metalworking fluid manufacturers are waiting - and waiting - to learn if EPA will put restrictions on one of their favor ...

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Who Are the Additive Winners (and Losers)?

Lubes'n'Greases - May 22, 2014

A new study sees antioxidants, friction modifiers and PPD racing ahead in this $10 billion market, as antiwear agents an ...

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Will REACH Snag U.S. Companies?

Lubes'n'Greases - May 21, 2014

Beginning this year, Europes chemical regulation will generate reams of safety data, and even companies beyond the Conti ...