China, North America and Europe were the top grease manufacturers in 2015, representing 71 percent of worldwide production, according to results from ...

HOT SPRINGS, Va. – Global demand for greases used in industrial applications is expected to remain nearly flat through 2019, Annie Jarquin of Kl ...

With demand for batteries draining the lithium market, grease producers are coming up empty-handed. What is being done to recharge supplies of the wor ...

South Korean specialty chemicals manufacturer Songwon Industrial Co. is expanding its product range of phenolic antioxidants for the Asian fuel and lu ...

Afton Chemical opened a lubricant additives factory in Singapore last week, joining the ongoing march of lubricant and additive suppliers to Asia and ...

Design changes made to create a quiet, comfortable environment for drivers and passengers allow new noises to be heard when plastic, leather and rubbe ...

Concerns about health, safety and the environment are forcing metalworking fluid formulators to find alternative biocides to replace boric acid, boron ...

Corrosion inhibitor demand in the United States is projected to rise 3.1 percent per year and reach $2.8 billion by 2020, a new study by Freedonia Gro ...

As part of a three-way deal that also involved Singapore chemicals supplier DyStar, Jiangsu Sinorgchem Technology Co. agreed to acquire two Emerald Pe ...

BASF announced the start-up last week of a new specialty amines plant in Nanjing, China. The facility will make dimethylaminopropylamines primarily fo ...

This ancient enemy eats away $2.5 trillion of global GDP each year, but advances in corrosion control are adding new weapons to industrys arsenal.

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

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

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.

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 ...

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

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

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