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?

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

Foam in manufacturing and technical processes can be good or bad. In some cases it is helpful, but in others - such as metalworking - it interferes wi ...

Fluid formulators and emulsifier suppliers are facing numerous challenges with regard to performance requirements, regulatory issues and commercial pr ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday a postponement of about a year to the beginning of a ban on production and import of mid- ...

Pertamina has expanded its production of viscosity modifiers to a second location - this one at its plant in East Java, Indonesia.

Afton Chemical Corp. announced last week that it will expand its new lubricant additives plant in Singapore, increasing its investment there to about ...

Long-term investments in biobased products are starting to bear fruit. Are they finally poised to break out of the "green" niche and enter the mainstr ...

Solvay recently began producing specialty surfactants at its new alkoxylation plant in Singapore, which it said is the largest of its kind in Asia.

If the federal agency prevails, some of the most effective extreme-pressure agents in metalworking will vanish from the U.S. market by next May.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency stated it could eliminate mid- and long-chain chlorinated paraffins in U.S. commerce as early as May 2016 usi ...

Many lubricants depend on antioxidants to protect the base oil against severe oxidation and degradation. A method called voltammetry provides a way to ...

BASF announced plans March 4 to significantly expand its production capacity for 20 specialty amines at its chemical complex in Ludwigshafen, Germany. ...

Huntsman Corp. will double capacity at its polyetheramines plant in Jurong Island, Singapore, to 50,000 tons per year by mid-2016.

Chevron Oronite announced yesterday that it will install carboxylate capacity at its lubricant additive plant in Singapore.

Formulators use a wide range of chemicals to perform the long list of jobs assigned to lubricant additives. Todays engine oils offer extensive example ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Significant New Rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act for alkanes C12-13, chloro, a short-chai ...

Chemtura announced it will undertake expansions of its antioxidant capacity at chemical plants in Canada, Italy and Taiwan. Officials said the company ...

Many consider viscosity the most important property of a lubricant. If so, how do formulators control it? The answer: often through the use of viscosi ...