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Novel Sets Up Blending in the U.S.

March 20, 2024

Novel Reliable Technologies announced it is expanding its presence in North America with blending and warehouse capabili ...

Lubrizol Earnings About Flat in 2023

Lubrizol Earnings About Flat in 2023

March 13, 2024

Lubrizol’s pre-tax earnings for 2023 were relatively unchanged from 2022, although Berkshire Hathaway noted that they ...

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SI Enters Manufacturing Agreement in China

March 1, 2024

SI Group has entered a long-term agreement to have some of its chemical products manufactured by Dingjide Petrochemical ...

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Perstorp Opens Penta Plant in India

February 23, 2024

Perstorp inaugurated a pentaerythritol production plant in western India on Feb. 20, saying it will meet growing regiona ...

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Solvay Spins Off Specialty Chemicals Unit

January 23, 2024

Solvay last month completed the spin-off of its specialty chemicals business, which has been named Syensqo and supplies ...

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Richful Announces Project Delays

January 12, 2024

Richful Lube Additive Co. last month announced delays for two major projects – the upgrading of a lubricant additives ...

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Grease

December 29, 2023

Global production of lubricating grease saw a decrease of nearly 4% from 2021 to 2022, according to the National Lubrica ...

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Lanxess Completes Sulfur Carrier Expansion

December 19, 2023

Lanxess completed an expansion at its Mannheim, Germany, factory of production capacity for sustainable light-color sulf ...

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China to Ban Short-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins

December 8, 2023

China’s government will prohibit the use of short-chain chlorinated paraffins beginning Jan. 1, aligning with numerous ...

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Rising Costs, Potential Regs Loom Over Lithium

December 5, 2023

Lithium greases are under pressure from a run-up in lithium prices and from calls for the European Union to classify the ...

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BASF-YPC Makes Ethanolamines in China

November 24, 2023

Sinopec and BASF recently inaugurated the downstream expansion of their petrochemicals joint venture in Nanjing, China ...

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ExxonMobil to Enter Lithium Business

November 15, 2023

ExxonMobil announced Monday that it will enter the lithium business by drilling a well for the mineral in Arkansas. The ...

From Other Editions of Lube Report

From Other Editions of Lube Report

November 1, 2023

Profits Rise for Afton, WD-40

Profits Rise for Afton, WD-40

October 25, 2023

Afton Chemical reported a 68% jump in operating profit despite a 4% decline in sales for the quarter ending Sept. 30, as ...

Lubes’n’Greases October Issue Available

Lubes’n’Greases October Issue Available

October 11, 2023

The October issue features a special report on additives. Find out from where Russia is sourcing its additives after the ...

Lubes’n’Greases October Issue Available

Lubes’n’Greases October Issue Available

October 10, 2023

The October issue features a special report on additives. Find out from where Russia is sourcing its additives after the ...

An Overview of Additives

An Overview of Additives

October 2, 2023

Which factors have influenced the supply-demand dynamics for lubricant additives during the past few years?

Oppenheimer: The Lubricants Connection

Oppenheimer: The Lubricants Connection

October 2, 2023

How did a pivotal moment in the life of the director of the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory have positive co ...