Additive Components

A Whistle Stop Tour of Locomotive Lubes

A Whistle Stop Tour of Locomotive Lubes

March 4, 2021

Since the first steam trains of early 19th century England, locomotives have been an invaluable boon to trade and civili ...

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Italmatch Buys Phosphorous Process

January 26, 2021

Italmatch Chemicals Group acquired Israel Chemicals’ RecoPhos Project Technology, boosting the group’s development o ...

Albemarle Boosts U.S. Lithium Capacity

Albemarle Boosts U.S. Lithium Capacity

January 20, 2021

Albemarle Corp. recently announced plans to double capacity at its lithium mine in Nevada in response to burgeoning dema ...

Liqui Moly Claims Strong 2020 Finish

Liqui Moly Claims Strong 2020 Finish

January 5, 2021

German lubricant and aftermarket additive manufacturer Liqui Moly reported 26% higher sales in November and 38% higher s ...

Making the Match

Making the Match

January 1, 2021

A better understanding of gearbox coatings will help both lube formulators and OEMs. As power density increases for v ...

Chemical Supplier Buying Control of Kangtai

Chemical Supplier Buying Control of Kangtai

December 25, 2020

Rianlon Corp., a Tianjin, China-based chemical company, will buy over 90% of the shares in Kangtai Lubricant Additives C ...

PEC Deemed Reasonable for Cutting Oils

PEC Deemed Reasonable for Cutting Oils

December 16, 2020

The United States Environmental Protection Agency concluded Monday that perchloroethylene does not pose an unreasonable ...

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Richful Builds Additive Plant After IPO

December 11, 2020

Richful Lube Additive Co. plans to build its second factory – located in Cangzhou, Hebei province, China – after con ...

Automotive

Automotive

December 1, 2020

The Readers Have Spoken  My wife and I were watching beach volleyball in Laguna Beach, California, on January 1. ...

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Mitsui Completes Additives Plant

November 20, 2020

Mitsui Chemicals Inc. announced last week that it has finished building a plant that will make synthetic hydrocarbon flu ...

No Hitch for Your Folks’ Wagons

No Hitch for Your Folks’ Wagons

November 16, 2020

German auto giant Volkswagen is holding course on investing multi-billions into its electrification future.

Capacity Rising for Infineum Detergents

Capacity Rising for Infineum Detergents

November 3, 2020

A lubricant additive factory that ExxonMobil operates on behalf of Infineum is wrapping up an expansion of a facility th ...

Low-BN Cylinder Oils Fall Short of the Goal

Low-BN Cylinder Oils Fall Short of the Goal

November 2, 2020

In effect since the start of the year, the International Marine Organization’s 2020 international convention was imple ...

ZDDP Lives On

ZDDP Lives On

October 1, 2020

Emissions regulations threatened to steal engine oil formulators’ main weapon against wear. How has its use persisted?

Tailoring Lubes for Electric Mobility

Tailoring Lubes for Electric Mobility

October 1, 2020

There are a number of potential avenues of development and challenges for electric vehicle lubricant formulators, but wh ...

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Brenntag Adopts New Structure

September 29, 2020

Chemicals distributor Brenntag said last week that it will change its operating model by forming two units – one to su ...

Nevada Moly Mine to Change Hands

Nevada Moly Mine to Change Hands

September 9, 2020

A financially struggling molybdenum mineral exploration and development company took steps last week to sell a mine in N ...

Automotive

Automotive

August 3, 2020

Steve Swedberg posits that aftermarket additives, often called “snake oil” or “mouse milk,” may have some useful ...