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

In step with central government goals for a wide range of sectors, China’s lubricant industry is in a hurry to develop domestic replacements for imp ...

Innov Oil announced completion of an expansion that more than doubles its capacity to produce the company’s X series of viscosity modifiers at its p ...

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. said it has begun designing a pilot factory that will use materials from plants to make what it calls sustainable methyl met ...

Innov Oil completed an expansion at its Singapore lube additives plant - a project aimed at helping it meet growing demand for its olefin copolymer vi ...

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

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 ...

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

While some lubricants need only a single component, such as a rust inhibitor, engine oils demand a complex mix of chemistries. The key additives expla ...

Global economic woes have deflated the near-term outlook for lube additives, but there are some brighter openings among the clouds.