Additives

A company attempting to acquire most of Kangtai Lubricant Additive Co. has scaled back the size of an additive factory now under construction in order ...

Industrial lubrication company Condat reached platinum level on the Ecovadis corporate social responsibility platform, putting the French lubricant co ...

Pumping Up Performance

December 1, 2021

Performance Polymers Can Help to Augment Hydraulic Fluid Performance. The world is constantly moving in the direction of increasing productivi ...

Troy to Merge with Arxada

November 10, 2021

Metalworking fluid biocides producer Troy and Arxada, a lubricants and biocides manufacturer, will merge their businesses, expanding the manufacturing ...

Lubricants and biocides manufacturer Arxada and Troy, a producer of metalworking fluid biocides, will merge their businesses, expanding the manufactur ...

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. said this week that it will build a large maleic anhydride plant at its oil refinery in Panipat, India, part of a broader progra ...

Afton Chemical reported a lower operating profit despite increased sales – citing such factors as rising costs for raw materials and energy and cont ...

Japan Flags Two Chemicals

October 22, 2021

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare issued a report last month flagging concerns about seven chemicals, including two that are used by ...

A Malaysian joint venture between BASF and Petronas will double its capacity to make 2-ethylhexanoic acid due to growing demand in applications such a ...

Lanxess said this week that it will expand its output of aminic antioxidants for lubricants at a chemical factory in Taiwan. The German chemical compa ...

Chemicals producer Verdant Specialty Solutions acquired fellow producer Baze Chemical this week, further expanding its surfactant manufacturing capaci ...

Base Oil Report: Pricing

October 4, 2021

In the Eye of the Storm One of the unrelenting concerns for base oil market participants over the past several months was the fact that both buyers ...

Specialty chemical supplier Albemarle Corp. announced yesterday that it has agreed to purchase Guangxi Tianyuan New Energy Materials Co., a start-up t ...

Cosmetics chemical supplier Rianlon obtained an okay from the Shenzhen Stock Exchange this week for its proposed acquisition of a majority stake in Ka ...

Dorf Ketal Chemicals and TriBonds Chemical Co. announced today the formation of a joint venture that will manufacture lubricant additive components an ...

Rising electric vehicle sales and global carbon-neutrality initiatives are helping drive demand for use of tall oil fatty acid derivatives in the lubr ...

Among the many zero- or low-carbon fuels being considered by engine manufacturers to address the International Maritime Organization’s 2050 deadline ...

Huntsman Corp.’s Performance Products division will expand its manufacturing facility in Petfurdo, Hungary, to meet growing demand for polyurethane ...

Lubricant additive sales volumes in the United States were up slightly in July, compared to June, and much higher than in the same month of 2020, acco ...

A new report by Human Rights Watch urges carmakers to do more to reduce impacts on communities and the environment from their aluminum supply chains.