Additives

Infineum’s Jaquie Berryman was recently elected president of the Additive Technical Committee of Petroleum Additive Manufacturers in Europe, vowing ...

In response to growing demand, Lanxess is expanding production capacity for light-color sulfur carriers – extreme pressure additives for the lubrica ...

Pilot Chemical Co. will expand production of sulfonates, including a range of products that can be used in lubricants as corrosion inhibitors, emulsif ...

Afton Chemical, Quaker Chemical, and HollyFrontier’s lubricants and specialty products segment all reported increased profits for the second quarter ...

Lubricant additive sales volumes in the United States took a slight downturn in June, although volumes for the first half of the year remained well ab ...

Axel Christiernsson Group announced on July 15 that it is proceeding with an additional expansion and improvement plan across its three grease plants ...

Lubricant additive sales volumes in the United States rebounded in May after retreating the previous month, according to statistics released recently ...

France’s Ministry of Ecology last week implemented a system giving increased regulatory scrutiny to industrial sites that have had accidents or a hi ...

Local firefighting officials said last week that a June 14 blaze that heavily damaged a Chemtool grease plant in Rockton, Illinois, was triggered by a ...

Lubrizol and its Chemtool subsidiary face lawsuits from residents alleging major impacts on their properties from the devastating fire that started on ...

Lubricating grease production in Europe fell 7% in 2020, according to the latest survey by the United States-based National Lubricating Grease Institu ...

A fire occurred June 17 at Infineum’s lubricant additives manufacturing plant in Cologne, Germany. No one was injured, but the company said today th ...

Lithium greases made a small comeback in 2020 in Asia’s two largest grease markets, according to the latest survey by the United States-based Nation ...

Specialty chemicals manufacturer Vertellus acquired IM Chemicals, another specialty chemicals producer involved in the lubricants industry, the compan ...

Spotlight on Grease

June 1, 2021

Figures from the National Lubricating Grease Institute’s 2019 Annual Production Survey showed that although lithium remains the dominant thickener f ...

The markets for lubricants and additives in North America and Europe have shown minimal growth in the past decade. The level of vehicle ownership has ...

Lockhart Chemical Co. announced last week that it acquired chlorinated paraffin manufacturing rights and related assets in a transaction with North Ca ...

The Art of Glass

May 3, 2021

A tribological coating allows for increased production of vaccine vials.   For the past year, pharmacologists around the world have raced to d ...

Rounding out a year since COVID-19 struck its home market, Afton Chemical continued to run behind pre-pandemic performance, posting a double-digit yea ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency is asking for additional public input on final rules for five chemicals deemed persistent, bioaccumu ...