Additives

Hong Kong’s securities regulator filed a complaint Wednesday accusing Tianhe Chemicals Group and its executive director of greatly overstating the c ...

Lubricant additive demand in the United States declined 9.5% through the first seven months of the year, according to data released recently by the Am ...

A financially struggling molybdenum mineral exploration and development company took steps last week to sell a mine in Nevada as part of an effort to ...

Lubrizol Corp. yesterday announced formation of a new business unit, Lubrizol Corporate Ventures, charged with growing the company in adjacent markets ...

The American Chemistry Council last week extended to Dec. 31 its emergency protocol meant to give companies flexibility to cope with scarcity of autom ...

Russian specialty chemical producer Vyazemsky Plant for Synthetic Products expanded its capacity to manufacture fatty acid esters, a feedstock for a v ...

Afton Chemical recorded lower operating profit and sales for its second quarter, and Valvoline reported decreases in operating income and sales for it ...

Automotive

August 3, 2020

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

Chinese additives maker Kangtai Lubricant Additives Co. started construction in June on a 50,000 metric tons per year additive manufacturing plant in ...

There's no regulatory requirement for MWFs that meet Environmentally Acceptable Lubricant standards, but formulating greener fluids falls in line with ...

Tianhe Chemicals Group’s listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange was cancelled Thursday after a review panel late last month upheld a previous decis ...

A French Senate inquiry last week blasted local and regional governments’ response to the September 2019 blaze at a Lubrizol lubricant additive fact ...

Places’n’Faces

June 2, 2020

U.S. Lifts Sanctions on Nynas Nynas AB announced last month that Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. sold a 35 percent stake in the company, resulting ...

Spotlight on Grease

June 2, 2020

The grease industry has been under pressure to develop formulations that keep pace with the increased performance and efficiency requirements of moder ...

Polymers can improve water resistance, thickener yield and tackiness in grease formulations, but their long molecular structure made formulators quest ...

Robots Need Lubes, Too

June 2, 2020

Industrial robots have multiple joints, similar to human elbows and knees. Unlike humans, regular greasing is all they need to avoid wear and stay in ...

Altivia Oxide Chemicals LLC acquired KMCO and its associated chemical ethoxylation manufacturing assets in Crosby, Texas, last week out of Chapter 7 b ...

Once the traumas of lost production and lost customers due to Covid-19 are over, metalworking fluid formulators will have to resume their attempts to ...

All vehicles require a range of lubricants, greases, coolants and fluids, and EVs are no exception. Existing base stock technology may satisfy these n ...

Shipments of castor oil derivatives are flowing from India once again, easing availability of popular grease additives after supplies were constrained ...