Additives

VMPAvto Opens Small Blending Plant

VMPAvto Opens Small Blending Plant

Lube Report EMEA - January 2, 2024

Russian lubricant maker VMPAvto, recently opened a small factory in Saint Petersburg’s heavily industrialized Kirovsky ...

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Grease

Factbook - December 29, 2023

Global production of lubricating grease saw a decrease of nearly 4% from 2021 to 2022, according to the National Lubrica ...

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Richful Receives Warning from Securities Bureau

Lube Report Asia - December 29, 2023

Richful Lube Additive Co. disclosed this week that it received a warning from securities officials who concluded that so ...

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Additives

Factbook - December 28, 2023

Production of additives in the United States saw a sharp decline in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Productio ...

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Lubes 101

Factbook - December 26, 2023

Understand the basics of the lubricants industry, from base oil groups to additive treat rates. Base Stocks Base o ...

NewMarket Buying Perchlorate Supplier

NewMarket Buying Perchlorate Supplier

Lube Report Americas - December 20, 2023

In a move to diversify, NewMarket Corp., the parent company of lubricant additive supplier Afton Chemical, agreed to buy ...

Lanxess Completes Sulfur Carrier Expansion

Lanxess Completes Sulfur Carrier Expansion

Lube Report EMEA - December 19, 2023

Lanxess completed an expansion at its Mannheim, Germany, factory of production capacity for sustainable light-color sulf ...

China to Ban Short-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins

China to Ban Short-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins

Lube Report Asia - December 8, 2023

China’s government will prohibit the use of short-chain chlorinated paraffins beginning Jan. 1, aligning with numerous ...

Rising Costs, Potential Regs Loom Over Lithium

Rising Costs, Potential Regs Loom Over Lithium

Lube Report EMEA - December 5, 2023

Lithium greases are under pressure from a run-up in lithium prices and from calls for the European Union to classify the ...

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BASF-YPC Makes Ethanolamines in China

Lube Report Asia - November 24, 2023

Sinopec and BASF recently inaugurated the downstream expansion of their petrochemicals joint venture in Nanjing, China ...

Earnings Climb at Yushiro, KH Neochem

Earnings Climb at Yushiro, KH Neochem

Lube Report Asia - November 17, 2023

Profits and sales for the quarter ended Sept. 30 surged for Japanese metalworking fluids and industrial fluids manufactu ...

ExxonMobil to Enter Lithium Business

ExxonMobil to Enter Lithium Business

Lube Report Americas - November 15, 2023

ExxonMobil announced Monday that it will enter the lithium business by drilling a well for the mineral in Arkansas. The ...

Ingevity to Close Crude Tall Oil Fatty Acid Plant

Ingevity to Close Crude Tall Oil Fatty Acid Plant

Lube Report Americas - November 8, 2023

Ingevity announced last week that it will close by mid-2024 its Deridder, Louisiana, processing plant, which produces cr ...

Profits Rise for Afton, WD-40

Profits Rise for Afton, WD-40

Lube Report Americas - October 25, 2023

Afton Chemical reported a 68% jump in operating profit despite a 4% decline in sales for the quarter ending Sept. 30, as ...

Special Report: Additives

Special Report: Additives

Lube Report Asia - October 20, 2023

he Special Report on Additives examines where Russia is sourcing its additives after the major additive suppliers withdr ...

Podcast 14: PCMO Still Has a Way to Go

Podcast 14: PCMO Still Has a Way to Go

Lubes'n'Greases - October 19, 2023

Afton's Adam Banks is confident there's a lot more business to be done in the automotive lube space

Special Report: Additives

Special Report: Additives

Lube Report Americas - October 18, 2023

The Special Report on Additives examines where Russia is sourcing its additives after the major additive suppliers withd ...

Special Report: Additives

Special Report: Additives

Lube Report EMEA - October 17, 2023

The Special Report on Additives examines where Russia is sourcing its additives after the major additive suppliers withd ...