Shepherd Chemical Co., a producer of metal-based lubricant additives, announced a multi-million dollar expansion that could double capacity at its Mir ...

Bio-derived base stocks arent the only way to go green. Researchers are upping the environmental ante with additives, too.

A small, Colorado-based blender has high-performance biobased lubes in its sights. The ammo? Colloidal dispersion.

Feiya Chemical Co. has opened a factory in Chinas Jiangsu province to produce lubricant antioxidants on behalf of BASF. The plant was built under a te ...

South Korea's new Act on Safety Control of Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides regulation took effect Jan. 1. Industry sources disagree about whet ...

Oxea lifted the force majeure declaration for products from its plant in Oberhausen, Germany, where production units are running at normal capacity ag ...

The grease industrys use of calcium thickeners is on the rise, spurred by a search for alternatives to increasingly expensive lithium and performance ...

The trade war between the United States and China was one of the major events of 2018 - a year that otherwise was relatively quiet for the lubricants ...

Malaysias Micratto Technologies Sdn. - founded by researchers at Sunway University - will produce graphene-based lubricants for automotive application ...

Tianhe Chemicals reported last month that it has launched lubricant additive packages for passenger car engine oils meeting the API SN and SL sequence ...

Tom Glenn weighs in on additive suppliers cost of doing business.

Derived from animal remains, gelatin has been used for centuries in a variety of applications. Now it has found its way into lubricants.

Demand for lubricant antioxidants in the United States is expected to grow 1.5 percent per year to 194.9 million pounds by 2022, according to a study ...

The push for reduced emissions and increased fuel efficiency makes formulating lubes challenging. Pour point depressants play an increasingly importan ...

Steve Swedberg responds to readers questions on automotive topics.

An aftermarket product claiming to improve gear efficiency might sound like snake oil, but it could be just what the doctor ordered for power-hungry m ...

Tightening phosphorus limits are putting the squeeze on the tried and true antiwear additive. Could ionic liquids help fill the gap?

David Wedlock shines a light on an oft-forgotten piece of the additive puzzle: base oil.

Afton Chemical Corp. said Wednesday that it has completed an expansion of its lubricant additive plant in Singapore and that it expects to start produ ...

Industry organizations complained this week that a rule proposed recently by the Environmental Protection Agency could inappropriately subject some ch ...