Studies by Spain on 2-ethylhexanoic acid - a carboxylic acid used to make synthetic esters - found no adverse effects concerning reproduction at the h ...

German specialty chemicals producer Evonik announced last month that it is considering the sale of its methacrylates business. The company advised, th ...

Tianhe Chemicals Group reported yesterday that the gross profit for its lubricant additives segment decreased 7.2 percent in 2017 due to a drop in sal ...

Steve Swedberg traces modern additive chemistry back to the first Arab oil embargo.

Decades of dramatic changes in turbochargers and engine oils have overwhelmed the TEOST 33C bench test. Savants update will revive this important tool ...

Italmatch Chemicals Group announced last week that it has formed a lubricant additives business unit in the wake of Decembers acquisition of Elco Corp ...

Italmatch Chemicals Group formed a lubricant additives business unit in the wake of Decembers acquisition of Elco Corp. and parent company Detrex. Ita ...

As ambitions smolder among lube suppliers in India, inorganic routes may be the only option for achieving scale rapidly, meaning more foreign and dome ...

The global lubricant industrys consumption of esters is faster than the overall industry. One market that can slake this almost unquenchable thirst is ...

Afton Chemical had decreased profits last year, despite enjoying a strong fourth quarter, and Valvoline reported a decrease in operating income but an ...

Lubricant additive volume demand in the United States declined 0.3 percent between 2016 and 2017 to 2.1 billion pounds, according to the American Chem ...

The threat of wear imperils engines that rely on low-viscosity lubricants. Molybdenum based friction modifiers could help to save the day.

KH Neochem Co. will build a 7.5 billion (U.S. $67 million) facility in western Japan to manufacture additives for refrigeration lubricants.

German lubricant marketer Liqui Moly announced last week that it had been acquired by Adolf Wuerth GmbH & Co. in a deal intended to ensure stability f ...

BASF and Sinopec plan to double capacity of neopentyl glycol, a component of polyester resins for synthetic lubricants, at their joint venture facilit ...

Specialty chemicals and minerals company ICL entered into an agreement to sell its fire safety and oil additives business units to private investment ...

Beginning in June, Singapore will prohibit the use of short-chain chlorinated paraffins in metalworking fluids and other products, according to the co ...

Japans Mitsui Chemicals Inc. plans to expand capacity for its Lucant-branded polymer lubricant additives, the company told Lube Report Asia recently.

Lanxess reports on the development of an ashless organic friction modifier that improves fuel economy over a range of lubricant viscosities.

Lanxess highlights the development of an ashless organic friction modifier that improves fuel economy over a range of lubricant viscosities.