Sasol Ltd. broke ground last week on an expansion of its alkoxylation plant in Chinas Jiangsu province that it will use in part to manufacture surfact ...

Sanyo Chemical Industries Ltd. is investing 900 million (U.S. $8 million) to expand one of its two additive plants in Japan by October, a spokesman to ...

Biocides are under great scrutiny by European Union regulators for their harmful impact on humans and environment. Besides the high cost of registerin ...

A Canadian proposal to lower application rates for a formaldehyde-free biocide based on a mixture known as CMIT/MIT has drawn opposition over concerns ...

With lithium prices hot on their heels, grease producers are chasing after less-costly thickeners.

Natural gas is fueling ever more of the worlds increasing energy demands. Stationary engines havent escaped this trend, and oil formulators have to ke ...

Africas grease demand is expanding due to agricultural, industrial, infrastructure and mining projects. However, grease blending capacity on the conti ...

Umongo Petroleum acquired South African base oil distributor Orbichem Petrochemicals, which is now a wholly owned subsidiary. Terms were not disclosed ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will reconsider its use of Toxic Substances Control Act Section 5 to review medium- and long-chain chlorinate ...

The production of chlorinated paraffins for use in lubricant additives and metalworking fluids will grow steadily in coming years in the Asia-Pacific ...

Tianhe Chemicals Groups lubricant additives segment recorded a 24 percent higher gross profit in 2016, according to a filing that also informed the Ho ...

Fuchs new factory in Chicago will produce 29 different specialty greases, and its new plant near Johannesburg, South Africa, will produce a diverse ra ...

The versatility of pine chemicals can allow formulators to clean out the toolbox in favor of a multipurpose additive.

AkzoNobel rejected a $22 billion unsolicited takeover bid from paints and coatings supplier PPG Industries and announced a review of strategic options ...

Afton Chemical, S-Oil and BPs lubricants business each posted higher fourth quarter profits, while SK Lubricants profits were down, all compared to th ...

Lube additive producer Infineum International Ltd. has expanded its operations in Asia with a new subsidiary in India, the worlds third-largest lubric ...

Evonik Industries announced today that it acquired a minority stake in Nanotech Industrial Solutions, placing a bet that nanotechnology will become an ...

Baerlocher USA announced earlier this month that it will add a third reactor to its Cincinnati, Ohio, plant to keep up with growing demand from the No ...

An important chemical used to synthesize detergents for marine diesel cylinder oils has been classified as a reprotoxin. Infineum reports on the searc ...

Emissions regulations and fuel efficiency demands are forcing marine engine manufacturers to get creative fast, and cylinder oils have to keep up.