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.

Afton Chemical Corp. entered into a contract to acquire Mexico City-based lubricant additive manufacturer and distributor Aditivos Mexicanos, S.A. Ann ...

American lube additives maker Chevron Oronite selected United States-based Fluor Corp. to complete the front-end engineering and design of its manufac ...

Songwon Industrial Co., a chemical company specializing in antioxidants, has begun supplying that category of materials to the lubricant industry.

Global grease production was relatively stable from 2010 to 2015, hovering around 1.1 million tons annually. Sales were affected by end user demands, ...