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, ...

Like seeding oysters, the additives maker has nurtured long-term investments and waited patiently for the pay-off. Can they harvest the rewards while ...

Lanxess AG plans to form a new performance additives segment and become a bigger player in industrial lubricant additives after the closing of its $2. ...

SI Group acquired TPC Groups Baytown, Texas facility, including manufacturing assets for nonene and tetramer, propylene oligomers that are used as int ...

Founded in 1923 as an independent lube manufacturer, Verkol is in the midst of rebranding itself as part of the Quaker Chemical family of products.

Demand for lubricant additives is expected to grow at just 1.5 percent annually by 2019.

Chinese additive manufacturer Tianhe Chemicals began streaming at its production facility in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, earlier this week. Originall ...

BRB International announced the opening of its Singapore joint venture, a partnership with Ban Guan Chemical that makes viscosity index improvers.

Consumers often evaluate grease by its appearance, but could that fancy dye job affect performance?

Chinese engine oil buyers have been developing a taste for green lubes. Now consumers are expanding their palates to include biobased ones.