Afton Chemical opened a lubricant additives factory in Singapore last week, joining the ongoing march of lubricant and additive suppliers to Asia and ...

Design changes made to create a quiet, comfortable environment for drivers and passengers allow new noises to be heard when plastic, leather and rubbe ...

Concerns about health, safety and the environment are forcing metalworking fluid formulators to find alternative biocides to replace boric acid, boron ...

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Additive companies are playing an increasingly crucial role in new category development because of their invol ...

Corrosion inhibitor demand in the United States is projected to rise 3.1 percent per year and reach $2.8 billion by 2020, a new study by Freedonia Gro ...

As part of a three-way deal that also involved Singapore chemicals supplier DyStar, Jiangsu Sinorgchem Technology Co. agreed to acquire two Emerald Pe ...

BASF announced the start-up last week of a new specialty amines plant in Nanjing, China. The facility will make dimethylaminopropylamines primarily fo ...

This ancient enemy eats away $2.5 trillion of global GDP each year, but advances in corrosion control are adding new weapons to industrys arsenal.

Clariant recently started up additional capacity for phosphate esters at its chemicals manufacturing site in Gendorf, Germany. Phosphate esters are co ...

March 23 marked the deadline for stakeholders to submit comments about environmental risks and critical applications associated with medium- and long- ...

Independent investment company Bencis Capital Partners acquired a 50.1 percent majority share in Netherlands-based BRB Holdings B.V., which will allow ...

Tianhe Chemicals Groups lubricant additive business posted a slight increase in revenue in 2015, the company reported last week. It also advised that ...

Corrosion destroys both equipment and lubricants, but corrosion inhibitors present many challenges for lube formulators. Can the foe be vanquished?

Infineum announced Thursday the opening of its first wholly owned lubricant additive production site in China, a 100,000 metric ton per year blending ...

BASF Petronas Chemicals Sdn broke ground Thursday on a 50,000 metric ton per year highly reactive polyisobutene plant at its petrochemical complex in ...

While the spotlight has been on increasing engine and drivetrain life and efficiency, there was little or no focus on grease.

Metalworking fluid formulators must find ways to keep microbes out as regulations creep in limiting the use of tried and true biocides.

Lapping is a highly precise metal removal process that produces extremely flat surfaces with very low roughness. Additives must be carefully matched t ...

Feb. 22 is the deadline for submitting comments and more data for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys ongoing preliminary risk assessment of med ...

Nyco announced yesterday that it has begun producing its first line of additives from a new unit at its Tournai, Belgium, synthetic lubes and ester ba ...