Fuchs Petrolub plans to build a new grease plant in Johannesburg, South Africa, that will serve as the companys hub for grease manufacturing for the r ...

Steve Swedberg wonders whether some marketing terms are truly suitable for use on auto lube labels.

Sara Lefcourt looks down the road at ride sharings potential influence on the lubricants industry.

LubesnGreases EMEA has surveyed the industry to determine the Top 20 lubricant suppliers and the Top 10 additive suppliers worldwide. Weve mined a var ...

The Toxic Substances Control Act reform legislation signed into law June 22 makes significant changes to the United States rules on registration and r ...

China, North America and Europe were the top grease manufacturers in 2015, representing 71 percent of worldwide production, according to results from ...

Afton Chemical Corp. announced plans for a new petroleum additive facility in Brazil that can handle both lubricant and fuel additives, and is expecte ...

Mark Townsend reports on the influence of additive companies in setting specification requirements.

HOT SPRINGS, Va. – Global demand for greases used in industrial applications is expected to remain nearly flat through 2019, Annie Jarquin of Kl ...

With demand for batteries draining the lithium market, grease producers are coming up empty-handed. What is being done to recharge supplies of the wor ...

South Korean specialty chemicals manufacturer Songwon Industrial Co. is expanding its product range of phenolic antioxidants for the Asian fuel and lu ...

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 ...