The search is on for the next generation of extreme pressure additives to replace chlorinated paraffins in metalworking fluids.

With polyalphaolefin demand growing faster than supply, Illinois renewables company Elevance believes its plant-based version is the answer. How fast ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has made public new documents regarding its preliminary risk assessment of medium- and long-chain chlorinated ...

Protecting engine parts with surface-active additives is critical to improving fuel economy, and may be a revolution in lubricant formulations, Lubriz ...

Croda International Plc announced last week that it completed an expansion that doubled the size of its alkoxylation plant in Singapore.

Demand for higher performance products means higher demand for additives, but not all components will benefit equally.

Can very-long-chain chlorinated paraffins replace their cousins, which have been targeted by EPA?

Chemtura Corp. will build a second lubricant antioxidant plant at its Latina, Italy, site, doubling its capacity there by the end of 2016. The Philade ...

Globalization in the raw materials and additives markets is having a significant impact on lubricant manufacturing companies. The consequences of the ...

Russo-Belarusian additive maker LLK-Naftan expanded its reach to India where it started to supply lubricant additives, the company told Lube Report. T ...

The global market for lubricant viscosity improvers is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 2 percent between 2015 and 2019, a market researc ...

BRB International B.V. and Tiarco Chemical entered a commercial and technical partnership to collaborate on the development and supply of lubricant ad ...

LyondellBassell is proceeding with engineering design work for a Houston-area plant that would produce tertiary butyl alcohol and derivatives used to ...

With approximately 45 percent of the worlds finished lubricants consumption, Asia-Pacific is a crucial region for additives suppliers, but the barrier ...

The agency seems adamant that most chlorinated paraffins need to go away. A coalition of industry groups is gearing up to challenge that threat.

Global lubricant additive demand volumes will grow at a higher rate than that of finished lubricants in coming years, but trends for particular types ...

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange has told Tianhe Chemicals that it must hire a forensic accountant to address questions about its 2014 finances before tra ...

Tianhe Chemicals is in the midst of building two lubricant additive factories that it plans to open next year, in Dubai and Singapore.

Foam in manufacturing and technical processes can be good or bad. In some cases it is helpful, but in others - such as metalworking - it interferes wi ...

Fluid formulators and emulsifier suppliers are facing numerous challenges with regard to performance requirements, regulatory issues and commercial pr ...