Additives

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, Tiarco Form Partnership

December 2, 2015

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 Control Gets New Tools

November 3, 2015

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 ...

EPA Gives Ground on CP Deadline

September 30, 2015

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday a postponement of about a year to the beginning of a ban on production and import of mid- ...

Tianhe Auditor Resigns

September 22, 2015

Tianhe Chemicals reported Thursday that the auditor of its 2014 financial results resigned after failing to reach a resolution with directors over que ...

Pertamina has expanded its production of viscosity modifiers to a second location - this one at its plant in East Java, Indonesia.

Know Thy Customer

September 22, 2015

Whether jumping into an existing market or an emerging one, successful marketers need to understand their target customers needs.

Industrial gear oils must meet the requirements of lingering legacy specifications as well as a number of new standards that are evolving rapidly and ...

Dutch additive supplier BRB International is partnering with a Singapore engineering firm to build a viscosity index improver factory that will open n ...

Lubrizol Corp. agreed to license polyisobutylene manufacturing technology from South Koreas Daelim Industrial and will use it to expand its PIB plant ...

Afton Chemical Corp. announced last week that it will expand its new lubricant additives plant in Singapore, increasing its investment there to about ...

Daelim Industrial agreed to license technology for the manufacturing of polyisobutylene to Lubrizol Corp., which plans to expand its main PIB and disp ...