SI Group signed a deal to acquire Albemarles antioxidants, ibuprofen and related business and assets, including a lubricant antioxidants line. Terms w ...

Indias new fuel economy standards will demand lower viscosity automotive lubricants and more bespoke formulations, an official at a leading oil market ...

Conventional theories about metalworking fluids state that they react chemically with the surfaces of metal workpieces during the short time that the ...

Today's engine oils do a great job, thanks to this workhorse additive. Here's a close look at ZDDP, and why some drivers and engine rebuilders insist ...

Global consumption of lubricant additives is climbing 2.2 percent a year -- which is faster than the lubes they go into, a study finds.

Eastman Chemical plans to expand capacity for 2-ethylhexanol – used in lube additives – in late 2014, and Oxea started basic engineering f ...

Liqui Moly traces its success to a silvery powder called molybdenum disulfide and has built itself from a regional supplier of additives into a global ...

Dick Beercheck explores the prospects for nanoadditives.

Global lubricant additive consumption will grow 2.2 percent per year from 4 million metric tons in 2012 to 4.5 million tons by 2017, consultancy Kline ...

Foam control is more critical in metalworking fluids because of the higher cutting speeds and higher pressures being used today. Two industry experts ...

NewMarkets Afton Chemical additives subsidiary reported record operating profit and increased revenue during 2013s fourth quarter, while South Korean ...

BRB International plans a 4.5-hectare (11.2-acre) expansion at its headquarters location in the Netherlands, where it will build a new oil additives p ...

Steve Swedbergs Automotive column examines the diverging technical demands of gasoline and diesel engine oils.

German motor oil and aftermarket additive manufacturer Liqui Moly will invest nearly 20 million (U.S. $27.4 million) in development and production by ...

Lubricants in engines burning biogas are more stressed than oils in engines running on natural gas. The additional stress is caused by contaminants su ...

Chevron Oronite will soon be making more dispersants and detergents at its manufacturing plant in Gonfreville, France. A project to increase dispersa ...

Additive manufacturer Vanderbilt Chemicals will move chemical production from its Bethel, Conn., location to its newly upgraded plant in Murray, Ky., ...

Government-owned Oman Oil Co. acquired chemical manufacturer Oxea from private equity firm Advent International. Terms were not disclosed. Bloomberg ...

Oxea plans to increase prices on several chemicals used in producing lubricants, and Chemturas Petroleum Additives business announced upcoming price h ...

Chemturas Petroleum Additives business last week announced upcoming price increases for its natural fatty acid based lubricants and several antioxidan ...