Esters manufacturers highlight benefits and new developments in this high-value class of synthetic base stocks.

Chinese engine oil buyers have been developing a taste for green lubes. Now consumers are expanding their palates to include biobased ones.

Although global lubricants demand is consistently flat, ester-based lubricants will grow at an average rate of 6 percent for the next several years, a ...

Alkylated naphthalenes were once the high-priced alternative to esters; today its a different story. Heres a look at the molecules, who makes them and ...

G-Oil Green Motor Oil brags that its the first biodegradable engine oil to meet the API SM category. Its next hurdle: turning boasts into profits.

Researchers continue to bolster the durability and performance of seed oil based lubricants. Now if they can just get customers to try them …

For three centuries, the best lubricants for precision machinery came from the bodies of sea mammals - sperm whales, porpoises and others.

Polyalkylene glycols have been popular base stocks in certain types of lubricants, but inadequate oxidation stability has kept them out of engine oils ...

Demand is growing for synthetic greases. Wilfried Bartz says these products have impressive strengths - and some weaknesses - and that users should co ...

Chris Donaghy of Croda shows why these versatile synthetic fluids are gaining favor, and pinpoints the hottest growth opportunities for the man-made m ...

Croda Inc. opened a facility to make esters for lubricants at its Atlas Point manufacturing site in Delaware. The project will increase the companys U ...

U.S. demand for silicones in lubricant and grease applications will rise over 5 percent per year through 2014 to $250 million, Freedonia Group predict ...

The world’s largest producer of polyalkylene glycol (PAG) is getting even larger: Dow Chemical is adding capacity in Tarragona, Spain, to make a ...

After 18 months of weak demand and dismal pricing in many segments, the market for alphaolefins is beginning to pick up, says Marilyn Bradshaw, vice p ...

Despite what it described as a lull in demand, Akzo Nobel announced that it will expand its phosphate ester lubricant additive plant in Gallipolis Fer ...