Business

Mergers & Acquisitions

July 28, 2025

Below are selection of mergers, acquisitions and joint venture activity in the lubricants industry, as reported in our weekly Lube Report Global newsl ...

Fuchs, the world’s largest independent lubricant company, has revised its results outlook, blaming weak demand from key customer sectors, influe ...

Brazil’s Vibra Energia kicked off discussions with Cosan S.A. over potentially buying its lubricants business Moove.

To help you understand the basics of the lubricants industry, from base oil groups to additive treat rates, first let’s ask where most lubricant com ...

Vibra, Brazil’s largest fuel distributor, launched a new brand, Vibra Base Oil.

Career Moves

July 16, 2025

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Shell Lubricants completed its acquisition of Raj Petro Specialities Pvt., taking full ownership of the India-based company from Brenntag Group. Finan ...

German lubricant manufacturer Addinol strongly denies it continues to operate in Russia or that its business there is growing.

Each year, the ABN Lubricants Talent Survey gathers feedback on job satisfaction, career development opportunities, diversity and inclusion, workplace ...

Specialty chemicals formulator and distributor IMCD has agreed to acquire all shares of Apus Química SpA, a Chilean distributor of performance chemic ...

Fuchs Group has consolidated its operations in Switzerland, establishing Fuchs Swiss Lubricants AG

SK Group halted plans to spin off SK Enmove Co., its lubricant manufacturing business, from SK Innovation.

Germany’s Federal Association of Medium-Sized Energy Companies (Uniti) and the Association of the Lubricant Industry (VSI) have agreed to merge.

The lubricants industry continues to operate in a world of mounting complexity and volatility. A fresh wave of disruption — from renewed conflict in ...

ExxonMobil has reached mechanical completion of its Singapore Resid Upgrade Project.

Quantum Capital Partners acquired Italian automotive care products maker Arexons from Petronas Lubricants Italy.

Chemical producer LyondellBasell is negotiating with German industrial investment group Aequita for the sale of four of its European olefins productio ...

ILSAC GF-7 is here. Steve Haffner outlines the tools used to deploy the new specification.

Some lubricant suppliers are spearheading innovation with focused investments in advanced formulations, sustainable products and automation-centric lu ...

The implementation of Industry 4.0 in automation technologies is expected to increase the need for lubricants in advanced machinery and robotics. Raj ...