Earnings

Fuchs Expands in Australia

February 23, 2018

Fresh from its official opening of a lubricants blending plant near Sydney, Fuchs Lubricants Australasia said it is also expanding its grease producti ...

Milacron Earnings Rise

February 21, 2018

Cincinnati-based Milacron Holding Corp.s Fluid Technologies segment posted operating earnings of $5.9 million for the fourth quarter, up 40.5 percent ...

Profits up in India, Pakistan

February 16, 2018

Continental Petroleums, Hi-Tech Lubricants, Balmer Lawrie, Tide Water Oil and Castrol India each reported higher profits for the quarter ended Dec. 31 ...

Afton Chemical had decreased profits last year, despite enjoying a strong fourth quarter, and Valvoline reported a decrease in operating income but an ...

BPs Q4 Lubricants Profits Up

February 13, 2018

BPs lubricants business reported an underlying replacement cost profit before interest and tax of $375 million for the fourth quarter, up 5 percent fr ...

Gulf Oil Lubricants India and Savita Oil Technologies posted increased profits and revenues for the quarter ending Dec. 31 of last year, while Chevron ...

United Kingdom-based transformer oil rerefiner Hydrodec Group posted its first positive full-year profits in the groups history for 2017, and its reve ...

Korean base oil refiners SK Lubricants and S-Oil realized increased revenue and operating profits for full year 2017 due to a wider base oil spread in ...

Transformer oil rerefiner Hydrodec Group posted its first positive full-year profits in the groups history for 2017, and its revenues were up 6 percen ...

SABIC Buys Stake in Clariant

January 30, 2018

Chemical manufacturer Saudi Basic Industries Corp. purchased a 24.99 percent stake in Clariant, making the Saudi Arabian company the largest Clariant ...

GP Petroleums Ltd. reported its third-quarter net profit surged 72 percent year on year to Rs 5.78 crore (Rs 57.8 million, or U.S. $905,865), thanks t ...

Four years after acquiring the Lubritene and Lubrasa specialty lubricant businesses and making them part of its South Africa subsidiary, Fuchs Petrolu ...

WD-40 Posts Higher Profits

January 17, 2018

WD-40 Co. reported net income of $12.6 million for the quarter ending Nov. 30, a 6.8 percent increase from a year earlier.

Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. reported a $23.6 million loss, improving from a $33.4 million loss in 2016s third quarter. The company annou ...

Japans KH Neochem Co. and Yushiro Chemical Industry Co. both said lubricants-related products helped spur gains in recent quarters. Indian lube suppli ...

GP Petroleums Q2 Profit Down

November 21, 2017

GP Petroleums Ltd. reported its second-quarter net profit fell nearly 4 percent year on year to Rs 3.13 crore (Rs 31.3 million, or U.S. $477,174), due ...

Q3 Earnings Wrap-up

November 15, 2017

Valvoline reported increased operating income, Nynas posted an increase in sales and Cosans lubricant business segment reported higher net revenue, al ...

Castrol India Ltd. reported that third-quarter net profit increased 27.5 percent thanks to lower expenses and higher income in the other category. Bal ...

SK Lubricants reported increased operating profit and Clean Harbors Safety-Kleen segment posted higher third-party revenues for the quarter ending Sep ...

Profits Up for Koreans, Gulf

November 7, 2017

Three base oil and finished lubricant suppliers in South Korea - SK Lubricants, S-Oil and Hyundai Shell Base Oil - all saw their third quarter profits ...