Mergers & Acquisitions

TotalEnergies Buys Rerefiner Tecoil

TotalEnergies Buys Rerefiner Tecoil

July 2, 2024

TotalEnergies announced this week that it purchased Finnish rerefiner Str Tecoil Oy, another move reflecting Big Oil’s ...

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Eurolube Acquires Bizol

June 4, 2024

German lubricant maker Eurolub GmbH said it has acquired Bizol, another German lube marketer, to expand its automotive s ...

Shell Sells Singapore Refining Complex

Shell Sells Singapore Refining Complex

May 10, 2024

A joint venture led by Indonesian chemical company Chandra Asri has agreed to buy Shell’s fuels and petrochemical refi ...

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Safety-Kleen Acquires Noble Oil

May 8, 2024

Safety-Kleen Systems acquired Noble Oil Recycling, which collects used oil in the Eastern United States and has a North ...

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Fuchs to Acquire Lubcon

April 23, 2024

Fuchs Group announced yesterday an agreement to acquire Germany-based Lubcon Group, primarily with the aim of jointly in ...

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Kodiak Acquires Aztech Lubricants

March 20, 2024

Process fluid provider Kodiak acquired Wayne, Oklahoma-based Aztech Lubricants, a specialist in wire drawing and wire lu ...

Cherry Picking Distributors

Cherry Picking Distributors

March 5, 2024

Tom Glenn explains why acquisitive companies are expected to be increasingly discerning in selecting companies to acquir ...

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Uzbek Company Buys Italian Blender

February 20, 2024

Uzbekistan oil and gas company Saneg acquired CGC Lubricants Italy S.p.A., an Italian lube maker, to expand its footprin ...

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Schaeffer Acquires Hicks Oils

February 14, 2024

St. Louis-based lubricants blender Schaeffer Manufacturing Co. acquired the lubricants business of Hicks Oils & Hick ...

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Interlube Bought by Biochemical Company

February 14, 2024

Earth Alive Clean Technologies, a Canadian engineering company in the biochemical sector, acquired Interlube Inc. a Queb ...

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Kano Acquires Food Grade Lubes Firm

January 24, 2024

Kano Laboratories, which manufactures penetrating oils, announced on Monday the acquisition of Synco Chemical Corp. and ...

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Lubrication Systems, Pumps Maker Acquired

January 10, 2024

Aerospace and defense manufacturer Crane Co. acquired lubrication pump and system components producer Vian Enterprises f ...

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Mergers & Acquisitions

December 28, 2023

Below is just over a year’s worth of mergers, acquisitions and joint venture activity in the lubricants industry, as r ...

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Aramco Buys Pakistan Channel for Valvoline

December 22, 2023

Saudi Aramco signed definitive agreements to acquire a 40% equity stake in Gas & Oil Pakistan Ltd. – a diversified ...

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NewMarket Buying Perchlorate Supplier

December 20, 2023

In a move to diversify, NewMarket Corp., the parent company of lubricant additive supplier Afton Chemical, agreed to buy ...

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Shareholders Approve Acquisition of UMW

November 17, 2023

Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby Berhard received shareholder approval yesterday for its proposal to acquire majority o ...

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Trecora Acquires Pentasulfide Producer

November 15, 2023

Petrochemical manufacturer Trecora LLC announced last week that it has acquired the lubricant additives business of Chem ...

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Shell Acquires Transformer Fluid, Coolant Lines

October 10, 2023

Shell Lubricants acquired two product lines from United Kingdom-based M&I Materials Ltd. – one for synthetic and e ...