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The global transformer oil market will grow at a compound annual rate of nearly 9 percent from 2016 to 2020, with mineral-based oils continuing to dom ...

Mixed Results for BASF

August 24, 2016

BASFs performance products segment reported higher income from operations for the second quarter, while income from operations was down for its chemic ...

Indias diversified, state-run enterprise Balmer Lawrie & Co. reported that operating profit from its greases and lubricants segment rose 12 percent ye ...

Southeast Asia should see healthy demand growth for both industrial and automotive lubricants in coming years, according to a recent report by Ipsos B ...

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August 17, 2016

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Lubricants manufacturer and distributor Cosan Lubricants reported a net loss and higher net revenue for the second quarter, compared to 2015s second q ...

Demand for consumer automotive lubricants in the U.S. is expected to decline by a 0.8 percent compound annual growth rate from 2015 to 2020, consultan ...

Ongoing financial trouble has lead Brazils state-owned oil company Petrobras to divest lubricant operations in Chile and Argentina, including blending ...

The average price per quart of motor oil in the U.S. automotive aftermarket industry declined 1 percent in the first six months of 2016, compared to a ...

Five Indian lube companies saw year-on-year profit increases in their first quarters ranging from 8 percent for Tide Water to 75 percent for Apar Indu ...

Indias Tide Water Oil named its largest shareholder, Standard Greases & Specialties Pvt., joint-promoter alongside state-owned Andrew Yule Group. The ...

Industry Calendar

August 15, 2016

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Q2 Earnings Summary

August 10, 2016

Calumet Specialty Product Partners reported a net loss, and Clean Harbors made less money from rerefined and blended products in the second quarter, c ...

All eyes are on Dec. 1, the day officially approved for launching products meeting the new API CK-4 and FA-4 heavy-duty diesel oil categories. And wit ...

Japans top four lubricant companies are expected to merge into two entities by 2017, events that could significantly reduce competition. Foreign brand ...

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. reported that its fiscal first quarters net profit jumped 52 percent to an all-time high, thanks to robust volume growt ...

Q2 Earnings Round-up

August 3, 2016

Afton Chemical and Milacrons Industrial Fluids segment reported increased profits, rerefiner Heritage-Crystal Cleans oil business posted lower sales, ...

Fuchs Petrolub SE agreed to acquire Delaware-based Ultrachem, which produces and markets specialty synthetic lubricants for the compressor original eq ...

As China's lubricant market becomes more crowded, some suppliers - including both oil manufacturer marketers and distributors - are seeking new ways t ...

Lubricant maker Castrol India Ltd. reported a 12 percent jump in its second quarter net profit, as volume growth in the personal mobility and industri ...