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Industry Calendar

March 21, 2016

APRIL 13-14. UNITI Mineral Oil Technology Congress Kultur-und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany fogel@uniti.de www.uniti.de 14-15. Tribo ...

The Russian government has sought to sell off state-owned assets since last December due to continuing economic problems, including lubricant producer ...

Chevron Lanka said sales and marketing promotions such as product giveaways and prizes for distributors helped it to increase sales volumes during 201 ...

If India is one of Asias brightest lubricant markets, then much of its light comes from motorcycle and passenger car engine oil segments. Demand for t ...

Wax Supply to Lag Demand

March 9, 2016

Global wax supply is projected to grow from 10.5 billion pounds in 2014 to 10.7 billion pounds in 2019, falling short of wax demand growth over that t ...

Q4 Wrap-up

March 9, 2016

Heritage-Crystal Cleans oil business segment posted lower sales, and Milacron reported lower operating earnings for its Industrial Fluids segment in t ...

LONDON – Prospects are improving in West African lubricant markets, especially Ghana and Nigeria, according to two speakers at the ICIS World Ba ...

Asia Leads Way in Wax

March 8, 2016

Asia accounted for 46 percent of the globes 10.5 billion pounds of wax supply in 2015 and is the top supplier of several wax types, including petroleu ...

One of Kazakhstans two lubricant producers saw its output fall by 60 percent in 2015, according to the administration of the South Kazakhstan region, ...

Q4 Earnings Round-up

March 2, 2016

Nynas reported a sharp decrease in operational cash flow for its naphthenic unit, Clean Harbors made less money from rerefined and blended products, a ...

LONDON – As the most developed lubricant market on its continent, South Africa is surging ahead with demand for higher-quality base stocks and s ...

Castrol India Ltd.s 2015 year-end and fourth quarter profits jumped 30 percent and 7 percent, respectively, compared to 2014s corresponding periods, w ...

Through the first three-quarters of fiscal 2015-2016, Indias lubricant market appears to have fallen short of expectations. While giving scant credenc ...

Best Practices

February 24, 2016

Sara Lefcourt offers tips for better productivity in the office.

Q4 Earnings Wrap-up

February 24, 2016

Calumet Specialty Products Partners posted a net loss, Chemturas industrial products segments operating income was up, and Cosan Lubrificantes reporte ...

LONDON-As of last month, restrictions on the sale and transfer of base oils in Turkey were lifted, allowing these stocks to be stored and distributed ...

Despite a 4 percent drop in Southeast Asias sales of four-wheel vehicles in 2015 and a 12 percent slide in motorcycle and scooter sales, industry anal ...

Steady growth in the number of commercial aircraft in Asia-Pacific means the regions demand for aviation lubricants is also rising and should continue ...

GTS Lubricants Revenues Surge

February 23, 2016

GTS Chemical Holdings reported that sales revenue for its lubricants division jumped 52 percent in 2015, thanks to continued expansion of the business ...

Industry Calendar

February 17, 2016

APRIL 13-14. UNITI Mineral Oil Technology Congress Kultur-und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany fogel@uniti.de www.uniti.de 14-15. Tribo ...