The worlds growing hunger for fuel-efficient engine oils is good news for API Group III base oils, but the market will be oversupplied by 1 to 2 milli ...

Packaging design is as much science as art. The process requires close interaction between the design team and production experts - because a package ...

Vertex Energy Inc., of Houston, announced last week that it has agreed to buy Omega Holding Co.s rerefining assets, which include a used oil collectio ...

After climbing steadily for more than a decade, U.S. imports of base oils flattened out in 2013, the first year in 10 that did not see a gain. From Ja ...

Wyoming, Mich.-based Industrial Innovations has acquired Advance Products Corp.s die casting Automation division. Terms were not disclosed. The new en ...

Engine oils in Asia tend to lag behind oils from Europe and the Americas in their ability to prevent deposits around piston ring belts, while Asian an ...

Having the world's largest automobile market as their home creates opportunities for Chinese car and truck makers. But they also face big challenges, ...

Malaysian conglomerate UMW Group formed a joint venture to supply lubricants, automotive components and service center operations in Indonesia. UMWs m ...

U.S. refiners produced 59.8 million barrels of virgin base oils in 2013, chalking up a 3.9 percent improvement over 2012, according to recent data fro ...

Nynas sees a potential 1.4 million ton naphthenic base oil shortfall by 2016 and plans to help meet it, adding 350,000 tons per year of capacity in Ha ...

Base stock production in Japan rose 3.6 percent in 2013 to 2.5 million kiloliters, according to data released recently by the countrys Ministry of Eco ...

JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp., a Japanese petroleum giant, signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a joint venture with Indian lubricant manufac ...

Sara Lefcourt begins a special series of columns (Best Practices) on how to use big-company ideas -- even if youre not-so-big.

Jack Goodhue goes hitchhiking.

Fuchs and Quaker Chemical each posted strong results for 2013, compared to 2012. Fuchs Independent blender Fuchs Petrolub AG posted 2013 earnings of 2 ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners acquired United Petroleum Co., a wholesale distributor of motor oils, coolants and greases. Terms were not disclos ...

LONDON – Fuchs put a spotlight on 2013 lubricant demand of 35.3 million tons, demonstrating that nearly flat global growth masks big regional di ...

Cam2 International President Jack Baker and a group of investors acquired ownership of the lubricants blender and marketer from Omega Holdings Co. LLC ...

Competition appears to be heating up in South Korea's lubricant market with Hyundai Oilbank's entry into the scene. The refiner is still ramping up it ...

The Asia-Pacific region accounted for an estimated 42 percent of global lubricant consumption in 2013, an official with Fuchs Petrolub told an industr ...