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The two-wheeler industrys demand for lubricants is projected to increase globally at a rate of 6 percent from 2011 to 2016, Kline & Co. found, dr ...

Falcon Absorbs MWF Firm

April 17, 2013

Falcon Industrial has acquired Benchmark Fluids for an undisclosed amount, a move that Falcon says will expand its customer base and strengthen its me ...

WD-40 Holds the Line

April 10, 2013

WD-40 reported $10.5 million in net income for the quarter ending Feb. 28, down 1 percent from the year-ago period, with net sales up 1 percent at $86 ...

Oil changes drive traffic through U.S. service bays and offer the best opportunity to cross-sell other services, according to market research company ...

Chinese Geely cars assembled in Russia will use Lukoils transmission oils for factory fill, the Russian oil major said last week. Derways, the compan ...

Additives maker Infineum will restructure its corporate leadership team effective April 1, moving newly appointed sales and supply executive vice pres ...

Although U.S. base oil refiners opened 2012 on an upward surge, their monthly output started to wobble in the summer and then proceeded to lose moment ...

Base stocks from Shell and Qatar Petroleums joint-venture GTL refinery in Qatar are beginning to make inroads into the process oils market. Shell ann ...

The number of U.S. fast lubes reached 17,063, up 1,058 stores from a year ago, according to National Oil & Lube News 2013 Tops in the Industry Ra ...

JX Keeps an Eye on China

March 13, 2013

JX Nippon remains committed to its investment in China, despite the protracted political rift between the governments in Beijing and Tokyo over the di ...

German chemical distributor Brenntag agreed yesterday to acquire U.S. lubricant distributor Lubrication Services LLC for $42 million. The transaction ...

Quaker Income, Sales Up

March 13, 2013

Lubricant supplier Quaker Chemical reported increases in net income for 2012’s fourth quarter and the full year, compared to results for the yea ...

Given the lubricants industry’s limited resources, it’s time to focus attention and resources where they add value – and not on need ...

LLK International, Russia’s biggest lubricant marketer, signed a contract for lubricants supply with the Afghan Ministry of Defense, Russian sta ...

Lubrizols CPI Engineering Services is partnering with Oxea Chemicals to manufacture synthetic refrigeration lubricants in Nanjing, China. Oxea has als ...

Led by strong vehicle sales, Russian automotive lubricants demand is expected to grow around 3 percent annually, reaching 765,000 metric tons by 2017, ...

Say Bye to Stanlow Base Oil

February 27, 2013

Essar Energy reached an agreement with its base oil customers that will allow it to shut down the base oil plant at its Stanlow, U.K., refinery within ...

Fuchs Thrives in 2012

February 27, 2013

Fuchs Petrolub AG reported 2012 earnings of 207 million (U.S. $273 million) on full-year sales revenue of 1.8 billion, up from 2011 earnings of 183 mi ...

Calumet Posts Strong 4Q, 2012

February 20, 2013

Calumet Specialty Products Partners fourth quarter 2012 net income was up compared to the year earlier quarter, and its full year 2012 net income was ...

Kamaz Oils for Russian Trucks

February 20, 2013

Kamaz, Russias biggest truck manufacturer, is now promoting Kamaz-branded heavy-duty motor oils developed with LLK International, the countrys biggest ...