Immediate opportunity as well as long term corporate strategy prompted Wichita, Kan.-based Universal Lubricants to purchase a used oil collection busi ...

MOSCOW – Driven by strong demand for premium products, China imported a record 2.7 million tons of base oil last year, continuing a six-year tre ...

Calumet and Fuchs each reported increases in net income and sales during the first quarter, compared to 2011s first quarter. For the quarter ending M ...

Heritage-Crystal Cleans oil business, including oil collection and rerefining, posted $20 million in sales for the quarter ending March 24, up from $2 ...

Afton Chemical and Quaker Chemical each reported increases in sales and operating profit for the first quarter, compared to the year-ago quarter. New ...

Led by strong growth in Asia, global industrial grease consumption is projected to grow about 2.6 percent per year, from 695,000 metric tons in 2011, ...

Ashland reported its Consumer Markets (Valvoline) business posted operating income of $57 million for the quarter ending March 31, down 11 percent fro ...

Base oil capacity in the United States totaled 217,300 barrels per day on Jan. 1, unchanged from 2011, according to American Fuel & Petrochemical ...

Contract blender and packager Lubricating Specialties Co. has acquired Wynn Oil Co.s former blending plant in Azusa, Calif., for an undisclosed amount ...

Private equity firm CCMP Capital Advisors will acquire Milacron from Avenue Capital Group for an undisclosed amount. Milacrons Cimcool industrial flui ...

MOSCOW – Russian production of high quality API Groups II and III base oils is predicted to reach 1.7 million tons per year by 2020, meeting dom ...

Private equity firm The Riverside Co. acquired Galaxy Associates as an add-on to DuBois Chemicals. Both companies make specialty chemicals, including ...

WD-40 posted $10.6 million in operating income for the quarter ending Feb. 29, up 16.5 percent from the year-ago period, with net sales up 9 percent a ...

One Equity Partners on Friday acquired white oils producer Sonneborn from Sun Capital Partners for an undisclosed amount. Sonneborn supplies white oi ...

MOSCOW – Russias grease production is expected to grow at an annual rate of 5 to 7 percent after 2014, when new plants will be launched, a resea ...

Sulfonates marketers Kimes Technologies International and Peterson Industries have merged under the Kimes name to promote a global growth strategy. T ...

Lubrizols acquisition of grease manufacturer Chemtool remains under Federal Trade Commission review, and Lubrizol expects to close on the deal once th ...

U.S. demand for synthetic lubricants and functional fluids will grow more than 8 percent annually to $7.4 billion in 2015, boosted by modern equipment ...

Hup Soon and AP Oil yesterday announced a 50-50 joint venture in Singapore to develop and produce lubricants under a new brand name, to be sold global ...

Kline & Co. projects 16 percent annual growth in lubricant consumption in the global wind turbine industry over the next five years, although eco ...