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Liqui Moly starts production in Thailand, a company first.

Ingevity has reached an agreement to sell its crude tall oil refinery in North Charleston, South Carolina, the latest in a series of restructuring ste ...

Peruvian lubricant supplier Viskosil Industries won a trademark infringement judgement last month against competitor Vistony, which was found to have ...

PSP Posts Jump in Profits

September 17, 2025

Despite a slight dip in revenues, Thai lubricant producer PSP Specialties reported a 37% jump in net profit for the first half of 2025, thanks mostly ...

An acquisition company made the winning U.S.$10 billion bid for the beleaguered ex-Venezuelan refiner Citgo.

A sample of financial reports showed the industry struggling for profitability in the first six months of 2025.

Kluber Lubrication acquired lubricant automation firm TriboServ for an undisclosed sum.

A series of explosions ripped through Smitty’s Supply, a lubricant blender and distributor based in Roseland, Louisiana, starting a fire that sent f ...

Richful inked a deal with BAISA to be its exclusive distributor for Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America.

Chevron Phillips Chemical has finished expanding its low-viscosity polyalphaolefins production facility in Belgium, more than doubling annual capacit ...

Career Moves

August 6, 2025

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Ongoing economic and geopolitical uncertainty, and weak industrial activity in Europe, pushed Fuchs to revise its full-year outlook.

A trend toward more complicated lubricant formulation has collided with disruptions in base oil supply chains.

Huntsman closed its maleic anhydride facility in Germany, prompted by losses and deteriorating market conditions.

All but one potential buyer for U.K. lubricant company Castrol have dropped out.

Fuchs, the world’s largest independent lubricant company, has revised its results outlook, blaming weak demand from key customer sectors, influe ...

Brazil’s Vibra Energia kicked off discussions with Cosan S.A. over potentially buying its lubricants business Moove.

Lubricant Basics

July 18, 2025

To help you understand the basics of the lubricants industry, from base oil groups to additive treat rates, first let’s ask where most lubricant com ...

Vibra, Brazil’s largest fuel distributor, launched a new brand, Vibra Base Oil.

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July 16, 2025

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