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Tianhe Reports Rough Waters

September 20, 2019

Tianhe Chemicals recently reported a 57 percent decline in gross profits from its lubricant additives segment for the first half of 2019, citing chall ...

U.S. Base Oil Production Slips

September 18, 2019

During the first half of 2019, the United States base oil production purred like a contented kitten as Asian countries production roared like a hungry ...

API Group II base oil has overtaken Group I in terms of global production capacity and will likely continue to distance itself in coming years, but Gr ...

Evonik has expanded its capacity to produce C13 alcohol isotridecanol at its Marl, Germany, chemical complex. The chemical is used to make surfactants ...

A market research firm projects Russias motor oil demand to grow at a compound annual rate of 1.6 percent from 811,000 tons in the July 2017 to July 2 ...

Timken Co. reached an agreement to acquire Pegnitz, Germany-based automatic lubrication system supplier Beka Lubrication for approximately $165 millio ...

Best Practices

September 17, 2019

Sara Lefcourt provides tips on how to hire the right person for a management position.

Your Business

September 17, 2019

Jack Goodhue reminds us how important final plans are.

Lubes industry workers love what they do, a new survey reveals, but some shadows lurk on the horizon.

Industry Calendar

September 17, 2019

OCTOBER 8-11. Global Lubricants Week Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow, Russia Konstantinova.Elena@rpi-inc.ru www.rpi-conferences.com 15-16. ICIS Middl ...

Global lubricant demand has been mostly flat during recent decades, but the geographic spread of that demand has shifted significantly, an industry an ...

Lube Industry Shifted to Asia

September 4, 2019

Global lubricant demand has been mostly flat during recent decades, but the geographic spread of that demand has shifted significantly, an industry an ...

Quaker Houghton announced Aug. 29 that it agreed to acquire the four operating divisions of United Kingdom-based Norman Hay plc for 80 million. This i ...

Amid worries over pollution and climate change, India is trying to speed the uptake of electric vehicles, but penetration of those vehicles is still l ...

Lubricant demand volumes in Sri Lanka shrank 0.3 percent in 2018, while the sales value of those products rose 3.1 percent, according to a market repo ...

China is likely to churn out more lubricant brands before potential consolidation of the industry, even amid a lack of growth, said experts at an even ...

ExxonMobil is working to reposition its Mobil brand in some South American countries, including Argentina where it recently signed Cosans Moove to ser ...

German specialty chemical distributor Biesterfeld Spezialchemie acquired Norwegian lubricant distributor Lindberg & Lund AS last week for an undisclos ...

The outlook for transformer oil demand in India remains robust because of expected growth in the countrys power demand and the governments focus on bo ...

Compared to previous engine oil standards, Asia, Middle East and Africa regions may see a quicker rollout of ILSAC GF-6 following its launch in North ...