Tide Water Oil Co. (India) is gearing up to enter South African and Sudanese markets with its Veedol automotive lubricants, license sales of its produ ...

Malaysias Emery Oleochemicals plans to expand its biolubricant business globally with partnerships, acquisitions and expansion of existing sites in Ma ...

MOSCOW-Russian oil major Tatneft and subsidiary Nizhnekamskneftekhim announced plans to restart polyalphaolefins production at its plant in Nizhnekams ...

Quaker Chemical Corp. acquired Spanish industrial lubes and grease company Verkol last week for $32.4 million. Quaker, of Conshohocken, Pa., said that ...

Fuchs Petrolub acquired Sweden-based Statoil Fuel & Retail Lubricants AB for an undisclosed amount. SFR Lubricants is part of Couche-Tard Luxembou ...

Long-term investments in biobased products are starting to bear fruit. Are they finally poised to break out of the "green" niche and enter the mainstr ...

The Russian government imposed a new petrochemical industry taxation rule that envisions gradual decrease on an annual basis of the export tax for cru ...

From home appliances to industrial equipment, electric motors are the world's number one drain on electricity. Greases may have an impact -- but can t ...

These lubricants are expected to save fuel, protect hardware and make everyone's life simpler -- but components and specifications are becoming more c ...

North Americas finished lubricants demand will change little, with 0.3 percent compounded annual growth from 2014 to about 2.8 billion gallons in 2019 ...

Rafinerija ulja Modrica recently launched a new blending plant in Modrica, northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 13 million (U.S. $14.2 million) blendi ...

Illinois-based chemical distributor Univar Inc. announced last week that it acquired the assets of oleochemical manufacturer and distributor Chemical ...

Nigeria has approved N2.4 billion (U.S. $11.6 million) to establish auto-testing centers to help ensure vehicle safety and environmental protection, a ...

The increased use of biodiesel has exacerbated the effect of fuel dilution of the lubricant. Fuel dilution can increase oxidation, reduce viscosity, c ...

WD-40 reported net income of $11 million for the quarter ending May 31, up 5 percent from a year earlier, with net sales down 3 percent at $92.5 milli ...

Ukrainian lube maker Aviks Group recently launched a 9,000 metric tons per year grease production plant near Lipetsk, Russia, the company confirmed to ...

China was the worlds largest producer of grease in 2014, according to data provided by companies participating in the National Lubricating Grease Inst ...

Ineos Oligomers will build a unit at its La Porte, Texas, polyalphaolefin plant that will produce 20,000 metric tons per year of high-viscosity PAO up ...

Do you know the difference between H1, H2, H3, 3H and other food-industry lubricants? A new position paper from Europe's grease association aims to he ...

Astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper jumped at the chance to perform "the ultimate lube job" -- greasing the International Space Station.