Tom Glenn examines why some products earn space on store shelves and others get kicked to the curb.

In its current form, the venerable standard for defining engine oil viscosity grades may actually be hindering efforts to find fuel savings, contends ...

Brazil appears to be falling behind on its targets for gathering used lubricating oil, missing some 14.7 million liters in first-half 2014 alone. That ...

D-A Lubricant Co. is investing more than $3.9 million in equipment at its headquarters in Lebanon, Ind., where it eventually plans to move some of its ...

Russian oil major Rosneft and Uralvagonzavod have begun cooperating to meet the defense contractor’s lubricant needs in the face of embargoes by ...

Allegheny Petroleum Products Co. is nearly doubling the size of its Ambridge, Pa., facility, to make way for more blending and faster filling. The Wil ...

The Indian grease market is the worlds third-largest and is growing approximately 2 percent per year, according to an analyst. One industry insider sa ...

Lubricant demand in China has jumped so much in recent years that some now deem it the worlds biggest market, surpassing the United States. The countr ...

The next big date for the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals initiative comes in June 2015 when new substance and mi ...

Europe and the Americas together accounted for 85 to 90 percent of an estimated 250,000 to 300,000 metric tons of global demand for biolubricants in 2 ...

Dick Beercheck examines the need for new tests for gas turbine oils.

Champion Oil announced price cuts of up to 3.5 percent for selected SKUs of branded motor oils and other lubricants, effective Feb. 6. As we are movin ...

Taiwans CPC Corp. entered a joint venture with Hexing Chemical and Uni-Shine Chemical Corp. to build a lubricant blending plant in Dong Nai Province, ...

Engine oil volatility issues will not soon fade away or evaporate, says Automotive editor Steve Swedberg.

Steve Swedberg reveals the names - CK-4 and FA-4 - being considered for the labels of new heavy-duty engine oils.

You'll need world-class technologies and supply chains to drop anchor in the $5 billion marine lubricants market. Just prepare to go long, because U.S ...

Industrial-scale food production is a relatively new and rapidly growing business. Today approximately 70 percent of the average diet consists of proc ...

Russian oil major Lukoil started an expansion of its lube manufacturing plant in Vienna to bolster its logistics and supply base in Central and Wester ...

Ashlands Valvoline segment reported operating income of $83 million during the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2014, up 10.7 percent from the same period a yea ...

Trucking fleet operators are conservative about switching to lighter engine oils, but one of the countrys largest – Ryder Systems Inc. – h ...