Finished Lubricants

Warren Oil is suing Smittys Supply Inc. for trade dress and trademark infringement on its automatic transmission fluid sold in Bolivia, alleging that ...

Competition appears to be heating up in South Korea's lubricant market with Hyundai Oilbank's entry into the scene. The refiner is still ramping up it ...

Consumers in the Indian state of Delhi pay a significant price for a 21 percent value added tax that the government assesses on lubricants. Lubricant ...

The Asia-Pacific region accounted for an estimated 42 percent of global lubricant consumption in 2013, an official with Fuchs Petrolub told an industr ...

The bazaar may be an ancient part of commerce in India, but the countrys lubricant industry appears to be discovering it once again. Insiders say supp ...

Chinese demand for machine tools will grow more than 9 percent annually for the next four years, according to forecasts by a United States industry re ...

Esters Gaining Popularity

February 25, 2014

Synthetic esters are enjoying healthy demand growth, according to a Croda official, especially for lubricant applications that require high technical ...

Shell agreed last week to sell downstream operations in Australia to Swiss energy trader Vitol. The transaction includes lubricant sales activities bu ...

Silogram Lubricants of New York filed a complaint last month against more than a dozen former employees and several competitors, contending that the g ...

South Koreas demand for lubricating oil is projected to increase slightly to 917,137 metric tons in 2014, according to a report by the Korea Lubricati ...

Hi-Tech Lubricants Ltd. held a ceremony last week marking the start of construction for a lubricant packaging plant in Lahore, Pakistan. The facility ...

Foam control is more critical in metalworking fluids because of the higher cutting speeds and higher pressures being used today. Two industry experts ...

Otto Botz of Rowe Minerallwerk GmbH examines the capabilities and future prospects for biolubricants.

Market Outlook for PAOs

February 12, 2014

Future energy demand and regulations for reduced emissions, improved fuel economy and better energy efficiency will drive the development of top-line ...

Last Word

February 12, 2014

Joe Beeton reports on the continuing use of formaldehyde in metalworking fluids.

Elevance Renewable Sciences and Enis Versalis chemical subsidiary will jointly develop and scale a new metathesis technology to produce biochemicals f ...

Lubrication Technologies will invest $16 million to renovate a manufacturing facility in Shreveport, La., the states governor announced Monday. The Mi ...

A California legislator whose constituents include Biosynthetic Technologies has introduced a state bill that will require use of biosynthetic motor o ...

Lubricant marketers in India have begun working harder to cultivate positive images for their products. Analysts say suppliers are trying various stra ...

Gulf Oil Corp. Ltd. plans to construct a blending plant in or near Chennai, India. Officials say the business will also augment an existing plant in S ...