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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

Pertamina plans to turn its lubricant business from an operating unit into a subsidiary this year. The Indonesian energy company wants to give the lub ...

In a recent test by China Consumer Report magazine, Kunlun Tianyuan engine oil caused more engine-clogging deposits than four other leading synthetic ...

Commercial production of Solazymes algal oils commenced at two Iowa facilities, and the sale and distribution of the products began in both the United ...

Russian Gazprom Neft Lubricants signed a lubes distribution contract with Ghabbour Auto, a large automobile assembler and dealer in Egypt. Egypt has a ...