Finished Lubricants

ILSAC GF-7’s Arrival and a Look at the Tools Used to Deploy It

ILSAC GF-7’s Arrival and a Look at the Tools Used to Deploy It

June 5, 2025

ILSAC GF-7 is here. Steve Haffner outlines the tools used to deploy the new specification.

The Evolving Lubricant Supplier Landscape

The Evolving Lubricant Supplier Landscape

June 5, 2025

Some lubricant suppliers are spearheading innovation with focused investments in advanced formulations, sustainable prod ...

Industry 4.0: The Lubricants Industry Enters the Digital World

Industry 4.0: The Lubricants Industry Enters the Digital World

June 5, 2025

The implementation of Industry 4.0 in automation technologies is expected to increase the need for lubricants in advance ...

Lubricant and Filter Debris Analysis for Wind Turbines

Lubricant and Filter Debris Analysis for Wind Turbines

June 5, 2025

Al Yates examines how oil analysis and filter debris analysis are vital to wind turbine reliability programs.

Russian Finished Lubricant Market Flat

Russian Finished Lubricant Market Flat

June 5, 2025

Russia’s finished lubricant market held steady at around 1.8 million tons in 2024, as domestic producers focused on im ...

Ethanolamines Plant in Nanjing Back on in May

Ethanolamines Plant in Nanjing Back on in May

May 28, 2025

Operations at the joint BASF-Sinopec ethanolamines plant in Nanjing are expected to resume at the end of May.

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Lubricating the Burgeoning Space Industry

May 28, 2025

The space industry is burgeoning, and it offers opportunities to tribologists and lubrication researchers who want to pl ...

Zuber Issa Buys into UK Oil Brand Duckhams

Zuber Issa Buys into UK Oil Brand Duckhams

May 28, 2025

A supermarket magnate acquired a strategic equity stake in Duckhams, the 125-year-old British lubricants brand.

Ukraine Conflict Goldmine for Russian Grease Business

Ukraine Conflict Goldmine for Russian Grease Business

May 21, 2025

Russia’s domestic grease market is still lucrative despite sanctions and escalating raw materials costs.

Provisional Tariffs on Imported UAE Lubes Unfair

Provisional Tariffs on Imported UAE Lubes Unfair

May 21, 2025

Lubricant exporters in the United Arab Emirates and U.K. importers of their goods face tariffs on their products more th ...

Podcast 31: Taking the PFAS out of Food-grade Lubes

Podcast 31: Taking the PFAS out of Food-grade Lubes

May 14, 2025

The term PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyls, constitutes a vast number of manmade substances found in countless products ...

Petronas Lubes Launches Two New Products

Petronas Lubes Launches Two New Products

May 14, 2025

Petronas launched a line of insulating oils and a range of co-branded technical fluids.

Podcast 30: Leveling the UK Lubricant Playing Field

Podcast 30: Leveling the UK Lubricant Playing Field

May 7, 2025

Mark Lord of Aztec Oils talks about why an unprecedented volume of cheap lubricant is flooding the U.K. market.

API Is Not Alone

API Is Not Alone

April 30, 2025

Who are the major players in motor oil specification development right now, and how are they impacting the lubricants in ...

Reviving a Brand

Reviving a Brand

April 30, 2025

Trevor Gauntlett explores how one Indian company has leveraged the long and storied history of the Veedol brand name to ...

Dumping Case May Require Upfront Set-aside

Dumping Case May Require Upfront Set-aside

April 23, 2025

Importers of finished lubricants from Lithuania and the United Arab Emirates could have to pay a substantial guarantee a ...

Poland Market Shrank Again in 2024

Poland Market Shrank Again in 2024

April 23, 2025

Poland’s lubricants market contracted in 2024 for a third consecutive year, despite broader signs of economic recovery ...

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Quaker Houghton Partners with Idemitsu, PLI

April 23, 2025

Quaker Houghton last week entered partnerships with two giants of the lubricant industry’s Asian giants – Petronas L ...