Lubricant marketers should monitor new automotive engine technologies - both large changes and smaller ones - to keep abreast of potential development ...

The types of metals used in wide ranges of products have evolved in recent years, trending toward greater use of alloys and new kinds of alloys, and t ...

NextChem announced yesterday it was contracted by Sogis Chemical Co. to build a plant that will make oleic acid from residual fats. Oleic acids are in ...

Ola Energy urged the Kenyan government last week to lower its import duties on base oils and lubricant additives to allow lube blenders within the cou ...

Spains Repsol will begin blending lubricants in Southeast Asia through a joint venture with United Global Ltd., after acquiring a 40 percent stake in ...

Lubricant and grease production plants can improve efficiency and profitability by digitalizing their operations, an industry insider said at a confer ...

The Environmental Protection Agency issued significant new use rules on Sept. 18 under the Toxic Substances Control Act that approve pre-manufacture n ...

Lukoil opened a blending plant in Kazakhstan last week, saying it will use the facility to optimize its supply in that country, to penetrate China mor ...

Maintaining older categories when the industry is at risk of not having the necessary engine tests to keep them alive is one key challenge to future h ...

Steve Swedberg ponders a lubricants industry without phosphorus.

Different grease compatibility charts often present conflicting information, putting end users and their equipment at risk.

Studying a new type of viscosity modifier led to a valuable discovery about fluid flow in hydraulic systems.

Finding the right lubricant for automotive air conditioning systems is a tough in conventional cars. Its even trickier for electric vehicles, whose co ...

Engine oil viscosities for light-duty vehicles have become ever lower over the past few decades. Developments have been driven by engine technology an ...

Thailands lubricant demand is expected to grow this year as the automobile manufacturing sector expands and foreign companies relocate to the country ...

Chinas Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council yesterday announced a trial program to exclude 16 types of U.S. products - including grease and ...

Although managers of heavy-duty truck fleets understand the fuel economy benefits of API FA-4 engine oils, many remain hesitant to use a lower-viscosi ...

ILSAC GF-6 will be four years late by the time it comes to market next May, but it will take little time for the industry to embrace the passenger car ...

German-Turkish joint venture Opet Fuchs last week announced the start of operations at its lubricant blending plant in Aliaga, Turkey, near Izmir, say ...

Transformer oil supplier Michang Oil Ind. Co. of South Korea plans to enter the Indonesian market by forming a joint venture, PT Sari Michang Concord, ...