Finished Lubricants

Evonik announced yesterday it is expanding its production capacity for polyalkylmethacrylate-based viscosity modifiers by 15 percent to meet rising de ...

Japans domestic lubricant sales volumes fell by more than 10 percent in 2018, but exports increased by 30 percent, according to data released recently ...

Diesel engine oils of obsolete API CF-4 service category and below still dominate Asias major commercial vehicle markets - China, India and Indonesia ...

Milacron Holdings Corp. may be considering a sale of its Cimcool fluid technology unit, which makes metalworking fluids, Bloomberg reported on June 28 ...

Bosch Rexroth is set to take delivery of the first prototype of its oil ageing test rig, a machine developed to obtain more precise values for the eff ...

Demand for engine oil used in natural gas engines is projected to grow over the next few years as governments push for cleaner fuel alternatives, acco ...

Sales by oil change and lubrication shops in the United States reached $6.3 billion in 2018, up 4 percent from 2017, according to a report jointly pub ...

Advanced lubricants will have contributed up to 4.1 percent of the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from transport in the European Union between ...

Battery-powered vehicles have fewer grease applications than internal combustion engine vehicles, but EV components and changes in driving habits coul ...

Russian lubes and greases marketer Obninskorgsintez is ramping up its grease production through robust marketing and expansion of its customer base, a ...

Publishers Letter

June 24, 2019

The amount of grease the world is making each year may be stagnant, but production is, in fact, changing, Chuck Coe told the National Lubricating Grea ...

Automotive

June 24, 2019

Steve Swedberg asks whether universal engine oil can include natural gas powered vehicles, too.

Need To Know

June 24, 2019

Tom Glenn questions the 30-day waiting period for finished lube price increases.

Advances in four-stroke engines and emission regulations mean that passenger car oils arent a good deal for todays motorcycles.

Same Difference?

June 24, 2019

Food comes from plants, but that doesnt mean biobased lubes are always fit for food processing.

Are the synthetic and naphthenic understudies to paraffinic base oils ready to steal the limelight?

Malaysian company Hyrax Oil plans to open a lubricant blending plant next week at an oil terminal in Muthurajawela, Sri Lanka.

Sol Petroleum Jamaica Ltd., a subsidiary of a Shell lubricants macro distributor, will shut down its lubricants business effective June 30 after its p ...

Lubricant demand in Brazil jumped to 399,000 metric tons for the first four months of this year, a 5 percent increase compared to the same period of 2 ...

Demand for engine oil used in natural gas engines is projected to grow over the next few years as governments push for cleaner fuel alternatives, acco ...