Finished Lubricants

Automotive engine oil demand in Southeast Asia is gradually shifting from obsolete grades to higher quality products, a Lubrizol official told an indu ...

Esso (Thailand) Public Co. plans to increase its lubricant market share by expanding its motorcycle oil distribution channels, said a company executi ...

Global demand for motorcycle oil is set to grow at a compound annual rate of 3.5 percent to almost 1.8 million metric tons by 2022, largely due to Asi ...

Serbian lube marketer Fam recently opened a corrosion inhibitor and degreaser production unit. The government is now seeking a foreign investor follow ...

Electric vehicles are on the rise, but internal combustion engines will continue to dominate vehicle populations for the foreseeable future, meaning l ...

After several years of decline, Brazil's lubricant industry is showing signs of reviving, according to speakers at an industry conference in Rio de Ja ...

Infineum announced this month that it has begun constructing a research and development center at its headquarters in Milton Hill, Oxfordshire, United ...

A survey of Russian motorists indicates that a large proportion of them are not following original equipment manufacturers recommendations for viscosi ...

Aztec Oils has completed several acquisitions the past few years and now is trying to continue growing with a 1.2 million (U.S. $1.6 million) developm ...

Lubricant prices in many markets have risen in recent months, largely due to the past years run-up in crude oil costs. In Japan, oil marketers are rai ...

A recent report by Global Market Insights predicts demand for lubricant packaging in Asia-Pacific will grow at a compound annual rate of 3.5 percent f ...

Publishers Letter

June 22, 2018

Global grease production continued at a steady pace last year, totaling 2.5 billion pounds, down just 0.4 percent from 2016, according to the National ...

No one wants lubes in their food, but H1 lubricant manufacturers are cautious about the practicalities of current limits.

In an unusually harsh attack between lube industry giants, Shell claimed last week that a sample of ExxonMobil heavy-duty diesel engine oil failed to ...

Lubricating grease production in North America increased 4.6 percent in 2017, according to the National Lubricating Grease Institutes yearly survey, w ...

As policies encouraging lower emissions and higher-efficiency equipment influence the types of fuels used to meet rising energy demand, methane and ot ...

Lubricating grease production in Europe increased 8 percent in 2017, according to the National Lubricating Grease Institutes annual production survey, ...

Russian industrial lubricants and grease marketer Titan built a new plant in Novocherkassk, introduced a new filling line and entered new markets, a c ...

Lukoil opened a new modernized loading center for lubricants and bitumen products at its refinery in Volgograd, Russia, the company announced earlier ...

Grease production in China remained steady in 2017 while Japans output grew and India shifted toward higher quality, according to the National Lubrica ...