Automotive Lubricants

Police in Brazilian State Seize Engine Oil

Police in Brazilian State Seize Engine Oil

Lube Report Americas - May 24, 2023

Police in the Brazilian state of Goias, in a joint operation with government agencies, on May 22 seized more than 4,000 ...

France Lube Demand Fell in March

France Lube Demand Fell in March

Lube Report EMEA - May 23, 2023

France’s finished lubricant consumption fell 13% to 45,297 metric tons in March, pushing demand for the first quarter ...

MRS Oil Profits Jump on Reduced Costs

MRS Oil Profits Jump on Reduced Costs

Lube Report EMEA - May 16, 2023

Gross profit for Nigerian blender MRS Oil’s lubricants segment skyrocketed more than 20 fold in the fourth quarter, on ...

Brakes India Enters Lube Business

Brakes India Enters Lube Business

Lube Report Asia - May 12, 2023

India’s automotive lubricant market has a new player – the country’s largest manufacturer of braking systems. Brak ...

Recycling Grease Presents Challenges

Recycling Grease Presents Challenges

Lube Report EMEA - May 9, 2023

Virtually no grease is recycled, it was disclosed at the European Lubricating Greases Institute’s 33rd annual general ...

Germany Lube Demand Declined in February

Germany Lube Demand Declined in February

Lube Report EMEA - May 2, 2023

Domestic lubricant demand in Germany declined 8% to 51,416 tons in February, with steep decreases occuring in metalworki ...

Slower Electric Vehicle Uptake Predicted for Asia

Slower Electric Vehicle Uptake Predicted for Asia

Lube Report Asia - April 28, 2023

The impact of electric vehicles on the lubricants industry will be different in Asia than in Europe and North America be ...

Podcast 5: Asia Offers Lifeline to Automotive Lube Blenders

Podcast 5: Asia Offers Lifeline to Automotive Lube Blenders

Lubes'n'Greases - April 27, 2023

Eugene Tan discusses the challenges faced by Asia on the road to vehicle electrification and its lifeline to automotive ...

Mercedes Benz Amends Oil Change Advisory

Mercedes Benz Amends Oil Change Advisory

Lube Report EMEA - April 25, 2023

The Union of the European Lubricants Industry announced this month that it helped resolve a complaint about Mercedes Ben ...

France Lube Demand Dipped in February

France Lube Demand Dipped in February

Lube Report EMEA - April 25, 2023

Lubricant consumption in France decreased to 41,273 tons in February, 2% less than the same month last year, Paris-based ...

Eni Lube Sales Shrank in 2022

Eni Lube Sales Shrank in 2022

Lube Report EMEA - April 18, 2023

Italian energy company Eni said in its annual report that its wholesale lubricant sales in Italy fell 38% and that its c ...

Russia Engine Oil Demand Said to have Stagnated

Russia Engine Oil Demand Said to have Stagnated

Lube Report EMEA - April 18, 2023

Russian demand for automotive engine oils stagnated at around 414,000 metric tons in 2022, with the lion’s share bough ...

Profits Down for MRS Oil Nigeria

Profits Down for MRS Oil Nigeria

Lube Report EMEA - April 11, 2023

MRS Oil Nigeria Plc reported that gross profit for its lubricant segment fell 64% in 2022 due to negative impacts of inf ...

Germany Demand Down in January

Germany Demand Down in January

Lube Report EMEA - April 4, 2023

Germany’s domestic lubricant demand fell 16% year on year to 46,070 metric tons in January, with hydraulic oils and me ...

A New Crystal Ball for Grease

A New Crystal Ball for Grease

Lubes'n'Greases - April 3, 2023

Grease manufacturers and end users are closer to having another simple manual device to quickly inspect samples of lubri ...

Latin American Automotive Market Needs an Oil Upgrade

Latin American Automotive Market Needs an Oil Upgrade

Lubes'n'Greases - April 3, 2023

As the vehicle parc modernizes in Latin America, there is a widening gap between engine oils that new vehicles require a ...

Testing the Coolants of Tomorrow

Testing the Coolants of Tomorrow

Lubes'n'Greases - April 3, 2023

Discover how one test lab used different ASTM D1384 testing strategies to address the new challenges posed by conditions ...

Different Engine Oils for Different Fuel Choices

Different Engine Oils for Different Fuel Choices

Lubes'n'Greases - April 3, 2023

How might changes in fuel affect the lubricants used in automotive engines? Steve Swedberg investigates.