Automotive Greases

Lopal Exports Lubricants to Pakistan

Lopal Exports Lubricants to Pakistan

April 2, 2021

Chinese lubricants marketer Jiangsu Lopal Tech recently exported its first batch of lubricants to Pakistan, which it sai ...

DuPont to Build Lubes Facilities

DuPont to Build Lubes Facilities

March 12, 2021

DuPont said last week that it is investing $40 million to construct specialty lubricant manufacturing units at existing ...

Profits Rise for Indian Companies

Profits Rise for Indian Companies

February 12, 2021

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd., Apar Industries’ transformer oil and specialty oil segment, Balmer Lawrie’s grease s ...

Idemitsu to Buy Up Toa Shares

Idemitsu to Buy Up Toa Shares

January 8, 2021

Japan’s Idemitsu Kosan Co. will consolidate its lubricant and grease business by buying up stock of Toa Oil Co. to mak ...

Prohibited Chemical Allowed in Lubes

Prohibited Chemical Allowed in Lubes

January 6, 2021

The United States Environmental Protection Agency last month excluded the lubricant industry from a new prohibition on p ...

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Sri Lanka’s First Grease Plant Almost Built

November 27, 2020

Lanka IOC said recently that it expects to complete construction of Sri Lanka’s first grease plant by the end of this ...

Most Indian Companies’ Profits Increase

Most Indian Companies’ Profits Increase

November 13, 2020

Castrol India Ltd. reported higher profit for the quarter ending Sept. 30, compared to the same period in 2019, while Gu ...

Valvoline Geared Up for Grease Expansion

Valvoline Geared Up for Grease Expansion

October 6, 2020

Custom Content – Valvoline, one of the world’s leading lubricant and automotive suppliers, has made a frictionless m ...

North American Grease Production Slips

North American Grease Production Slips

July 1, 2020

North American production of lubricating greases seems to have dipped from 2018 to 2019, according to a survey by the Un ...

Spotlight on Grease

Spotlight on Grease

June 2, 2020

The grease industry has been under pressure to develop formulations that keep pace with the increased performance and ef ...

Shear Improvement: Polymers Keep Mechanical Stability

Shear Improvement: Polymers Keep Mechanical Stability

June 2, 2020

Polymers can improve water resistance, thickener yield and tackiness in grease formulations, but their long molecular st ...

Greases Make MR Fluid Technology Stick

Greases Make MR Fluid Technology Stick

June 2, 2020

Magnetorheological fluids are being used in an increasing number of applications, but this relatively new technology sti ...

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Marketing Matters

April 27, 2020

Emeka Umejei looks at African grease trends.

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Gost in the Machine

January 17, 2020

When lubrication is concerned, standards need to evolve to match advances in technology. In Russia, some grease manufact ...

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Expanding to Grow in Evolving Grease Market

November 20, 2019

Aerospace Lubricants is nearing completion on an expansion to add 10 million pounds of grease production capacity at its ...

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New Grease Plant Starts Up in Kansas

November 13, 2019

A joint venture between Japanese grease maker Kyodo Yushi and its American partner Lubrication Engineers began operating ...

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Axel to Expand, Improve U.S. Grease Plants

October 30, 2019

Axel Christiernsson AB announced on Monday a multi-million dollar expansion and improvement plan across its three grease ...

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Digitializing Can Benefit Production, Expert Says

September 25, 2019

Lubricant and grease production plants can improve efficiency and profitability by digitalizing their operations, an ind ...