Automotive Lubricants

Sales at oil change and lubrication shops in the United States climbed 10% to $6.3 billion in 2021, compared to $5.7 billion in 2020, according to a j ...

Steve Swedberg discusses the ways in which GF-7 may differ from its predecessor.

A research institute has developed two real-time methods for measuring the homogeneity of lubricating greases. What do these new methods entail, and h ...

German independent lubricants maker Fuchs Group entered the battery market by acquiring 28% of the shares in E-Lyte Innovations GmbH, a start-up that ...

Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, has approached Valvoline, one of the world’s largest independent lubricant suppliers, about buying ...

Castrol released its dedicated EV transmission fluid for aftermarket in Europe for the first time since its On range was launched in 2021.

The Biden administration recently gave a $3.1 billion kickstart to domestic electric vehicle battery manufacturing. The fund is part of a plan to ween ...

A draft standard for lubricants for heavy-duty engines running on natural gas has cleared the project review stage and been formally accepted as a dev ...

Playing Defense

May 2, 2022

The United States lubricants industry has been operating in unprecedented conditions during the past year. Tom Glenn discusses how marketers can cope ...

After a pandemic-induced recession in 2020, lubricant demand in Poland rebounded last year as passenger cars returned to the road and motorists resume ...

Spotlight on Electric Vehicles Amidst the hubbub surrounding battery electric vehicles, there is a small yet growing conversation about hydrogen-po ...

Spotlight on Electric Vehicles A growing cadre of lubricant manufacturers—small and large—are developing and producing dedicated electric vehic ...

BASF and Lanxess share how they are contributing to an all-electric future.

Bright stock supply is tight. Fortunately, OCP and PIB can be used to replace the scarce base stock in grease applications.

Development of PC-12 is now well underway. Steve Swedberg outlines how the new category will likely differ from its predecessor.

MJL Profits Drop Steeply

April 1, 2022

Lubricant blender and supplier MJL Bangladesh reported a steep drop in profits and a slight increase in sales revenue for the quarter ending Dec. 31. ...

Lubricant producer Champion Brands LLC was slapped with a $130,243 fee by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to release annual ...

Lubricant sales in France were up slightly for 2021 and in December, compared to the same periods in 2020, according to an industry association’s da ...

Ardova Loss Gets Bigger

March 1, 2022

Nigerian blender and distributor Ardova PLC reported an enlarged operating loss and higher sales revenue for its lubricants and greases segment for th ...

Spain’s lubricant demand increased 11% in 2021, compared to the same month in 2020, though it fell 3% shy of the country’s demand in 2019, accordi ...