Automotive Lubricants

Industrial Lube Sales Boost Copton

Industrial Lube Sales Boost Copton

Lube Report Asia - January 5, 2024

Chinese lubricants blender Copton Tech Co. reported higher net profit and sales revenue for the quarter ending Sept. 30 ...

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Vibra Rejects Offer, Will Consider Others

Lube Report Americas - January 3, 2024

Vibra Energia, one of Brazil’s largest lubricant suppliers, recently rejected a merger offer from Eneva, calling the p ...

Key Trends in the Lubricants Industry in 2024

Key Trends in the Lubricants Industry in 2024

Lubes'n'Greases - January 2, 2024

From sustainability endeavors to Industry 4.0, Flavio Kliger of Lubrizol discusses the major trends in both additives an ...

Automotive Lubricants Shift Toward Synthetics

Automotive Lubricants Shift Toward Synthetics

Lubes'n'Greases - January 2, 2024

Sean Nguyen of Pennzoil outlines some of the most prominent trends affecting automotive lubricants, including the uptake ...

Will Electric Vehicles Change the World?

Will Electric Vehicles Change the World?

Lubes'n'Greases - January 2, 2024

Increased electrification will inevitably affect PCMO demand. How can the industry roll with the punches?

The Moving Parts of the HDEO Market

The Moving Parts of the HDEO Market

Lubes'n'Greases - January 2, 2024

What are the most prominent trends affecting the heavy-duty engine oil segment?

Germany Demand Declines in October

Germany Demand Declines in October

Lube Report EMEA - January 2, 2024

Germany's finished lubricants demand, including process oils, declined 11% in October, as a year-long trend of falling c ...

VMPAvto Opens Small Blending Plant

VMPAvto Opens Small Blending Plant

Lube Report EMEA - January 2, 2024

Russian lubricant maker VMPAvto, recently opened a small factory in Saint Petersburg’s heavily industrialized Kirovsky ...

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Grease

Factbook - December 29, 2023

Global production of lubricating grease saw a decrease of nearly 4% from 2021 to 2022, according to the National Lubrica ...

Rising Group II, III Demand Forecast for Brazil

Rising Group II, III Demand Forecast for Brazil

Lube Report Americas - December 27, 2023

Brazil is expected to show sustained demand for API Group II and Group III base oils in the coming years, an industry ex ...

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Shareholders Approve Livent-Allkem Merger

Lube Report Americas - December 27, 2023

Shareholders of lithium suppliers Livent Corp. and Allkem Ltd. both approved their proposed merger this month, the last ...

Graphene Manufacturer Opens Australia Plant

Graphene Manufacturer Opens Australia Plant

Lube Report Asia - December 22, 2023

Graphene Manufacturing Group Ltd. commissioned a natural gas-to-graphene production plant in Richlands, Australia, that ...

Aramco Buys Pakistan Channel for Valvoline

Aramco Buys Pakistan Channel for Valvoline

Lube Report Asia - December 22, 2023

Saudi Aramco signed definitive agreements to acquire a 40% equity stake in Gas & Oil Pakistan Ltd. – a diversified ...

Uzbekistan Base Oil Upgrade Delayed

Uzbekistan Base Oil Upgrade Delayed

Lube Report Asia - December 15, 2023

A project to upgrade Uzbekistan’s only base oil plant has been delayed and is now scheduled to be completed in 2025, i ...

Fuchs Expands in South Africa

Fuchs Expands in South Africa

Lube Report EMEA - December 11, 2023

Fuchs Lubricants announced it is investing 218 million rand (U.S. $11.4 million) in the second phase of an expansion tha ...

Lukoil, Shell, Mobil Top Russian Survey

Lukoil, Shell, Mobil Top Russian Survey

Lube Report EMEA - December 11, 2023

Shell and Mobil remain two of the three most popular motor oil brands in Russia, despite Shell and ExxonMobil exiting th ...

A Silver Lining for North American Lubricant Demand

A Silver Lining for North American Lubricant Demand

Lubes'n'Greases - December 4, 2023

Despite an imminent decline in demand for passenger car motor oil, the North American lubricants market may be on the up ...

The Hidden Side of Viscosity

The Hidden Side of Viscosity

Lubes'n'Greases - December 4, 2023

What is viscosity, and how has the quest to lower it affected engine oil formulations?