Automotive Lubricants

Financials Fall for Heritage-Crystal Clean, Moove

Financials Fall for Heritage-Crystal Clean, Moove

Lube Report Americas - August 16, 2023

Rerefiner Heritage-Crystal Clean reported a steep fall in second quarter revenues for its oil business segment – which ...

Asian Imports Ascend in Russia

Asian Imports Ascend in Russia

Lube Report EMEA - August 15, 2023

Russia imported 282,000 tons of motor oils in 2022, and more than half of that was shipped from Asia, according to a new ...

Germany Lubricant Demand Declined in May

Germany Lubricant Demand Declined in May

Lube Report EMEA - August 15, 2023

Domestic lubricant sales in Germany, including process oils, declined 10% in May according to data released Aug. 8 by a ...

Results Mixed for Gulf, GP, Savita, Castrol India

Results Mixed for Gulf, GP, Savita, Castrol India

Lube Report Asia - August 11, 2023

The quarter ending June 30 brought mixed results for several Indian lubricant companies, as Gulf Oil Lubricants India Lt ...

Costs Push Russians to Less Expensive Car Care

Costs Push Russians to Less Expensive Car Care

Lube Report EMEA - August 8, 2023

Exorbitant prices for car parts and accessories are discouraging Russian motorists from visiting large stations for serv ...

Profits Fall at Castrol, Conoil

Profits Fall at Castrol, Conoil

Lube Report EMEA - August 8, 2023

BP reported that profits for its Castrol lubricants business dropped 23% in the second quarter, as adverse foreign excha ...

Additive

Chinese Blender Commissions Second Plant

Lube Report Asia - July 28, 2023

Chinese lubricant blender Shengbaolu Petrochemical Co., known as Sarlboro, recently completed construction of and commis ...

Germany Lube Demand Falls in April

Germany Lube Demand Falls in April

Lube Report EMEA - July 25, 2023

Germany’s demand for finished lubricants fell 21% in April, the second straight month with a decrease of 20% or more, ...

Lube Consumption in France Dips Again

Lube Consumption in France Dips Again

Lube Report EMEA - July 25, 2023

Finished lubricant demand in France dipped in May by 14%, according to data released last week by the Paris-based Profes ...

Mining and the BEV

Mining and the BEV

Lubes'n'Greases - July 20, 2023

Steve Swedberg explores how materials used to make batteries for electric vehicles are mined from the earth.

Electric Tribology

Electric Tribology

Lubes'n'Greases - July 20, 2023

It is crucial to understand how moving parts in electric vehicle drivetrains tolerate stray electric current. What progr ...

Retail Sales of Lubes, Greases Jump 17%

Retail Sales of Lubes, Greases Jump 17%

Lube Report Americas - July 19, 2023

Retail sales of greases and lubricants at select United States automotive retail chains rose 17%, and transmission fluid ...

Engine Oil Exports from the U.S. Rose in 2022

Engine Oil Exports from the U.S. Rose in 2022

Lube Report Americas - July 12, 2023

United States exports of automotive, diesel and marine engine oils increased 18% in 2022, while imports of the same prod ...

Renault’s Horse Puts Power Back into ICEs

Renault’s Horse Puts Power Back into ICEs

Electric Vehicles InSite - July 11, 2023

Renault’s new powertrain development entity, Horse, is betting on the viability of ICEs and hybrids until 2040.

JASO Revises Motorcycle Oil Spec

JASO Revises Motorcycle Oil Spec

Lube Report Asia - July 7, 2023

The Japanese Society of Automotive Engineers has updated its JASO T 903 performance specification for four-stroke motorc ...

France Lubricant Demand Down in March

France Lubricant Demand Down in March

Lube Report EMEA - July 5, 2023

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

Russian Motor Group Complains of Lube Shortage

Russian Motor Group Complains of Lube Shortage

Lube Report EMEA - July 4, 2023

A Russian motorist group complained to the central government last week that the country faces a growing shortage of aut ...

Resurgent Auto Lube Sales Boost Copton Profits

Resurgent Auto Lube Sales Boost Copton Profits

Lube Report Asia - June 30, 2023

Chinese lubricants blender Qingdao Copton Tech Co. reported a 12% increase in first quarter net profit, compared to the ...