Industrial Lubricants

Fuchs to Acquire Lubcon
A close-up view of landing gear under a large jet plane. Lubcon Group’s products include lubricants for landing gear components, such as gears, guides and latches. © ThomasLENNE / shutterstock.com

Fuchs to Acquire Lubcon

Lube Report EMEA - April 23, 2024

Fuchs Group announced yesterday an agreement to acquire Germany-based Lubcon Group, primarily with the aim of jointly in ...

Valvoline Eyes Growth in Industrial Oils

Valvoline Eyes Growth in Industrial Oils

Lube Report EMEA - November 17, 2020

Custom Content – Within the space of just three years, Valvoline Europe has significantly grown its industrial lubrica ...

Valvoline Geared Up for Grease Expansion

Valvoline Geared Up for Grease Expansion

Lube Report EMEA - October 6, 2020

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

Poland Demand Dipped in 2023

Poland Demand Dipped in 2023

Lube Report EMEA - April 16, 2024

Poland’s demand for lubricants dropped by 1% in 2023 as the country’s economy stagnated, reflecting a broader declin ...

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Risks Declared for Two Diphenylamines

Lube Report EMEA - April 16, 2024

A French safety agency has proposed recommending restrictions on the use of two diphenylamines – a category of chemica ...

AP Oil Posts Lower Profits, Sales in 2023

AP Oil Posts Lower Profits, Sales in 2023

Lube Report Asia - April 12, 2024

Singaporean lubricants blender AP Oil International Ltd. reported steep declines in net profit and sales revenue for 202 ...

CNOOC to Add Blending Plant in Taizhou

CNOOC to Add Blending Plant in Taizhou

Lube Report Asia - April 5, 2024

China National Offshore Oil & Gas signed an agreement last month to build a large blending plant in Taizhou, Jiangsu ...

Apar Forms Saudi Arabia Subsidiary

Apar Forms Saudi Arabia Subsidiary

Lube Report EMEA - April 2, 2024

The board of directors of Apar Industries Ltd. approved establishment of a wholly owned subsidiary in Saudi Arabia to pr ...

Can Mining and Decarbonization Coexist?

Can Mining and Decarbonization Coexist?

Lubes'n'Greases - April 1, 2024

Shell’s Elitza Terzova explains the role that lubrication can play in helping miners to decarbonize their operations a ...

Stormy Times in the Wind Power Business

Stormy Times in the Wind Power Business

Lubes'n'Greases - April 1, 2024

Can the wind power business recover from last year’s roadblocks, and how will its struggles affect the lubricants indu ...

The Fundamentals of Grease

The Fundamentals of Grease

Lubes'n'Greases - April 1, 2024

Explore the building blocks of lubricating greases as well as trends in global grease demand.

Germany Ends Down Year on Up Beat

Germany Ends Down Year on Up Beat

Lube Report EMEA - March 26, 2024

Although Germany’s domestic lubricant sales, including process oils, declined 12% in 2023, its 5% increase in December ...

Grease Plant Construction Starts in Vietnam

Grease Plant Construction Starts in Vietnam

Lube Report Asia - March 22, 2024

Vietnamese Top Solutions Joint Stock Co. has begun constructing a new grease plant in Phuoc Nam Industrial Park. The gre ...

Martin Midstream Posts Big Income Jump

Martin Midstream Posts Big Income Jump

Lube Report Americas - March 20, 2024

Martin Midstream Partners reported a hefty increase in operating income on lower sales revenue for its specialty product ...

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Novel Sets Up Blending in the U.S.

Lube Report Americas - March 20, 2024

Novel Reliable Technologies announced it is expanding its presence in North America with blending and warehouse capabili ...

Kodiak Acquires Aztech Lubricants

Kodiak Acquires Aztech Lubricants

Lube Report Americas - March 20, 2024

Process fluid provider Kodiak acquired Wayne, Oklahoma-based Aztech Lubricants, a specialist in wire drawing and wire lu ...

Spain Lube Demand Rose in 2023

Spain Lube Demand Rose in 2023

Lube Report EMEA - March 19, 2024

Spain’s lubricant demand rebounded in the second half of 2023 to finish ahead of 2022 levels, the Spain Lubricants Ass ...