Industrial Lubricants

Dumping Case May Require Upfront Set-aside
A row of construction machines, tractors and excavators. © AMatvee

Dumping Case May Require Upfront Set-aside

April 23, 2025

Importers of finished lubricants from Lithuania and the United Arab Emirates could have to pay a substantial guarantee a ...

Valvoline Eyes Growth in Industrial Oils

Valvoline Eyes Growth in Industrial Oils

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

October 6, 2020

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

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Quaker Houghton Partners with Idemitsu, PLI

April 23, 2025

Quaker Houghton last week entered partnerships with two giants of the lubricant industry’s Asian giants – Petronas L ...

NSF’s PFAS-free Food-grade Lube Spec

NSF’s PFAS-free Food-grade Lube Spec

April 16, 2025

United States-based public health standards organization NSF launched a certification for makers of food equipment mater ...

Lithium Grease Still Rules the Roost

Lithium Grease Still Rules the Roost

April 2, 2025

Lithium thickeners rule the market. But why is lithium grease so popular, and might its popularity peter out as formulat ...

Base Stocks Adjust to Changing Markets

Base Stocks Adjust to Changing Markets

April 2, 2025

Steve Haffner explores how advances in additive and base stock technology have impacted base oil demand and how they wil ...

Greener Lubes for Ships: EALs and their Future in Marine Applications

Greener Lubes for Ships: EALs and their Future in Marine Applications

April 2, 2025

Raj Shah and Bob Fang explore new research on environmentally acceptable lubricants that can be used as antifouling agen ...

Podcast 29: Keeping Europe Competitive

Podcast 29: Keeping Europe Competitive

March 26, 2025

The manufacture of lubricants is one of the first industries in history and is likely to be one of the last. And yet man ...

Platts: Cheap Diesel Could Boost Base Oils

Platts: Cheap Diesel Could Boost Base Oils

March 19, 2025

Wilting demand for diesel in Europe could persuade refiners to redirect vacuum gas oil to base oil production.

Turbulence in the High Seas

Turbulence in the High Seas

March 3, 2025

Kline & Co. explains how technological advances, environmental legislation and evolving market dynamics are transforming ...

Examining Extreme Pressure Additives for Metalworking Fluids

Examining Extreme Pressure Additives for Metalworking Fluids

March 3, 2025

Lubrizol examines the pros and cons of various types of extreme pressure additives in metalworking fluid formulations.

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Sinopec Makes Marine Lubes in Tianjin

February 26, 2025

Sinopec has opened a production unit making marine lubricants and hydraulic fluids at its finished lube blending plant i ...

Sustainable Chemicals from Agricultural Waste Plastic and Biomass

Sustainable Chemicals from Agricultural Waste Plastic and Biomass

February 3, 2025

Matias de Tezanos and Boris Zhmud explain how waste plastic can be converted into value-added products, including lubric ...

Even Robots Need Lubrication

Even Robots Need Lubrication

January 2, 2025

How is an increased reliance on industrial robots affecting grease demand, and how will grease technology evolve to cate ...

Boosting Sustainability of Industrial Greases

Boosting Sustainability of Industrial Greases

December 2, 2024

What work is being done right now to increase the sustainability of industrial greases without sacrificing performance?

Shell to Expand Synthetic Ester Output

Shell to Expand Synthetic Ester Output

November 13, 2024

British energy company Shell will expand production capacity of its synthetic ester fluid subsidiary Midel & Mivolt ...