Industrial Lubricants

Natural gas engines are becoming more common in non-transport applications, and demand for the engine oils used to lubricate them is also forecast to ...

The United States exported 33% more and imported more than 110% more automotive, diesel and marine engine lubricating oils in 2021 than the country di ...

France Lube Demand Slips

June 28, 2022

Lubricant consumption in France decreased 8% to 44,086 metric tons in April, compared to the same month last year, according to data released on Satur ...

Global grease production increased 8% in 2021, according to the latest survey by the National Lubricating Grease Institute, as the industry rebounded ...

Lubricating grease production in North America rose 9% in 2021, according to the National Lubricating Grease Institute’s latest annual survey. Produ ...

Indian lubricants blender Maximus International Ltd. said it had weathered supply chain disruption, competitiveness in pricing and low demand in the m ...

Lubricating wind turbines continues to be an arduous task. Discover how conducting fluids might be capable of extending component life.

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

Global demand for natural gas engine oils in non-transport applications will grow at a compound annual rate of 4% through 2026 to surpass 600,000 metr ...

What makes metallocene polyalphaolefins particularly well suited for use in wind turbine lubricants?

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 ...

Energy-efficient hydraulic fluids are proving crucial as some types of off-highway vehicles – such as backhoe loaders and track loaders – transiti ...

Specialty chemical supplier Perstorp AB will build a new plant at an existing site in Sweden to bring an additional 70,000 metric tons per year of car ...

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

Radiation-resistant lubricants have quietly filled critical niches for decades. What sets these lubes apart from their more traditional counterparts, ...

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. ...

Mol-Lub is expanding its grease factory in Hungary in order to add calcium sulfonate complex greases to its product portfolio. Officials said demand f ...

The government of China’s Liaoning province wants to help industry develop high-performance greases for use in advanced equipment as part of a three ...

Brussels, Belgium-based Solvay announced last week it was reviewing plans to separate the company into two independent publicly traded companies – E ...

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 ...