Industrial Gear Oils

Bullish Outlook Given for India Market 
Construction equipment and vehicles at the site of Dwarka Expressway at Gurgaon, Haryana, India in March this year. © Sudarshan Jha

Bullish Outlook Given for India Market 

Lube Report Asia - August 11, 2023

India’s lubricant market will be a bright spot in the global industry over the next decade, according to a consultant ...

Floating Wind Turbines: Encouraged, Challenging

Floating Wind Turbines: Encouraged, Challenging

Lube Report Americas - July 19, 2023

Although the United States government is aggressively encouraging future growth in floating offshore wind energy because ...

China Gets Ahead of Wind, Solar Targets

China Gets Ahead of Wind, Solar Targets

Lube Report Asia - June 30, 2023

Although China is on track to double its wind and solar capacity by 2025 – five years ahead of its government’s targ ...

A Tall Order for Wind Turbine Lubricants

A Tall Order for Wind Turbine Lubricants

Lubes'n'Greases - May 26, 2023

Industrial lubricants and greases can help to overcome the tribological challenges of wind turbines and contribute to a ...

Forecast: Wind Energy to Use More Gear Oils

Forecast: Wind Energy to Use More Gear Oils

Lube Report Americas - April 26, 2023

Demand for lubricants used in the global wind power sector should continue its up-and-down ride in coming years but coul ...

Germany Demand Down in January

Germany Demand Down in January

Lube Report EMEA - April 4, 2023

Germany’s domestic lubricant demand fell 16% year on year to 46,070 metric tons in January, with hydraulic oils and me ...

China Power Shortages Could Boost Wind Energy

China Power Shortages Could Boost Wind Energy

Lube Report Asia - March 31, 2023

High coal prices caused a number of power shortages during 2021, and this could represent a growth opportunity for the c ...

Wind Energy Growth Slows in U.S.

Wind Energy Growth Slows in U.S.

Lube Report Americas - February 22, 2023

The United States wind energy industry completed projects that brought 8,612 megawatts of new capacity online last year, ...

Germany Demand Dipped in November

Germany Demand Dipped in November

Lube Report EMEA - February 7, 2023

Germany's domestic lubricant demand decreased 4% to 55,842 tons in November, according to data released Feb. 1 by a Germ ...

Lubricant Demand in Germany Falls

Lubricant Demand in Germany Falls

Lube Report EMEA - January 10, 2023

Domestic lubricant demand in Germany during October declined 7% compared to the same month last year, to 52,234 metric t ...

Castrol, Schaeffler to Make Wind Turbine Greases

Castrol, Schaeffler to Make Wind Turbine Greases

Lube Report EMEA - December 27, 2022

Castrol and German bearings and drive technologies supplier Schaeffler signed a global contract to develop and manufactu ...

Making EVs Provides Lube Opportunities

Making EVs Provides Lube Opportunities

Lube Report Americas - November 23, 2022

Although the shift to manufacturing of electric vehicles will bring a decline in industrial lubricants consumption, it w ...

China’s Carbon Ambitions May Boost mPAOs

China’s Carbon Ambitions May Boost mPAOs

Lube Report Asia - September 9, 2022

China aims to reach carbon neutrality by 2060, which will likely offer opportunities for metallocene polyalphaolefin as ...

U.S. Adds More Wind Turbines

U.S. Adds More Wind Turbines

Lube Report Americas - February 16, 2022

Wind power generation capacity in the United States grew 10% in 2021 to 134,996 megawatts, but the amount added was less ...

Wind Energy Opportunity Seen in China

Wind Energy Opportunity Seen in China

Lube Report Asia - January 14, 2022

The falling costs for wind energy turbines in China, where high coal prices have caused a number of power shortages duri ...

Back in the Saddle

Back in the Saddle

Lubes'n'Greases - July 3, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic—and other factors, like severe weather—forced temporary shutdowns in a variety of industries. ...

China Leads Wind Energy Charge

China Leads Wind Energy Charge

Lube Report Asia - March 26, 2021

Asia-Pacific’s wind power capacity reached almost 56 gigawatts in 2020, a 78% increase from 2019, according to data re ...