Industrial Gear Oils

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 ...

Wind Energy Growth Lags EU Targets

Wind Energy Growth Lags EU Targets

Lube Report EMEA - January 16, 2024

The European Union built a record 17 gigawatts of wind energy generating capacity in 2023, a 13% increase from 2022, but ...

Germany Demand Declines in October

Germany Demand Declines in October

Lube Report EMEA - January 2, 2024

Germany's finished lubricants demand, including process oils, declined 11% in October, as a year-long trend of falling c ...

Bullish Outlook Given for India Market 

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 ...