Industrial Greases

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 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 ...

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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 ...

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.

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 ...

Shell to Build Grease Plant in Indonesia

Shell to Build Grease Plant in Indonesia

Lube Report Asia - March 8, 2024

Shell announced on Monday plans to build its first grease manufacturing plant in Indonesia, producing products for appli ...

PSP Profits, Sales Decline in 2023

PSP Profits, Sales Decline in 2023

Lube Report Asia - March 8, 2024

P.S.P. Specialties Public Co. reported lower sales and net profit for 2023, while PV Oil Lube JSC achieved a significant ...

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 ...

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Grease from Jojoba and Banana Peels

Lube Report EMEA - January 9, 2024

Egyptian researchers reported developing a grease made with base stock from the jojoba plant and nano chemical additives ...

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Grease

Factbook - December 29, 2023

Global production of lubricating grease saw a decrease of nearly 4% from 2021 to 2022, according to the National Lubrica ...

Sintec Expands Grease Plant

Sintec Expands Grease Plant

Lube Report EMEA - December 5, 2023

Russian lubricant producer Sintec Group recently doubled the size of its grease plant, increasing production capacity to ...

Germany Demand Down Again in September

Germany Demand Down Again in September

Lube Report EMEA - November 28, 2023

Finished lubricants demand in Germany, including process oils, fell 21% in September, continuing a year-long trend of mo ...

Russian Base Oil Exports Continue to Fall

Russian Base Oil Exports Continue to Fall

Lube Report EMEA - November 21, 2023

After being hammered by Western sanctions in 2022, Russian base oil exports have continued to fall this year as sanction ...

Conoil Earnings Down, MRS Oil Up

Conoil Earnings Down, MRS Oil Up

Lube Report EMEA - November 14, 2023

Among Nigerian blenders, Conoil reported a steep decline in gross profit on lower sales for its lubricants segment, whil ...