Industrial Greases

France Lube Demand Falls

October 18, 2022

Lubricant consumption in France declined 5% to 36,679 metric tons in August, compared to the same month last year, Paris-based Professional Lubricants ...

Additives manufacturer SI Group is expanding production capacity at its Rasal, India, factory for antioxidants used in lubricants and greases, and wil ...

PV Oil Lube JSC’s profit after tax jumped by more than 70% for the first six months of this year, likely benefiting from acceleration in Vietnam’s ...

Lubricant consumption in France decreased 3% to 46,452 metric tons in June, compared to the same month last year, according to data released Aug. 4 by ...

Indian lubricants blender Maximus International Ltd. plans to triple its production capacity in East Africa, the company announced, setting a high gro ...

Cepsa Quimica closed on its acquisition of 27.88% of Deten Quimica from Brazil’s Petrobras, after obtaining authorization from a government agency. ...

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 ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

Ardova Loss Gets Bigger

March 1, 2022

Nigerian blender and distributor Ardova PLC reported an enlarged operating loss and higher sales revenue for its lubricants and greases segment for th ...

U.S. Adds More Wind Turbines

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 than the record high set in 2 ...

Investment firm SK Capital has completed its purchase of a controlling stake in Seqens, a French producer of chemicals for pharmaceuticals, as well as ...

The Bounty of Bench Tests

January 1, 2022

The changing landscape for lubricants and greases means that bench tests must also evolve. How are bench tests supporting solutions to new lubrication ...

Croda Selling Unit to Cargill

December 28, 2021

Agricultural products company Cargill Inc. has agreed to buy most of Croda International Plc’s Performance Technologies and Industrial Chemicals uni ...

The Road to Standardization

December 1, 2021

Quantifying Tackiness and Adhesion in Greases Standardization of test methods in the lubricants industry is neither a quick nor an easy process.&nb ...