Kraton Corp. last month lifted its force majeure declaration for its North American tall oil fatty acid and distilled tall oil product lines. The comp ...

South Korea's new Act on Safety Control of Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides regulation took effect Jan. 1. Industry sources disagree about whet ...

Quaker Chemical and Houghton International stated Tuesday that they expect the United States Federal Trade Commission to approve their proposed merger ...

Reconditioning metalworking fluids is a good strategy to stop degradation, but care must be taken at each step.

Master Fluid Solutions has invested in a new metalworking fluids blending plant in Taicang, China, the company announced on Wednesday. The new facilit ...

Japan-based Yushiro Chemical Industry Co. and American metalworking fluid supplier QualiChem Inc. announced an agreement yesterday for Yushiro to acqu ...

Heritage-Crystal Cleans oil business segment and Milacrons Fluid Technologies segment each reported increases in revenue, and Quaker Chemical posted i ...

On both sides of the Atlantic, metal removal fluid suppliers and their customers are relieved by the European Unions extension of regulatory exemption ...

Environmental regulations, restrictions on chemical use and new lubricant options and machining methods have upped the ante for metalworking fluid for ...

Tom Glenn pinpoints the main growth drivers for industrial lubes.

Decades of research have advanced metalworking fluid maintenance practices, but unanswered questions still abound.

Lubricants are essential to safe and efficient metalworking processes, but under certain circumstances they pose health hazards. A new handling guidan ...

Italmatch Chemicals Group is set to acquire Afton Chemicals metalworking fluid business, strengthening the Italian companys position in the industrial ...

Italmatch Chemicals Group is set to acquire Afton Chemicals metalworking fluid business, strengthening the Italian companys position in the industrial ...

In April, the United Kingdom Lubricants Association Metalworking Fluid Product Stewardship Group and the countrys Health and Safety Executive will lau ...

Though wax usually brings to mind candles and shoe polish, one additive maker says it deserves a place of honor in metalworking fluids.

Metal parts producers are demanding greater efficiency, and cleaning solutions have not escaped scrutiny. Formulators aim to help save energy by remov ...

Japanese lube manufacturer Suzuki Kikoh Co. established a joint venture with a local firm in Thailand to expand its industrial lubricant market in Asi ...

Pilot Chemical Co. is investing $5 million in technology and innovation initiatives this year as part of an effort to broaden its focus beyond the man ...

The year that is winding down has been eventful for the global lubricants industry – featuring a rocky road for lubricant standards in North Ame ...