Industrial Lubricants

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 ...

Pumping Up Performance

December 1, 2021

Performance Polymers Can Help to Augment Hydraulic Fluid Performance. The world is constantly moving in the direction of increasing productivi ...

In Japan, KH Neochem Co. and metalworking fluid and industrial oil producer Yushiro Chemical Industry Co. both reported large increases in profits for ...

Transformer oil recycler Hydrodec and its Ohio rerefinery were acquired by United Kingdom-based Slicker Recycling Ltd., which highlighted in its Nov. ...

France Sales Fell in September

November 23, 2021

France’s lubricant demand dropped more than 10% in September, compared to the same month in 2020, but was up sequentially from August. Sales for the ...

Tide Water Oil Co. and base oils and lubricants trader Maximus International both reported drops in profits for the quarter ended Sept. 30, while prof ...

Although the transition to electric vehicles will gradually cut the automotive industry’s need for industrial lubricants, metal forming fluids used ...

Russian finished lubricant production has been sluggish and stood at about 1 million tons in the first eight months of 2021 as the economy recovers ve ...

Profit, Revenue Jump at Ardova

November 16, 2021

The lubricants and greases segment of Nigerian blender and distributor Ardova Plc posted an increase in net profit and a more than 60% jump in sales r ...

Troy to Merge with Arxada

November 10, 2021

Metalworking fluid biocides producer Troy and Arxada, a lubricants and biocides manufacturer, will merge their businesses, expanding the manufacturing ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. reported much improved earnings for the quarter ending Sept. 30, showing signs of emerging from COVID-19 pand ...

Lubricants and biocides manufacturer Arxada and Troy, a producer of metalworking fluid biocides, will merge their businesses, expanding the manufactur ...

Castrol India Ltd. and Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. both reported lower profits and higher sales for the quarter ending Sept. 30, citing impacts of ...

The United Nations has recently defined sustainable development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability ...

A subsidiary of specialty chemicals distributor Azelis will acquire 90% of the shares of South Africa-based lubricants, lubricant additives and base o ...

Amer to Open Factory in 2022

October 22, 2021

Chinese metalworking fluids supplier Amer is building a production facility in Dongguan, Guangdong province, where the company is headquartered. With ...

Lubricant demand in France showed a moderate year-over-year increase in August, but several lubricant segments posted their lowest monthly sales of th ...

A Quieter, Colder New World

October 4, 2021

Federal and state regulations for fuel economy and emissions of passenger cars, light- and heavy-duty trucks, and buses have been grabbing headlines f ...

ExxonMobil is collaborating with a Canadian wind energy research organization to test new lubricants for wind turbine applications and lube performanc ...

Synthetic lubricants manufacturer Amsoil launched Amsoil Industrial, a new business unit dedicated to serving large business-to-business customers, in ...