Industrial Lubricants

Al Yates examines how oil analysis and filter debris analysis are vital to wind turbine reliability programs.

Russia’s finished lubricant market held steady at around 1.8 million tons in 2024, as domestic producers focused on improving efficiency and product ...

Russia’s domestic grease market is still lucrative despite sanctions and escalating raw materials costs.

The term PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyls, constitutes a vast number of manmade substances found in countless products, including food-safe lubrican ...

Importers of finished lubricants from Lithuania and the United Arab Emirates could have to pay a substantial guarantee against extra duty on goods, ac ...

Quaker Houghton last week entered partnerships with two giants of the lubricant industry’s Asian giants – Petronas Lubricants International and Id ...

United States-based public health standards organization NSF launched a certification for makers of food equipment materials, nonfood compounds and ch ...

Lithium thickeners rule the market. But why is lithium grease so popular, and might its popularity peter out as formulators develop other types of gre ...

Steve Haffner explores how advances in additive and base stock technology have impacted base oil demand and how they will continue to do so in the lon ...

Raj Shah and Bob Fang explore new research on environmentally acceptable lubricants that can be used as antifouling agents and stern tube lubricants.

The manufacture of lubricants is one of the first industries in history and is likely to be one of the last. And yet many still are oblivious to its v ...

Wilting demand for diesel in Europe could persuade refiners to redirect vacuum gas oil to base oil production.

Kline & Co. explains how technological advances, environmental legislation and evolving market dynamics are transforming the maritime industry.

Lubrizol examines the pros and cons of various types of extreme pressure additives in metalworking fluid formulations.

Sinopec has opened a production unit making marine lubricants and hydraulic fluids at its finished lube blending plant in Tianjin, China.

Matias de Tezanos and Boris Zhmud explain how waste plastic can be converted into value-added products, including lubricants.

How is an increased reliance on industrial robots affecting grease demand, and how will grease technology evolve to cater to the specific needs of ind ...

What work is being done right now to increase the sustainability of industrial greases without sacrificing performance?

British energy company Shell will expand production capacity of its synthetic ester fluid subsidiary Midel & Mivolt Fluids Ltd. at the company’s ...

Chevron Marine Lubricants will extend its global supply network to Port Elizabeth in South Africa, allowing it to supply ships trying to avoid conflic ...