Cold extrusion lubricants can kick up a lot of dust. A replacement for zinc stearate powders may be able to clear the air.

Product development can be tedious and taxing, but a multifactor testing method helps manage the guesswork and get to the right formulation faster.

Metalworking processes are evolving, and the fluids used to lubricate them must keep pace. One company highlights how the versatility of sulfur carrie ...

Hillenbrand Inc. will sell its Cimcool metalworking fluids business to DuBois Chemicals Inc. for $224 million in cash, under an agreement announced la ...

As Europeans consider regulating the presence of two categories of mineral hydrocarbons in food, some palm oil producers in Southeast Asia are turning ...

Quaker Chemical reported an increase in fourth quarter net income, but a decline for 2019. Its net sales were higher for the quarter and 2019, followi ...

Ingevity Corp. announced Feb. 20 that its board of directors and D. Michael Wilson agreed he would resign as president, CEO and a director, effective ...

White etching cracks are a harbinger of gearbox death in wind turbines and other equipment. New research points to subpar steel as the likely culprit, ...

United States operating wind power capacity grew 9.5 percent in 2019 to almost 105,600 megawatts, while power purchase agreements between utilities an ...

The New York Power Authority recently used a mini submersible robot to navigate through the transformer oils in a power transformer to identify operat ...

Vietnams increasing number of solar plant installations is boosting overseas demand for silicon wafer cutting oil used in solar panel manufacturing, a ...

The mining industry is infamously dirty, but biobased lubricants are lending a bit of spit and polish to its image.

Testing hydraulic fluids is pricy. Fortunately, a new bench test can help cut costs by weeding out inadequate fluids from the get-go.

When lubrication is concerned, standards need to evolve to match advances in technology. In Russia, some grease manufacturers are still making lubrica ...

Kluber Lubrication announced last week it acquired wire drawing lubricant producer Traxit International GmbH and its subsidiaries.

Shell Lubricants acquired the assets of American Chemical Technologies Inc., which manufactures and distributes industrial fluids that are based on po ...

Now that the marine industrys approach to IMO 2020 seems to be settling out, lubricant producers can ramp up efforts on oils that will keep engines in ...

China is a key driver of increasing installed wind turbine capacity, which is expected to help boost demand for wind energy lubricants, an industry in ...

U.S. demand volume for industrial oils and fluids is forecast to decrease by a compound annual rate of 0.3 percent out to 2023, but demand is rising f ...

Lanxess acquired Itibanyl Produtos Especiais Ltda., a leading Brazilian manufacturer of biocides, including some used in metalworking fluids and lubri ...