Industrial Lubricants

Onboard oil analysis keeps the U.S. Coast Guards cutter ships mission ready while reducing oil change frequency and maintenance expenses.

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

Marketing Matters

August 17, 2018

Larry Rumbol warns of the impact of the Marpol 2020 sulfur regulations.

Last Word

August 17, 2018

George Gill points the finger at the culprit of marine main engine failure.

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 ...

Marine mutual insurer Swedish Club found in a report on main engine damage that lubrication failure was the most expensive and most frequent cause of ...

New, more stringent emissions limits are laid out clearly for the shipping companies in coming years. Less clear is which route the industry will foll ...

The country is one of the biggest economies on the continent, with a highly developed and growing food processing industry. As activity increases, so ...

Marketing Matters

July 15, 2018

Richard Beercheck looks at the small but growing food-grade lubricants segment.

Last Word

July 15, 2018

Simon Johns takes peeks inside the laboratory at food-grade lubricant toxicology testing.

No one wants lubes in their food, but H1 lubricant manufacturers are cautious about the practicalities of current limits.

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 ...

Need To Know

May 21, 2018

Tom Glenn pinpoints the main growth drivers for industrial lubes.

Spotlight on Grease

May 21, 2018

Modern grease formulation is a balancing act of performance, service life and energy efficiency. Two companies give insight into the drivers of innova ...

Blazing temperatures in steel mills take a punishing toll on machinery and interfere with lubrication maintenance. The right grease can shield equipme ...

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 ...