Dick Beercheck covers the on-going biocides debate.

As Chinas OEMs scatter to Southeast Asia, many metalworking fluid producers are following - but one company has found its niche on the home front.

Emissions regulations and fuel efficiency demands are forcing marine engine manufacturers to get creative fast, and cylinder oils have to keep up.

Global consumption of metalworking fluids will swell in coming years as increased industrialization in Asia-Pacific boosts the regions share to nearly ...

Quaker Chemical Corp., one of the worlds biggest suppliers of metalworking fluids, purchased Lubricor Inc., a Canadian company offering similar produc ...

More Chinese blenders are registering their lubricants under NSF Internationals program for food-grade compounds. The latest to do so, Beijia Lubricat ...

Sri Lankas demand for marine lubricants plummeted last year, and some observers blame high import duties for driving up local costs and steering shipo ...

Global grease production was relatively stable from 2010 to 2015, hovering around 1.1 million tons annually. Sales were affected by end user demands, ...

Biobased aluminum rolling oils lay out a smooth, shiny promise for the metalworking industry.

Shell now produces nearly 100 products, including marine lubricants, from its almost one-year-old, 120,000 metric tons per year blending plant in Jaka ...

Lubricants needed by food, beverage and pharmaceutical producers must meet stringent technical and hygiene requirements, including national, internati ...

Southern Chinas enormous manufacturing base makes it a huge market for metalworking fluids, but some heavy industries are moving overseas, taking with ...

Founded in 1923 as an independent lube manufacturer, Verkol is in the midst of rebranding itself as part of the Quaker Chemical family of products.

While marine operators ponder Vessel General Permit compliance, the risk of violating other North American environmental regulations lurks just beneat ...

Fuchs Petrolub plans to build a new grease plant in Johannesburg, South Africa, that will serve as the companys hub for grease manufacturing for the r ...

German metalworking fluids manufacturer Oelheld recently broke ground on a 23,400 square foot manufacturing and warehouse facility in West Dundee, Ill ...

Industrial lubricant giant Houghton International acquired metalworking fluids manufacturer Wallover Oil for an undisclosed amount, part of an aggress ...

Booming globalization has the worldwide marine lubes market growing at a rate of more than 4 percent per year in the next four years, and Asia - the l ...

Canadas recent decision to remove amino methyl propanol from its list of volatile organic compounds – due to its negligible effect on formation ...

China, North America and Europe were the top grease manufacturers in 2015, representing 71 percent of worldwide production, according to results from ...