Industrial Lubricants

Sinopec’s finished lubricant arm has completed the main parts of the first phase of an expansion and upgrade of its factory in Tianjin, China – a ...

The European Union built a record 17 gigawatts of wind energy generating capacity in 2023, a 13% increase from 2022, but the pace remains well behind ...

Researchers with a technical foundation and a university in Norway said their efforts to develop new knowledge on the interaction between lubricants, ...

Swedish lubricant maker Nynas to recycle transformer oil in a partnership with leading recycler Stena Recycling.

Egyptian researchers reported developing a grease made with base stock from the jojoba plant and nano chemical additives from banana peel waste. Jojob ...

Chinese lubricants blender Copton Tech Co. reported higher net profit and sales revenue for the quarter ending Sept. 30 last year. A decrease in autom ...

From sustainability endeavors to Industry 4.0, Flavio Kliger of Lubrizol discusses the major trends in both additives and finished lubricants.

Germany's finished lubricants demand, including process oils, declined 11% in October, as a year-long trend of falling consumption continued, with the ...

Brazil is expected to show sustained demand for API Group II and Group III base oils in the coming years, an industry executive said Dec. 1 during a p ...

Shareholders of lithium suppliers Livent Corp. and Allkem Ltd. both approved their proposed merger this month, the last main steps in a deal expected ...

Heat management is a big challenge in the information technology industry – especially in data centers, which are proliferating. To solve the challe ...

A base oil rerefinery that opened recently in Severodvinsk, Russia, may not be large, but it appears to be the northernmost such facility in the world ...

Graphene Manufacturing Group Ltd. commissioned a natural gas-to-graphene production plant in Richlands, Australia, that is intended to make different ...

Lanxess completed an expansion at its Mannheim, Germany, factory of production capacity for sustainable light-color sulfur carriers – used as extrem ...

Fuchs Expands in South Africa

December 11, 2023

Fuchs Lubricants announced it is investing 218 million rand (U.S. $11.4 million) in the second phase of an expansion that will increase production cap ...

China’s government will prohibit the use of short-chain chlorinated paraffins beginning Jan. 1, aligning with numerous other countries that have out ...

Sintec Expands Grease Plant

December 5, 2023

Russian lubricant producer Sintec Group recently doubled the size of its grease plant, increasing production capacity to 12,000 metric tons per year i ...

Despite an imminent decline in demand for passenger car motor oil, the North American lubricants market may be on the up and up.

Europe’s finished lubricant demand is expected to stagnate during the next few years, affected by the continent’s continued energy crisis and high ...

Finished lubricants demand in Germany, including process oils, fell 21% in September, continuing a year-long trend of monthly decreases, as only trans ...