Refrigeration Lubricants

Earnings Climb at Yushiro, KH Neochem

Earnings Climb at Yushiro, KH Neochem

Lube Report Asia - November 17, 2023

Profits and sales for the quarter ended Sept. 30 surged for Japanese metalworking fluids and industrial fluids manufactu ...

Earnings Jump for Yushiro, Fall for Neochem

Earnings Jump for Yushiro, Fall for Neochem

Lube Report Asia - May 26, 2023

Yushiro Chemical reported that its net profit more than tripled for the fiscal year ended March 31, boosted by strong pe ...

Thailand Picked for Biobased Acids Plant

Thailand Picked for Biobased Acids Plant

Lube Report Asia - January 27, 2023

French biochemical company Afyren and Thai sugar producer Mitr Phol Group will partner to establish a biorefinery in Tha ...

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Butylene Oxide Plant Being Built in China

Lube Report Asia - September 23, 2022

Sinopec’s Yanshan Petrochemical is installing a production line to make butylene oxide, a chemical intermediate used t ...

Perstorp Announces Another Expansion

Perstorp Announces Another Expansion

Lube Report EMEA - April 12, 2022

Specialty chemical supplier Perstorp AB will build a new plant at an existing site in Sweden to bring an additional 70,0 ...

KH Neochem Approves Expansion

KH Neochem Approves Expansion

Lube Report Asia - December 31, 2021

The board of directors of Japan’s KH Neochem Co. decided on Dec. 27 to invest ¥9.5 billion at its manufacturing plant ...

Profits Jump at KH Neochem, Yushiro

Profits Jump at KH Neochem, Yushiro

Lube Report Asia - November 26, 2021

In Japan, KH Neochem Co. and metalworking fluid and industrial oil producer Yushiro Chemical Industry Co. both reported ...

A Quieter, Colder New World

A Quieter, Colder New World

Lubes'n'Greases - October 4, 2021

Federal and state regulations for fuel economy and emissions of passenger cars, light- and heavy-duty trucks, and buses ...

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Oxea Boosts Isononanoic Acid Capacity

Lube Report EMEA - October 13, 2020

OQ Chemicals – formerly Oxea – recently completed an expansion at its site in Oberhausen, Germany, increasing its is ...

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Keeping Our Cool

Lubes'n'Greases - April 29, 2020

As climate change causes the world to heat up, refrigerants with low global warming potential—and compatible lubricant ...