Miscellaneous

Closing the Performance Gap on EALs

Closing the Performance Gap on EALs

Lubes'n'Greases - April 3, 2023

How are today’s EALs formulated to deliver reliable performance in a broad range of industrial applications?

Making Bio-lubes from Cashew Shells

Making Bio-lubes from Cashew Shells

Lube Report Americas - February 15, 2023

Creating bio-lubricants using the liquid by-product extracted during processing of cashew nuts is the subject of a new p ...

Moresco Reports Increased Sales

Moresco Reports Increased Sales

Lube Report Asia - January 13, 2023

Japanese specialty lubricant manufacturer Moresco reported a 14% increase in sales revenue for its specialty lubricants ...

Outlook for Grease Working Groups

Outlook for Grease Working Groups

Lubes'n'Greases - January 3, 2023

NLGI and ELGI’s grease working groups stay busy. What are some of the latest and most pressing things on their to-do l ...

Kline Forecasts Growth for Bio-lubes

Kline Forecasts Growth for Bio-lubes

Lube Report Americas - December 14, 2022

Bio-lubricant demand in 14 major markets will outpace overall lubricant demand for at least the next decade, with demand ...

South Korean SIT Joins Flock to Russia

South Korean SIT Joins Flock to Russia

Lube Report EMEA - November 15, 2022

South Korean lubricant marketer startup Seoul Innovative Technologies Corp. recently began to have lubricants produced i ...

Shell Acquires Panolin’s Biolubes Business

Shell Acquires Panolin’s Biolubes Business

Lube Report EMEA - November 8, 2022

Shell agreed to acquire the environmentally considerate lubricants business of Switzerland-headquartered independent lub ...

Oil Majors Invest in Battery Cooling

Oil Majors Invest in Battery Cooling

Lube Report EMEA - November 1, 2022

Shell and TotalEnergies have both announced partnerships to develop electric vehicle battery immersion cooling fluids, s ...

Specialty Lube Sales Up for Moresco

Specialty Lube Sales Up for Moresco

Lube Report Asia - October 14, 2022

Moresco Corp. reported an 11% increase in sales revenue for its specialty lubricants segment and a 4% decline in sales f ...

Developing Ultrafast Battery Charging

Developing Ultrafast Battery Charging

Lube Report EMEA - October 4, 2022

Castrol and electric vehicle propulsion specialist Sprint Power will jointly develop ultra-fast battery packs cooled by ...

Moresco’s Specialty Lube Sales Increase

Moresco’s Specialty Lube Sales Increase

Lube Report Asia - July 22, 2022

Japanese specialty lubricant producer Moresco Corp. reported improved sales for its specialty lubricants for its first f ...

API Drafts Sustainable Practice for Lubes

API Drafts Sustainable Practice for Lubes

Lube Report Americas - July 20, 2022

A special committee of the American Petroleum Institute is drafting a recommended practice for calculating the environme ...

Repsol Boosts Startup Nuspec

Repsol Boosts Startup Nuspec

Lube Report EMEA - July 19, 2022

Nuspec Oil, a United Kingdom-based company developing biobased base oils and advancing commercialization of novel rapese ...

Thailand Develops Palm Transformer Oil

Thailand Develops Palm Transformer Oil

Lube Report Asia - July 15, 2022

Thailand’s National Energy Technology Center is heading a consortium working to develop biobased transformer oils form ...

Perstorp Boosts 2-EHA Production

Perstorp Boosts 2-EHA Production

Lube Report EMEA - July 12, 2022

Perstorp Group announced on July 7 that it has increased production capacity of 2-ethylhexanoic acid at its plant in Ste ...

Fuchs Buys Stake in Battery Electrolyte Startup

Fuchs Buys Stake in Battery Electrolyte Startup

Electric Vehicles InSite - June 20, 2022

German independent lubricant maker Fuchs Petrolub bought a 28% stake in E-Lyte Innovations GmbH, a start-up that develop ...

Cosmo Product Gains Biomass Mark

Cosmo Product Gains Biomass Mark

Lube Report Asia - June 10, 2022

Cosmo Energy Holdings Co. announced recently that its Carboneut-brand 10W-30 diesel engine oil became the first engine o ...

Bio-based and Sustainable: When They’re Synonyms and When They’re Not

Bio-based and Sustainable: When They’re Synonyms and When They’re Not

Lubes'n'Greases - May 2, 2022

Bio-based and sustainable lubricants are not always one and the same. What are the nuanced differences between them?