Lubricant demand in China has jumped so much in recent years that some now deem it the worlds biggest market, surpassing the United States. The countr ...

Japans Mitsui & Co. Ltd. will invest U.S. $44 million in Malaysian-owned oleochemical manufacturer Taiko Palm-Oleo (Zhangjiagang) Co. Ltd., located in ...

Industry observers say biolubricants are unlikely to take off in Asia unless governments provide incentives or mandates for their use. Malaysia appear ...

Asia is a very minor market for the finished products, with demand that pales compared to Europe and the Americas. However, biolubricant suppliers say ...

Synthetic lubricant demand in Asia-Pacific should rise in coming years as governments toughen regulations on fuel economy and vehicle emissions, an Ex ...

While biolubricants accounted for less than 1 percent of the global finished lubricants market in 2013, the segment is experiencing above-average grow ...

For a decade, officials at Quaker Chemical Corp. had a chance to observe Binol AB, which served as a Quaker distributor for industrial lubricants. App ...

Matrica, a 50-50 joint venture between Eni subsidiary Versalis and Novamont, welcomed European stakeholders on Friday to its newly-built Italian biore ...

Frost & Sullivan projects revenue from oleochemicals manufactured in Southeast Asia - including fatty acids and fatty alcohols used in lubricants manu ...

Naco Lubrication Co. and Luan Group are building a plant in Chinas Shanxi Province that will use coal-to-liquids feedstocks to manufacture polyalphaol ...

RSC Bio Solutions opened a warehouse in Rotterdam, Netherlands, to distribute its biobased lubricants to European customers, particularly in the marin ...

U.S. demand for full synthetic lubricants and functional fluids will increase 6.8 percent per year by value, to $6.3 billion (and 555 million gallons) ...

Investments in oleochemicals projects in Malaysia have more than doubled during the first five months of 2014, the Malaysian Investment Development Au ...

BPs lubricants business profits were down, and net revenues were up for Cosan Lubrificantes in the second quarter, compared to 2013s second quarter. B ...

Evonik Oil Additives invested in and will collaborate with Biosynthetic Technologies, which makes base oils synthesized from fatty acids found in vege ...

Elevance Renewable Sciences announced plans for a biorefinery in Sabah, Malaysia, in collaboration with Genting Plantations Berhad. The Woodbridge, Il ...

Asia-Pacifics demand for fully synthetic lubricants and semi-synthetic lubricants will grow at average annual rates of nearly 8 percent and more than ...

Elevance Renewable Sciences announced plans for a biorefinery in Sabah, Malaysia, in collaboration with Genting Plantations Berhad.

Synthetics 13 percent share of the 33.5 million metric ton global lubricants market in 2013 – excluding process oil – will grow to 18 perc ...

Intrexon said its industrial products division achieved the bioconversion of methane to farnesene, a key building-block chemical for biobased lubrican ...