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Consultant: Hybrids Will Need Group III+

January 1, 2020

The trend toward electrified vehicles will mean an increase in demand for API Group III+ base stocks because they will b ...

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GF-6, 303 Fluids Headlined 2019

December 25, 2019

From the long-awaited adoption of ILSAC GF-6 to a crackdown on 303 hydraulic fluids to mergers and acquisitions, 2019 wa ...

Consultant: Hybrids Will Need Group III+

Consultant: Hybrids Will Need Group III+

December 24, 2019

The trend toward electrified vehicles will mean an increase in demand for Group III+ base stocks because they will be ne ...

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Opportunities Remain in Flat U.S. Industrial Market

December 18, 2019

U.S. demand volume for industrial oils and fluids is forecast to decrease by a compound annual rate of 0.3 percent out t ...

Around the EV World

Around the EV World

December 3, 2019

The German city of Frankfurt played host to the biannual International Auto Show in September. The major German manufact ...

Sleeping BEV Giant Awakes in Frankfurt

Sleeping BEV Giant Awakes in Frankfurt

December 3, 2019

The German city of Frankfurt played host to the biannual International Auto Show in September. The major German manufact ...

Stimulating Mexico’s Domestic EV Industry

Stimulating Mexico’s Domestic EV Industry

December 3, 2019

Mexico leads the region in electrified vehicle sales and is upping the ante with a domestically produced vehicle.

Buy My Lithium Down, Sport

Buy My Lithium Down, Sport

December 3, 2019

Western Australia’s lithium miners are feeling the pinch from reduced demand, while in South America, supplies of the ...

Mixed Blessings for Tesla

Mixed Blessings for Tesla

December 3, 2019

The world-famous Tesla is an impressive piece of engineering and design. But its rise to the top of the market has been ...

The Netherlands Leads the Charge

The Netherlands Leads the Charge

December 3, 2019

The Dutch have taken to electric vehicles like ducks to water. The sector was propelled by generous tax breaks and a hig ...

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Synthetics Could Combat Improper Oil Disposal

December 3, 2019

Wider use of synthetic engine oils and a shift to electric vehicles could reduce the threat of environmental contaminati ...

Group Studies Electrification of Work Trucks

Group Studies Electrification of Work Trucks

November 20, 2019

An American Trucking Association study group has undertaken efforts to understand the effects of electrification on spec ...

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Petronas Closes Argentina Plant

October 30, 2019

Malaysias Petronas Lubricants International recently closed its lubricant blending plant near Buenos Aires, Argentina, a ...

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Oleic Acid Boosts Biobased Oils

October 22, 2019

From chainsaw blades to the elevator in the Statue of Liberty, soybean oil is on its way up as a viable alternative to m ...

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Oleic Acid Production Planned in Italy

October 8, 2019

NextChem announced yesterday it was contracted by Sogis Chemical Co. to build a plant that will make oleic acid from res ...

Asian EV Momentum Builds

Asian EV Momentum Builds

August 28, 2019

Will light-duty EVs take off in Asia outside of the main markets of China, Japan and South Korea? Governments in Asia ...

Petronas Enters the EV Fluid Race

Petronas Enters the EV Fluid Race

August 28, 2019

Petronas Lubricants International’s Chief Technology Officer Eric Holthusen talks to Lubes’n’Greases about the lau ...

A New Wave of ATFs

A New Wave of ATFs

August 28, 2019

Fluid makers can no longer use existing automatic transmission fluid formulations in hybrids. But new products are being ...