Finished Lubricants

Law enforcement over the weekend seized drums of counterfeit Castrol engine oil and packaging during a raid in the city of Bhadohi, Uttar Predesh prov ...

Fuchs SE, the largest independent lubricant manufacturer in the world, reported a reasonable increase in earnings in the first half of 2024, thanks t ...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced the state had settled with Valvoline to resolve allegations of unfair labor practices at the oil chan ...

Chemical regulations are becoming more stringent and numerous, especially in regions like Europe. How might these regulations impact the lubricants in ...

Steve Haffner explores how stakeholder alignment for ILSAC GF-7 has differed from that of past categories.

Cyprus Lube Sales Up

July 30, 2024

Cyprus sold 111 metric tons of lubricants from filling stations dotted around the southern part of the island in June.

Grease production in India will ramp up by almost 37% over the next six years, according to a Mumbai-based producer. Speaking at a recent industry co ...

Chinese private refiner Bohui ceased operation of its aromatic extraction and treated distillate aromatic extract units after local tax authorities sl ...

Industrial process fluid company Quaker Houghton broke ground last week on a new manufacturing facility in Zhangjiagang, China. The facility will expa ...

Lubricant sales in Thailand are expected to recover to pre-Covid levels, said an official from the Department of Energy Business in Thailand. Thail ...

Finished lubricant production in Japan continues shrinking and has trailed behind last year’s numbers every month so far this year.

Amsoil Inc. said this week that it acquired Aerospace Lubricants, a Columbus, Ohio, producer and marketer of specialized lubricating greases.

As electric vehicles become more popular, engine oil demand is expected to erode. But perhaps EV lubricants will provide other opportunities for growt ...

The trajectory of lubricant demand post-COVID might not be as abnormal as the industry once thought it to be.

LANXESS discusses the performance benefits of Calcium Sulfonate Complex (CSC) grease.

How can a novel blending process reduce the carbon footprint of lubricant manufacturing operations?

China’s grease industry continued shifting away from lithium soap thickeners, according to the latest survey from the United States-based National L ...

Shell announced last week that it has completed an expansion of its grease manufacturing plant in Bangkok, tripling the facility’s production capaci ...

Lubricant demand in India, the world’s third-largest market, has grown to 3.11 metric tons per year and will continue expanding, a Hindustan Petrole ...

The grease industry’s use of lithium soap thickeners continued to decline in 2023 both worldwide and in North America, as producers looked for ways ...