Coolants Plus, the marketer of Starfire brand lubricants, announced last week that it had purchased Scot Lubricants Inc., giving the company its first ...

The American Petroleum Institutes Lubricants Group closed its ballot on SN Plus Dec. 29, with a healthy majority voting to adopt the supplemental cate ...

A private chemical company in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, will soon start to produce automotive lubricants using recycled waste oils.

Many of the automotive engine oil trends that are swaying markets globally - the drive for greater fuel economy, extended service life and durability, ...

Fees for the American Petroleum Institutes Engine Oil Licensing and Certification System increased Dec. 1 in order to offset the costs of APIs consume ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. reported a $23.6 million loss, improving from a $33.4 million loss in 2016s third quarter. The company annou ...

German lubricant marketer Liqui Moly announced last week that it had been acquired by Adolf Wuerth GmbH & Co. in a deal intended to ensure stability f ...

Starting Jan. 1, 2020 - just two years away - new pollution regulations will cap marine fuel sulfur at just 0.5 percent for oceangoing vessels worldwi ...

Labels on automatic transmission fluid should be clearer starting Jan. 1 in the 19 states that automatically codify the latest version of the National ...

The year that is winding down has been eventful for the global lubricants industry – featuring a rocky road for lubricant standards in North Ame ...

The International Maritime Organizations marine pollution regulations will cut the global fuel sulfur cap for oceangoing vessels to 0.5 percent by wei ...

Fuchs Petrolub Group recently acquired Romanian lubricant distributor Lub Asyst. In 2016, Lub Asyst generated some 4 million (U.S. $4.7 million) in sa ...

HOUSTON – The semi-annual ASTM meetings here last week included discussions by several groups at the center of engine oil specification developm ...

When comparing metalworking fluid trends in developed markets, the forces and constraints that shape them can be diverse, and this is clear when looki ...

Kline & Co. estimates the global biobased lubricants market will grow at a compound annual rate of 5 percent over the next five years out to 2021 ...

Beginning in June, Singapore will prohibit the use of short-chain chlorinated paraffins in metalworking fluids and other products, according to the co ...

Ghana Oil Co. plans to open a $10 million lubricants blending plant in Ghana in 2019 – the third such plant in Ghana and only the second to mark ...

BOLOGNA, Italy – Rising performance demands will force heavy-duty engine oil formulations to shift from API Group II to Group III base stocks an ...

Synthetic metalworking fluids are expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 3 percent to 3.5 percent by 2021, according to Kline & Co. consult ...

Elco Corp. parent Detrex and global specialty chemicals company Italmatch Chemicals have entered into a merger agreement, the companies jointly announ ...