Finished Lubricants

Grease Production Stays Flat

November 17, 2016

Global grease production was relatively stable from 2010 to 2015, hovering around 1.1 million tons annually. Sales were affected by end user demands, ...

Lubricant demand for use in wind energy applications will grow at a 7.4 percent compound annual rate over the next five years, likely reaching more th ...

BERLIN – Germanys lubricant market is the second largest in Europe in large part because of its large industrial base, but the countrys demand f ...

LSC Grows in Jamaica

November 16, 2016

Less than two years after opening its first blending plant in Jamaica, Lubricating Specialties Co. is continuing its expansion in the Caribbean island ...

ATIEL published on its website new lists of lubricant marketers and base stock manufacturers that have signed letters of conformance confirming adhere ...

Rolling Toward Renewables

November 16, 2016

Biobased aluminum rolling oils lay out a smooth, shiny promise for the metalworking industry.

Shell now produces nearly 100 products, including marine lubricants, from its almost one-year-old, 120,000 metric tons per year blending plant in Jaka ...

In a surprise move, Ford has issued a new diesel engine oil service fill specification, WSS-M2C171-F1, covering all Ford diesel engines. This specific ...

A fire devastated a motor oil warehouse in Bishkek, the capital city of Kyrgyzstan, the countrys emergency situation ministry reported. The warehouse ...

Nyco America, an operating subsidiary of French specialty lubricants maker Nyco Group, has established a major new headquarters and an operations plat ...

ExxonMobil announced last week that its new Port Allen, Louisiana, aviation lubricants plant is operating at full capacity as it makes the companys Mo ...

HollyFrontiers acquisition of Suncor Energys Petro-Canada lubricants business for CA $1.1 billion (U.S. $845 million), announced Monday, will diversif ...

Castrol is entering the biobased lubricants market with the launch of its Edge Bio-Synthetic motor oil, the companys first plant-based renewable produ ...

Chinas and Indias car parcs - already two of the worlds largest - will double by 2023, a new study predicts. As lubricants volumes boom, providers mus ...

Sales for Heritage-Crystal Cleans oil business segment were flat for the quarter ending Sept. 10, and WD-40 posted increased net income for the quarte ...

Pennzoil and Quaker State will roll out new packaging for their one-quart and multi-quart motor oil bottles starting Nov. 1. According to an announcem ...

Marketing Matters

October 19, 2016

Kiara Candelaria reports on the growth forecasts for industrial lubricants.

Lubricants needed by food, beverage and pharmaceutical producers must meet stringent technical and hygiene requirements, including national, internati ...

French oil major Total broke ground Monday on its first lubricants blending plant in Russia, a project that could dovetail with the countrys emphasis ...

Gazpromneft-Lubricants has started to ship finished lubricants to Colombia, and its distributor in that country is expanding. In a press release last ...