Southern Chinas enormous manufacturing base makes it a huge market for metalworking fluids, but some heavy industries are moving overseas, taking with ...

Long mired in outdated technologies, the grease industry is breaking free with the help of some innovative studies.

In the glass production industry, robots are wresting the lubricant swabs from their human overlords--and thats a good thing. (Video!)

Biochemical company Advonex International anticipates bringing its biobased feedstock to commercial scale by 2019 after receiving funds to develop a 1 ...

Greater China and Southeast Asia are projected to account for almost 68 percent of global growth in light-duty vehicle populations between this year a ...

Russian lube maker Lukoil said its finished lubricant and grease sales rose 15 percent in this years January-June period, primarily driven by the grow ...

The Nigerian Department of Petroleum Resources recently raided three unlicensed blenders in the north central state of Kwara for producing substandard ...

Lanxess AG plans to form a new performance additives segment and become a bigger player in industrial lubricant additives after the closing of its $2. ...

Economic reforms and potential foreign investment project hope onto the horizon. Could near-term volatility turn that promise into a mirage?

Texas Refinery Corp. opens its state-of-the-art grease facility, producing the fruit of nearly a centurys labor.

Does the right base stock for your job have more to do with molecular shape than viscosity or temperature?

CHICAGO – Although global demand for finished lubricants will grow minimally over the next five years, parts of the industry do offer opportunit ...

Although United States quick lubes average ticket totals crossed the $71 mark and the average number of oil changes and cars serviced daily increased, ...

Founded in 1923 as an independent lube manufacturer, Verkol is in the midst of rebranding itself as part of the Quaker Chemical family of products.

East Africas manufacturing industry holds huge potential for expanding the industrial lubricants market in the region.

Turkey is a rare bright spot for refiners and lubricant marketers in the Middle East, but political instability threats to stunt growth.

Demand for lubricant additives is expected to grow at just 1.5 percent annually by 2019.

As part of strategy to raise cash, Royal Dutch Shell last week announced that it is reviewing the possible sale of its downstream assets in Argentina, ...

As part of its spin-off of Valvoline Inc., Ashland hopes to raise up to $690 million in an initial public stock offering that constitutes at least a 1 ...

Ineos Oligomers said yesterday it will build a 120,000 metric tons per year low viscosity polyalphaolefin facility at an undisclosed location. When it ...