Finished Lubricants

HOT SPRINGS, Va. – Global demand for greases used in industrial applications is expected to remain nearly flat through 2019, Annie Jarquin of Kl ...

Indian lube suppliers Apar Industries and Balmer Lawrie both recorded strong margins despite weaker revenue, while Chinas GTS Chemical Holdings revenu ...

The Asia-Pacific regions market for halal-certified products is booming, observers say, and that could lead to an increase in demand for halal food-gr ...

Gulf Oil Enters Poland

June 8, 2016

Gulf Oil International and Boss Oil Ltd. started a lubricant distribution operation in Poland through Gulf Polska, a new joint venture. Gulf Polska wi ...

The U. S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation approved a request by Dolgencorp LLC, owner of Dollar General discount stores, to centralize pret ...

Russias combined base oil and lubricants production grew just 2 percent in 2015 compared to the year before, as the country entered into its second co ...

Pakistani lubricant supplier Hi-Tech Lubricants Ltd. aims to increase sales by expanding into Afghanistan and launching a chain of retail fuel outlets ...

With demand for batteries draining the lithium market, grease producers are coming up empty-handed. What is being done to recharge supplies of the wor ...

Europe is teetering at the edge of a decision to ban lead in alloys - a move that would trigger a chain reaction throughout the metalworking industry.

ExxonMobils Nancy Carlson answers our questions about the high-tech world of jet engine oils.

As China seeks to transform itself from the worlds factory into a producer of value-added goods, the countrys appetite for sophisticated greases is gr ...

Marketing Matters

May 23, 2016

Boris Kamchev reports on Russias flagging lubricants market.

Design changes made to create a quiet, comfortable environment for drivers and passengers allow new noises to be heard when plastic, leather and rubbe ...

Concerns about health, safety and the environment are forcing metalworking fluid formulators to find alternative biocides to replace boric acid, boron ...

The Nigerian lubricant market has an estimated local consumption in excess of 540 million liters per year, but is plagued by lack of standardization. ...

Last Word

May 23, 2016

Lisa Tocci examines the effect of tight lithium supplies on grease suppliers.

Abu Dhabis state-owned petroleum products distribution firm will open a lubricants and greases plant by 2022 at Khalifa Ports Khalifa Industrial Zone ...

Corrosion inhibitor demand in the United States is projected to rise 3.1 percent per year and reach $2.8 billion by 2020, a new study by Freedonia Gro ...

Q8Oils, the downstream arm of Kuwait Petroleum International, last week opened its expanded and upgraded 111,000-metric tons per year lube blending pl ...

Universal Lubricants sold its lubes manufacturing business and sales network to distributor PetroChoice and carved out its rerefining, used oil and en ...