With wind power steadily expanding, gear lubricant formulators get to work on cheaper and better options.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The Middle East is being buffeted by economic, market and supply changes that promise to alter the way the its lub ...

BOCA RATON, Fla. – It is taking longer than hoped for candidate engine oils to complete the testing and review process for General Motors Dexos1 ...

Caitlin Jacobs reviews the industrial lubricants market.

Fluid formulators and emulsifier suppliers are facing numerous challenges with regard to performance requirements, regulatory issues and commercial pr ...

GQOil Innovation Europe and Prista Oil recently unveiled a start-up that aims to revolutionize lubricant production by using faster and more energy-ef ...

Machine makers are moving from metal to more novel composites and alloys. To evolve accordingly, formulators of metal removal fluids need to understan ...

Impending changes in European regulations may sharply reduce permissible levels of lead in steel, aluminum and copper alloys as soon as January 2017. ...

Castrol launched the Nexcel oil cell – a combination lube container and filter – which aims to offer faster oil changes while reducing was ...

Prices for foreign branded engine oils in Russia rose an average of 31 percent during the year ended in August, while domestic brands climbed just 7.5 ...

Chevron Belgium NV and toll blender VLS-Group renewed their contract, including an increase of volumes to be handled via VLS-Groups toll manufacturing ...

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc. plans to acquire tall oil products maker Arizona Chemical Holdings Corp. for $1.4 billion. The markets and customers ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday a postponement of about a year to the beginning of a ban on production and import of mid- ...

VIENNA – China is expected to hold its position as the worlds largest lubricant market in the decade to come as the United States market stagnat ...

Ashland announced yesterday that it will spin off Valvoline, saying the lubricants business is positioned for growth in quick lube and international m ...

Forchem plans to increase throughput at its Rauma, Finland, tall oil distillation plant by 5 to 10 percent through the installation of new software. T ...

Compared to Europe and North America, the Asia-Pacific region does not consume much synthetic base stock, but it produces a growing and broadening vol ...

Tom Glenn dishes on whats keeping lube distributors up at night - and why sleeplessness is not necessarily a bad thing.

Whether jumping into an existing market or an emerging one, successful marketers need to understand their target customers needs.

Despite an economic slowdown, suppliers see openings in Southeast Asias largest lubricant market. An insiders look at its vehicles, owners and product ...