Illinois-based chemical distributor Univar Inc. announced last week that it acquired the assets of oleochemical manufacturer and distributor Chemical ...

Nigeria has approved N2.4 billion (U.S. $11.6 million) to establish auto-testing centers to help ensure vehicle safety and environmental protection, a ...

The increased use of biodiesel has exacerbated the effect of fuel dilution of the lubricant. Fuel dilution can increase oxidation, reduce viscosity, c ...

WD-40 reported net income of $11 million for the quarter ending May 31, up 5 percent from a year earlier, with net sales down 3 percent at $92.5 milli ...

Ukrainian lube maker Aviks Group recently launched a 9,000 metric tons per year grease production plant near Lipetsk, Russia, the company confirmed to ...

China was the worlds largest producer of grease in 2014, according to data provided by companies participating in the National Lubricating Grease Inst ...

Ineos Oligomers will build a unit at its La Porte, Texas, polyalphaolefin plant that will produce 20,000 metric tons per year of high-viscosity PAO up ...

Do you know the difference between H1, H2, H3, 3H and other food-industry lubricants? A new position paper from Europe's grease association aims to he ...

Astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper jumped at the chance to perform "the ultimate lube job" -- greasing the International Space Station.

Laugfs Lubricants Ltd. will launch a 17,000 metric tons per year blending plant near Colombo, Sri Lanka, in July.

Global palm oil production is booming, but the basic oleochemicals market is saturated, according to Frost & Sullivan.

A German testing company found that oil change intervals in China are shorter than in other markets and significantly shorter than they need to be.

Shell opened a new blending plant Tianjin, China, Thursday, the latest in a series of investments by the company in the nations large and growing lubr ...

Lukoil produced 973,000 metric tons of base oils last year, down about 7 percent from 1.05 million tons in 2013, while its finished lubricant producti ...

Specialty chemicals supplier Soltex announced yesterday the purchase of Petroleum Chemicals, an acquisition made to help Soltex expand into the lubric ...

Royal Dutch Shell is narrowing the number of bidders for its majority stake in Shell Tongyi (Beijing) Petroleum, part of its lubricant business in Chi ...

Few Chinese lubricant companies sell products overseas, but Shandong Yuangen Petroleum Chemical Co. is doing just that through a toll-blending agreeme ...

Prista Oil, the largest independent lubricant manufacturer in Eastern Europe, has created Verila Lubricants AD to produce greases for a broad clientel ...

DALLAS – Angus Chemical Co., which Dow Chemical divested on Feb. 3, is preparing to launch a new extended-life, multifunctional amino alcohol fo ...

Gulf Oil International Ltd. said it is tying up with Q8Oils to supply finished lubricants in Europe. The companies did not disclose the exact nature o ...