Tom Glenn braces for a ride on the lubricants market roller coaster, starting with a sharp jolt of base stock overcapacity.

Of almost 253 million passenger cars on the road in the United States, the average vehicle age is 11.4 years, an IHS Automotive study found. The surve ...

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP plans to expand normal alpha olefin production capacity at its Cedar Bayou plant in Baytown, Texas, by 100,000 metric ...

Japanese metalworking fluids manufacturer Yushiro Chemical Industry Co. recently announced plans to expand its business in India, following the commen ...

Indonesias state-owned Pertamina Lubricants is negotiating to acquire Thai blender Amaco Production Co. Ltd. by the end of the year, an Amaco official ...

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – North Americas lubricating grease companies churned out 466 million pounds of grease in 2013, according to newly rele ...

Phillips 66 agreed to acquire Spectrum Corp., an independent blender, packager and marketer of specialty lubricants. Terms were not disclosed. There a ...

Fuchs Petrolub SE acquired the lubricants business of Batoyle Freedom Group in the United Kingdom on June 20 and will integrate it into its subsidiary ...

Australias mining industry is a pillar of the countrys economy and a major consumer of lubricants. But domestic lube suppliers arent extracting much p ...

The Russian automotive lubricants market is expected to grow 11 percent by 2017, driven by increased passenger car sales and a fleet that is slated to ...

George Gill reviews the global outlook for metalworking fluids.

Dick Beercheck describes the regulatory conditions affecting the Turkish lubricants industry.

Castrol will become the sole brand for BP Groups marine lubricant offerings, consolidating offerings provided under both BP Marine and Castrol Marine. ...

Greases and lubricants may not jump to mind in discussions of sustainable products, but an ExxonMobil official said synthetic, energy-efficient versio ...

With the explosive growth of the mobile Internet, smartphones and portal terminals have become new tools for marketers, including lubricant suppliers, ...

Daubert Chemical completed a multi-million dollar, three-year expansion of its calcium sulfonate plant in Chicago that more than doubles its capacity. ...

Shell Egypt will increase capacity of its lubricants blending plant near Cairo by more than 100 million liters per year by 2017, an official told Lube ...

Sah Petroleums Ltd. saw its sales revenue decline by 3.1 percent in the fiscal year ended March 31. Still, the Mumbai-based lubricant and process oil ...

Frost & Sullivan estimated the global industrial grease market will reach U.S. $1.8 billion revenue in 2019, up from $1.2 billion in 2012, with techno ...

Solazymes joint venture with Bunge Global Innovation LLC produced its first commercially saleable products, including algal oils and biodegradable dri ...