Businesses that bend, forge, spin, draw and stamp metals open up about the fluids they buy. Their top priority: Just keep my die guys happy!

From placer mines to open pits to subterranean longwalls, the global mining industry does business on a massive scale. Its equipment makes some pretty ...

Global steel makers continue to consolidate, rationalize, and scrutinize the performance of their rolling mills. That spells opportunity for lubricant ...

Long prized by grease formulators as extreme-pressure agents, molybdenum is increasingly tapped for its friction-easing properties.

Its an appetizing market, full of tasty and profitable morsels. How lubricant and grease companies can get a seat at the table is another question.

Small in volume but high in cost, these specialized products go fearlessly where mineral oil based lubricants fear to tread. Where are they headed nex ...

The worlds food processors are experiencing dramatic growth, along with heightened scrutiny at every step by consumers and regulators. Can lube seller ...

Nearly half of GMs major manufacturing plants now can boast zero landfill status. Way out front in this effort: lubricants and metalworking fluids.

Alkylated naphthalenes were once the high-priced alternative to esters; today its a different story. Heres a look at the molecules, who makes them and ...

Whether on a chain saw, motorbike, model airplane or big ore truck, most two-cycle engines are heavy polluters. Well need better lubes to help clear t ...

Global shipping consumes about 3 million metric tons of lubricants a year, from trunk piston engine oils to cylinder lubricants and more. For ship-sha ...

Fuchs Petrolub SE said last week that it has agreed to buy Lubritene and Lubrasa, sister specialty lubricant companies based in South Africa. Lubriten ...

Diesel engine oils are the largest category of automotive lubricants in India, and they are evolving quickly. A Gulf Oil official said recently that t ...

Castrol India Ltd.s profit dropped 19 percent in the first quarter of 2014. Net profit after taxes was Rs 100.2 crores (U.S. $17.2 million) for the th ...

Whats behind the high-temperature operating limits you see on grease labels - is it science, or just wishful thinking?

G-Oil Green Motor Oil brags that its the first biodegradable engine oil to meet the API SM category. Its next hurdle: turning boasts into profits.

Despite misgivings, maintenance was told to use only food grade lubes throughout Hersheys confectionery plant in Memphis, Tenn. Heres how they rose to ...

Researchers continue to bolster the durability and performance of seed oil based lubricants. Now if they can just get customers to try them …

Heightened regulations. Worries about equipment reliability. Smarter and better production methods. They all smell like opportunity for synthetic lube ...

Scientists disagree on how or how much metalworking fluids affect worker health, but theyre finding new tools to solve the puzzle.