It is becoming increasingly apparent that electric and plug-in hybrid cars are catching on and are destined to become a significant portion of the glo ...

Sometimes lubricant suppliers prefer not to be lubricant blenders. In such cases, they turn to toll blenders.

Automakers are satisfied that low-phosphorus engine oils deliver the wear protection they need. That's cold comfort to the engine rebuilders and car g ...

Food-grade lubricants continue to make inroads with food and beverage processing companies. As an industry insider explains, switching from non-food-g ...

When the Soviet Union broke apart, Ukraines grease industry lost its biggest market and Russia lost its main supplier. Now the industries in both coun ...

Lubricating pastes may be a low-volume category, but where used they solve tricky problems such as heavy loads and potential for wash-out. An industry ...

Steve Swedberg heads to New Orleans to learn whats on the minds of fast-lube operators.

Indias new fuel economy standards will demand lower viscosity automotive lubricants and more bespoke formulations, an official at a leading oil market ...

Casa Angsana Petroleum Product, a Malaysian lubricant producer based in Kota Baharu, Kelantan, recently introduced a system of recruiting freelance sa ...

Warren Oil Co. announced last week it has begun producing and packaging grease at its West Memphis, Ark. plant. Following the completion of an expansi ...

Fuchs Petrolub announced that its Australian subsidiary will build a lubricant blending plant in Beresfield, New South Wales, Australia, to replace an ...

Balmer Lawrie & Co., Indias grand old grease company, is trying to shake off some dust. In the midst of a multi-plant plan to expand its production ca ...

Conventional theories about metalworking fluids state that they react chemically with the surfaces of metal workpieces during the short time that the ...

One area often overlooked in food production is the lubricants for the machines fabricating food packaging. One industry expert believes these lubrica ...

India has become the third largest consumer of finished lubricants in the world, but opinion is still divided on the future of the market.

Boris Kamchev reviews the state of Russias automotive gear oil market.

Lubricant marketer Fuchs Petrolub has entered a marketing partnership to supply lubricants and fluids for users of DMG Mori Seiki metalworking machine ...

U.S. lubricant producer Champion Oil announced Friday that it has entered an agreement designating Tsengeg Orkhon Co. its distributor in Mongolia. Tse ...

Asia has become the worlds largest and fastest-growing lubricant market, but it still relies largely on specifications developed in and for other regi ...

India, the worlds third-largest lubricant market, will experience average annual growth of 2.5 percent over the next five years, Kline & Co. predicts ...