QualiChem, which manufactures metalworking fluids and water treatment chemicals, announced last week it has expanded its headquarters, laboratory and ...

Lubcon Nigeria Ltd. has produced Rugged Elite 5W-40, a synthetic motor oil that claims to be the first synthetic lubricant manufactured within the Afr ...

Paul Waterman became CEO of Castrol and senior executive vice president of BP Lubricants July 1, succeeding Mike Johnson, who will retire at the end o ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners recently announced plans to invest up to $40 million to double synthetic lubricants production at its esters facil ...

Russian Chemical Co. bought exclusive rights to manufacture and market Rikos products, one of the countrys oldest grease brands, the company told Lube ...

SINGAPORE – Demand for higher quality lubricants is rising fast in China, the worlds largest lubricants market. At the same time, nearly every c ...

Russian lubricant marketer Lukoil launched its key European brand Genesis in Russia last week, reaffirming its grip on the countrys automotive lubes m ...

TUCSON, Ariz. – The world’s lubricant companies produced an impressive 2.47 billion pounds of lubricating grease in 2012, according to new ...

The European Lubricating Grease Institute and the European Committee for Standardization both want to create a standard for greases to reduce noise an ...

The U.S. Department of Agricultures BioPreferred program finalized its 10th round of procurement regulations, which specify that engine crankcase oil ...

Mag Lubricants new 60,000 tons per year blending plant in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates, is fully operational following a $50 million investment fro ...

Loadmaster Lubricants announced a $2 million expansion that will double grease production capacity at its 80,000 square foot Hugo, Minn., facility. T ...

Martin Midstream Partners announced last week that it expects to close on its acquisition of NL Grease by the end of July 2013. The Kilgore, Texas-ba ...

DETROIT – Myriad forces are buffeting the metalworking fluid industry, making it difficult to know how formulations will look in the future. At ...

Valvoline Cummins Ltd. has opened a plant in India with capacity to manufacture and package 120 million liters of lubricants per year, with possible e ...

Japanese petroleum giant Idemitsu Kosan established a new lubricant sales company in Mexico that is slated to begin operations in June. According to ...

Total will expand and upgrade its lubricant blending plant in Durban, South Africa, as part of a plan to increase its market share in that country and ...

Malaysian lube manufacturer Hyrax Oil plans to construct a blending plant in Mozambique by the end of this year, in partnership with that countrys sta ...

Rosnefts Novokuibyshevsk oils and additives plant recently started producing marine lubes under BPs Castrol brand for the Russian market. Under the a ...

MUMBAI, India – India is now the worlds third-largest lubricant market, and its base oil producers are gearing up to provide the high quality oi ...