Finished Lubricants

The two-wheeler industrys demand for lubricants is projected to increase globally at a rate of 6 percent from 2011 to 2016, Kline & Co. found, dr ...

Falcon Absorbs MWF Firm

April 17, 2013

Falcon Industrial has acquired Benchmark Fluids for an undisclosed amount, a move that Falcon says will expand its customer base and strengthen its me ...

ExxonMobil and Chevron last week each informed U.S. customers of finished lubricant price hikes that take effect May 16, following earlier markups by ...

Q8 Oils is in the midst of building a new lubricant blending plant at the site of an existing plant in Antwerp, Belgium, officials said recently. The ...

WD-40 Holds the Line

April 10, 2013

WD-40 reported $10.5 million in net income for the quarter ending Feb. 28, down 1 percent from the year-ago period, with net sales up 1 percent at $86 ...

PQIA: Dont Buy Bullet

April 3, 2013

The Petroleum Quality Institute of America warned consumers last week not to buy Bullet brand motor oil based on its potential to damage engines, lead ...

BP to Raise Lube Prices

April 3, 2013

BP Lubricants USA last week informed U.S. customers that prices for Castrol finished lubricants will generally increase by up to 4 percent effective M ...

Oil changes drive traffic through U.S. service bays and offer the best opportunity to cross-sell other services, according to market research company ...

Chinese Geely cars assembled in Russia will use Lukoils transmission oils for factory fill, the Russian oil major said last week. Derways, the compan ...

A small business owner in Texas sued Smittys Supply and its distributor Atwood Distributing, alleging they sold defective, inadequately tested tractor ...

Gulf Oil will begin producing greases and lubricants at its Ras Al-Khaimah plant in the United Arab Emirates tomorrow. The operation is slated to prod ...

Gazprom plans to buy or build another lube plant in Scandinavia or the Baltic region, and to boost its lubricants business over the next 10 years, dri ...

Shell Lubricants notified U.S. customers earlier this month that prices for Shell brand finished lubricants will generally increase by up to 4 percent ...

Fake Lubes Flood Nigeria

March 27, 2013

The Lubricants Producers Association of Nigeria laments the upsurge of impure lubricants, while the countrys two regulatory agencies for lubricants sa ...

Los Angeles-based industrial lubricant maker Chem Arrow is expanding its presence in Mexico, where the manufacturing sector is experiencing a resurgen ...

Idemitsu Kosan of Japan projects that 85 percent of new income in its functional products division – which includes chemicals and agri-bio produ ...

In a bid to strengthen its presence in the Russian lubricants market, Gazprom Neft-SM recently introduced a new line of automotive lubes using its nat ...

The United Nations Security Council recently strengthened sanctions against North Korea, adding perfluorinated lubricants to its list of prohibited it ...

The number of U.S. fast lubes reached 17,063, up 1,058 stores from a year ago, according to National Oil & Lube News 2013 Tops in the Industry Ra ...

The Federal Trade Commission has closed its investigation into Lubrizols acquisition of Rockton, Ill.-based grease manufacturer Chemtool, clearing the ...