Finished Lubricants

Jergens Industrial Supply acquired John M. Allen Co. for an undisclosed amount. Both companies distribute metalworking fluids. By bringing together J ...

SAE International has fully approved a new viscosity grade. SAE 16 will take its place this spring in the SAE J300 Standard as a lighter-weight altern ...

U.S. technical, laboratory and R&D managers who responded to the LubesnGreases 2012 Lubricants Industry Salary Survey said they earn an average o ...

Equity Firm Picks Up J.A.M.

December 27, 2012

Ridgemont Equity Partners last week acquired J.A.M. Distributing Co., which supplies ExxonMobil, Phillips 66 and other base stocks and lubricants. Fin ...

Aurora Bags DuBois

December 27, 2012

Aurora Capital Group acquired DuBois Chemicals, a specialty chemicals company whose products include industrial lubricants and metalworking fluids. Th ...

Russian lubricants marketer Gazprom Neft-SM expanded its sales network to Germany, Ukraine, Turkey and Iraq, the company said last week. Earlier this ...

Engines that run hotter and are made of new materials are stretching the limits of aviation lubricants. Experts say a new generation of oils is needed ...

LISBON-European manufacturers of H1 lubricants for the food industry say they are concerned about what they view as potentially misleading terminology ...

Shell is expected to announce plans tomorrow for a new lubricants blending plant in Tianjin, in northern China. A Dow Jones Newswires report yesterda ...

Chemical Prices Rise

August 15, 2012

Rhein Chemie increased prices on lubricant oil additives, Albemarle boosted prices for antioxidants used in lubricants, and Oxea raised prices on solv ...

Gulf Western Oil is investing more than AU $10 million (U.S. $9.8 million) to construct a lubricants blending facility in Australia that will have 60 ...

Marine fuel supplier Chemoil Energy Ltd. acquired a 50 percent stake in Chemlube International and sister company Sopetra S.A. The deal provides the l ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners and independent lubricant blender Fuchs Petrolub each posted increases in net income and sales for the second quar ...

Consumers buying oil changes will know what theyve received, and bulk motor oil shipments will require documentation in some states starting in July 2 ...

Shell Big on Asia

August 1, 2012

SINGAPORE – Shell Lubricants is committed to investing in Asia, with a focus on China, and its strong regional supply chain – including se ...

GF-6, the next passenger car engine oil category proposed for first licensing in January 2016, is taking shape. Unlike its predecessors, it will be di ...

Freudenberg North America anticipates hiring more employees and investing in capital expenditures over the next two years in New Hampshire, including ...

Lukoil is developing a 270,000 tons per year blending plant at its Volgograd refinery, trying to firmly hold its grip on the domestic and internationa ...

The next heavy-duty engine oil upgrade, known as PC-11, took center stage June 26 during ASTM Committee D-2’s technical week in San Francisco. T ...

Safety-Kleen has begun blending engine oils at its new $15 million East Chicago, Ind., facility, which was completed in late June. Dave Sprinkle, Saf ...