Finished Lubricants

China Lubes Boom on

May 9, 2012

MOSCOW – Driven by strong demand for premium products, China imported a record 2.7 million tons of base oil last year, continuing a six-year tre ...

Calumet and Fuchs each reported increases in net income and sales during the first quarter, compared to 2011s first quarter. For the quarter ending M ...

Lubricants blender and distributor Colorado Petroleum has moved into a new headquarters location in Denver that includes a tank farm with more than 1 ...

Several major oil companies have recently notified U.S. customers of finished lubricant price increases that will take effect in late May, most citing ...

Afton Chemical and Quaker Chemical each reported increases in sales and operating profit for the first quarter, compared to the year-ago quarter. New ...

Led by strong growth in Asia, global industrial grease consumption is projected to grow about 2.6 percent per year, from 695,000 metric tons in 2011, ...

Irans Pars Oil is preparing to open a second grease plant at its refinery near Tehran. Officials said the new plant, which will have capacity of 2,000 ...

Chevron marketer Crevier Lubricants opened a new 62,000 square foot plant in Canadas Quebec province April 19. The plant in Longueil, Quebec, doubles ...

Ashland reported its Consumer Markets (Valvoline) business posted operating income of $57 million for the quarter ending March 31, down 11 percent fro ...

Shell Russia is setting its sights on Ukraines lubricants market once its 180,000 tons per year blending plant in Torzhok begins full production, the ...

The New Category Development Team has locked in a strict timeline for creating PC-11, the proposed category upgrade for heavy-duty engine oils. The m ...

Contract blender and packager Lubricating Specialties Co. has acquired Wynn Oil Co.s former blending plant in Azusa, Calif., for an undisclosed amount ...

Private equity firm CCMP Capital Advisors will acquire Milacron from Avenue Capital Group for an undisclosed amount. Milacrons Cimcool industrial flui ...

Private equity firm The Riverside Co. acquired Galaxy Associates as an add-on to DuBois Chemicals. Both companies make specialty chemicals, including ...

WD-40 posted $10.6 million in operating income for the quarter ending Feb. 29, up 16.5 percent from the year-ago period, with net sales up 9 percent a ...

STUTTGART, Germany – Mercedes-Benz has adopted a wide-ranging upgrade of service-fill engine oil specifications for its passenger cars and heavy ...

Sonneborn Changes Hands

April 4, 2012

One Equity Partners on Friday acquired white oils producer Sonneborn from Sun Capital Partners for an undisclosed amount. Sonneborn supplies white oi ...

MOSCOW – Russias grease production is expected to grow at an annual rate of 5 to 7 percent after 2014, when new plants will be launched, a resea ...

Feds Target Lube Exports

March 28, 2012

The U.S. Department of Commerce has ordered a temporary halt to exports by lubricant manufacturer Delfin Group USA, alleging that the company violated ...

Russian lubes producer Gazprom Neft-SM plans to break ground on a 15,000 metric ton per year lubricant blending plant in Finland in early 2013. The c ...