Fuchs Petrolub AG posted 2011 earnings of 183 million (U.S. $240.7 million) on full-year sales revenue of 1.7 billion, up from 2010 earnings of 172 mi ...

Cortec launched a new Middle East joint venture with its regional distributor United Corrosion Technologies to supply corrosion inhibitors in the regi ...

Dover Chemical will pay $1.4 million in civil penalties for unauthorized manufacture of chlorinated paraffins at facilities in Dover, Ohio, and Hammon ...

Unlike civilians, the diverse armed forces of NATO must be prepared to operate in any environment and under severe conditions at any time. Ideally, ea ...

The opening of Shells Russian blending plant has been delayed again, to mid-2012. Shell previously pushed back the completion date for the 180,000 me ...

Laugfs Lubricants Ltd. of Sri Lanka plans to set up its own blending plant in Hambantota port, on the southeastern end of the island nation. The anno ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners last week completed its acquisitions of blender and distributor TruSouth Oil and Ashland subsidiary Hercules synth ...

WD-40 Co.s net income reached $6.8 million for the quarter ending Nov. 30, down 25 percent from the prior year period, while net sales were up 5 perce ...

The Whitmore Manufacturing Co. named Jeff Kilpatrick president and chief executive officer effective Jan. 3, the companys third in three years. Kilpa ...

Global lubricant blenders today demand base oil flexibility to minimize risk and maximize value, two Valvoline executives said. Ashland Consumer Mark ...

Mobil lubricants marketer MAL Pakistan is building an Rs 300 million (U.S. $3.3 million) lube oil blending plant in Karachi, Pakistan. The projects f ...

Driven by increased sales of foreign branded cars and consumption of higher-quality lubricants, Russias demand for light-vehicle lubricants grew 1.6 p ...

Most major oil companies have informed U.S. customers of finished lubricant price hikes in recent weeks that will take effect throughout September, an ...

The metalworking fluids market in North America, Asia and Europe is projected to grow at about 3 percent per year, from 2.1 million metric tons in 201 ...

Synthetics share of the 35 million metric ton global lubricants market is expected to grow from 10 percent in 2009 to 12.5 percent by 2019, according ...

After shrinking almost 10 percent in 2009, how did global lubricating grease production fare in 2010? That’s what the National Lubricating Greas ...

Overall U.S. consumer automotive lubricants consumption declined at an average annual rate of 9.2 percent between 2006 and 2009, but overall market va ...

Fuchs Petrolub AG has acquired the worldwide food-grade lubricants business of Shell International Petroleum. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisiti ...

Quaker Chemical acquired the former D.A. Stuart U.S. aluminum hot rolling oil business from Houghton International, including rights to sell the produ ...

Kazakhstans first blending plant opened last week in the city of Shymkent as part of a national program for industry and innovation development, state ...