Finished Lubricants

Greece’s lubricant consumption rose 6% to 68,000 tons in 2021, driven by the country’s economic recovery from the early stages of the COVID-19 pan ...

Japan’s finished lubricants consumption surged by 34%, lubricants production jumped 32%, and lubricants exports increased 20% in September, accordin ...

Castrol India Ltd. reported slightly higher profits and sales for the quarter ending Sept. 30, saying it managed pricing and costs to protect margins ...

Castrol last month introduced 100% recycled plastic bottles in India, a step that it called important in its efforts to become more sustainable by red ...

Shell and TotalEnergies have both announced partnerships to develop electric vehicle battery immersion cooling fluids, signaling a continued positioni ...

Independent lubricants blender Fuchs Petrolub SE reported a 13% increase in net profit and higher sales in the third quarter. The company’s sales we ...

How are Latin America’s unique market conditions affecting motorcycle oils, and how can lubricant formulators respond to evolving technology?

A Major Shift

October 31, 2022

After several years of volatile market conditions and significant supply line interruptions, lubricant buyers have reconsidered what they are looking ...

Brazil’s Institute of Automotive Quality launched a technicians training program about automotive lubricants quality, with the support of the Americ ...

The Union of the European Lubricants Industry launched a new online tool to help companies calculate their carbon footprints. Companies along the supp ...

Private equity investment firm Advent International and Wilbur-Ellis announced last week they are merging their life sciences and specialty chemicals ...

U.S. Lubricants is now operating at its Baltimore, Maryland, facility it acquired from BP in January, the company announced, having now blended its fi ...

France Lube Demand Falls

October 18, 2022

Lubricant consumption in France declined 5% to 36,679 metric tons in August, compared to the same month last year, Paris-based Professional Lubricants ...

A collaborative initiative collected 15% more used marine oils in the first nine months of this year in Italy’s Ostia port area than in the same per ...

Russian Blender to Expand

October 18, 2022

Russian independent lube maker Nordoil plans to expand its lubricant production site near Moscow to help fill the supply shortage caused by the exodus ...

ExxonMobil is upgrading its lubricant blending plant in Tianjin, China, in response to projected long-term demand growth from Chinese customers, the c ...

Moresco Corp. reported an 11% increase in sales revenue for its specialty lubricants segment and a 4% decline in sales for its synthetic lubricants se ...

Although the writing is on the wall for internal combustion engines, lubricant formulators still have work to do meeting original equipment manufactur ...

Infineum announced yesterday it will acquire Billerica, Massachusetts-based Entegris’ Pipeline and Industrial Materials business as part of its tran ...

Nigerian National Petroleum Co. has acquired OVH Energy Marketing, operator of the Oando fuels and lubricants business and one of the largest lubrican ...