Finished Lubricants

Fuchs, Zhongding Partner on Immersion Cooling

Fuchs, Zhongding Partner on Immersion Cooling

Lube Report Asia - January 26, 2024

Fuchs Lubricants China Ltd. recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Anhui Zhongding Intelligent Thermal M ...

Hindustan Mulls Spin-off of Lubes Business

Hindustan Mulls Spin-off of Lubes Business

Lube Report Asia - January 26, 2024

India’s state-owned oil marketing company Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. has hired a consultant to advise on a spin-of ...

Kano Acquires Food Grade Lubes Firm

Kano Acquires Food Grade Lubes Firm

Lube Report Americas - January 24, 2024

Kano Laboratories, which manufactures penetrating oils, announced on Monday the acquisition of Synco Chemical Corp. and ...

Brazil Base Oil Output Fell in 2023

Brazil Base Oil Output Fell in 2023

Lube Report Americas - January 24, 2024

Base oil production in Brazil was down again in December, closing out a year in which output dropped 11% compared to 202 ...

Sinopec Lubricants Progresses on Tianjin Facility

Sinopec Lubricants Progresses on Tianjin Facility

Lube Report Asia - January 19, 2024

Sinopec’s finished lubricant arm has completed the main parts of the first phase of an expansion and upgrade of its fa ...

Wind Energy Growth Lags EU Targets

Wind Energy Growth Lags EU Targets

Lube Report EMEA - January 16, 2024

The European Union built a record 17 gigawatts of wind energy generating capacity in 2023, a 13% increase from 2022, but ...

Customizing Lubes, Applicators for Rail Systems

Customizing Lubes, Applicators for Rail Systems

Lube Report EMEA - January 16, 2024

Researchers with a technical foundation and a university in Norway said their efforts to develop new knowledge on the in ...

Nynas Starts Partnership to Recycle Transformer Oil

Nynas Starts Partnership to Recycle Transformer Oil

Sustainability InSite - January 15, 2024

Swedish lubricant maker Nynas to recycle transformer oil in a partnership with leading recycler Stena Recycling.

Eastern Lubricants Suffers Big Drop in Profits

Eastern Lubricants Suffers Big Drop in Profits

Lube Report Asia - January 12, 2024

Eastern Lubricants Blenders Ltd. reported a steep drop in net profit and an operating loss on a slight decline in sales ...

Additive

Grease from Jojoba and Banana Peels

Lube Report EMEA - January 9, 2024

Egyptian researchers reported developing a grease made with base stock from the jojoba plant and nano chemical additives ...

Russia Consumes Range of Engine Oil Vis Grades

Russia Consumes Range of Engine Oil Vis Grades

Lube Report EMEA - January 9, 2024

Russia – the largest country in the world, spanning two continents and 11 time zones – consumes a range of motor oil ...

Vietnam Requires Lube Suppliers to Recycle

Vietnam Requires Lube Suppliers to Recycle

Lube Report Asia - January 5, 2024

Vietnam this week enacted an extended producer responsibility law requiring suppliers of lubricants and other materials ...

Industrial Lube Sales Boost Copton

Industrial Lube Sales Boost Copton

Lube Report Asia - January 5, 2024

Chinese lubricants blender Copton Tech Co. reported higher net profit and sales revenue for the quarter ending Sept. 30 ...

Additive

Vibra Rejects Offer, Will Consider Others

Lube Report Americas - January 3, 2024

Vibra Energia, one of Brazil’s largest lubricant suppliers, recently rejected a merger offer from Eneva, calling the p ...

Key Trends in the Lubricants Industry in 2024

Key Trends in the Lubricants Industry in 2024

Lubes'n'Greases - January 2, 2024

From sustainability endeavors to Industry 4.0, Flavio Kliger of Lubrizol discusses the major trends in both additives an ...

Automotive Lubricants Shift Toward Synthetics

Automotive Lubricants Shift Toward Synthetics

Lubes'n'Greases - January 2, 2024

Sean Nguyen of Pennzoil outlines some of the most prominent trends affecting automotive lubricants, including the uptake ...

Will Electric Vehicles Change the World?

Will Electric Vehicles Change the World?

Lubes'n'Greases - January 2, 2024

Increased electrification will inevitably affect PCMO demand. How can the industry roll with the punches?

Welcome to Asia Unveiled

Welcome to Asia Unveiled

Lubes'n'Greases - January 2, 2024

Asia is an extremely diverse continent and so is the lubricants landscape in the region.