Finished Lubricants

Goodyear announced Wednesday that it reached an agreement for an India-based company to manufacture and market automotive lubricants in the country un ...

Hin Leong on Sales Block

October 28, 2020

Troubled oil trader and lubricants producer Hin Leong Trading Pte. has apparently been put up for sale, based on notices placed in local media earlier ...

The heavy-duty diesel engine oil market is gradually shifting to lower-viscosity products, with advancing technology and better understanding of their ...

Lubricant demand within the Gulf Cooperation Council is expected to grow at a moderate pace in the coming years, as member countries diversify their e ...

Russia’s finished lubricant demand will decline 4% to 1.64 million tons in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic’s negative impacts on the economy ...

A year and a half after acquiring it, Idemitsu Kosan Co. is selling Shell Lubricants Japan K.K. back to Royal Dutch Shell – because Idemitsu decided ...

The lubricants market in Southeast Asia – which is weighted toward products for two-wheelers and process oils – will shrink this year but rebound ...

Japan Market Still Declining

October 23, 2020

Japan consumed 101,588 kiloliters of finished lubricants in August, according to data released recently by the government’s Ministry of Economy, Tra ...

New e-fluids on the market from Shell and Fuchs.

France-based private equity firm Ardian paid $2.3 billion to acquire a 50% ownership stake in Angus Chemical Co. from Golden Gate Capital, which conti ...

Discouraging imports of low-grade blended lubricants and curtailing sales of straight mineral oils promoted as finished products are two key ways Nige ...

Fuchs Elevates 2020 Outlook

October 20, 2020

German independent lubricants blender Fuchs Petrolub SE issued a preliminary report last week showing a 17% decrease earnings and an 11% decline in sa ...

HCC Down, WD-40 Up

October 19, 2020

Heritage-Crystal Clean’s oil business segment reported lower revenue for the third quarter, while WD-40 posted higher net income and revenue for the ...

Cadence Petroleum Group has obtained a new private equity investor, and the new backer plans to accelerate the expansion of the growing lubricant dist ...

The global motorcycle oils market is projected to grow by a compound annual rate of 1.5% to 2% during the next four years, according to a forecast tha ...

A Chicago private equity firm announced last week that it has agreed to acquire majority stakes in Warren Distribution Inc., one of the largest privat ...

OQ Chemicals – formerly Oxea – recently completed an expansion at its site in Oberhausen, Germany, increasing its isononanoic acid global producti ...

The global motorcycle oils market is projected to grow by a compound annual rate of 1.5% to 2% during the next four years, according to a forecast tha ...

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. reported that its lubricant sales edged up 0.7% in fiscal year 2019-2020, as it makes a push to access international ma ...

The global motorcycle oils market is projected to grow by a compound annual rate of 1.5% to 2% during the next four years, according to a forecast tha ...