Russia’s Sakhalin region is preparing to convert much of its vehicle parc to run on compressed natural gas, a zero-emission alternative fuel, an ind ...

The lubricants market faces a “very gradual” recovery, regardless of the ultimate size of the dip in the economy or the economic modeling scenario ...

Lubricant supplier Lanka IOC reported a net loss while the lubricants business segment of Malaysian state-owned oil firm Petronas’ domestic marketin ...

Steve Swedberg discusses why the API CH-4 heavy-duty engine oil service category may soon be phased out.

The grease industry has been under pressure to develop formulations that keep pace with the increased performance and efficiency requirements of moder ...

Polymers can improve water resistance, thickener yield and tackiness in grease formulations, but their long molecular structure made formulators quest ...

Industrial robots have multiple joints, similar to human elbows and knees. Unlike humans, regular greasing is all they need to avoid wear and stay in ...

As heavy-duty OEMs struggle to improve fuel economy, the solution may lie on the surface of engine cylinders.

Magnetorheological fluids are being used in an increasing number of applications, but this relatively new technology still has some kinks. Adding grea ...

Moove – Cosan’s lubricants production and distribution arm – reported lower net income, revenue and sales volumes for the first quarter ending M ...

Altivia Oxide Chemicals LLC acquired KMCO and its associated chemical ethoxylation manufacturing assets in Crosby, Texas, last week out of Chapter 7 b ...

A new report by market research company Data Bridge forecasts the food-grade lubricants segment will grow by 7.1 percent by 2027 to a value of U.S. $3 ...

Fears that the market for aviation lubricants and greases in the Middle East is unravelling as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic are exaggerated, anal ...

The share of vehicles in Russia that use American Petroleum Institute’s API SM or API SN motor oil categories increased in the last couple of years ...

Japan’s base oil production for April fell 20 percent compared to the same month last year, according to data recently released by the country’s M ...

Stated-owned Thai Oil Group’s base oil business reported a major increase in net profit on lower sales revenue in the first quarter.

Once the traumas of lost production and lost customers due to Covid-19 are over, metalworking fluid formulators will have to resume their attempts to ...

Hydraulic systems need the correct viscosity fluid to balance opposing efficiency loss mechanisms. A team of German researchers looked into how this p ...

As China slowly reopens its economy, domestic lube suppliers see survival at the top of the agenda and are using promotional events and new distributi ...

Trends related to electric vehicles accounted for half of the 10 most popular answers in a global survey of tribologists and lubrication engineers abo ...