Finished Lubricants

Trends come and go, and what once were attractive, high-volume sales channels are now past their prime. One thing remains the same: Customer service i ...

The worlds second-largest lubricant supplier is considering building a blending plant in the worlds third-largest market, according to an executive in ...

China is a key driver of increasing installed wind turbine capacity, which is expected to help boost demand for wind energy lubricants, an industry in ...

After previously saying it would release Dexos1 Gen 3 in January and begin commercial licensing during the second quarter, General Motors is consideri ...

U.S. demand volume for industrial oils and fluids is forecast to decrease by a compound annual rate of 0.3 percent out to 2023, but demand is rising f ...

Brazils Petrobras started the process to sell its distribution company in Uruguay so that it can exit the South American countrys lubricants, fuels an ...

Lanxess acquired Itibanyl Produtos Especiais Ltda., a leading Brazilian manufacturer of biocides, including some used in metalworking fluids and lubri ...

The demand for factory fill lubricants in India has slowed during the past few months because weak vehicle sales in the world's fourth-largest automob ...

The Mexican government is preparing to publish new national engine oil standards that are modeled on those in the United States and which would replac ...

United States wind operations and annual maintenance spending is expected to increase by 50 percent from 2018 to more than $7.5 billion by 2030, accor ...

Around the EV World

December 3, 2019

The German city of Frankfurt played host to the biannual International Auto Show in September. The major German manufacturers used their home advantag ...

The German city of Frankfurt played host to the biannual International Auto Show in September. The major German manufacturers used their home advantag ...

Mexico leads the region in electrified vehicle sales and is upping the ante with a domestically produced vehicle.

Buy My Lithium Down, Sport

December 3, 2019

Western Australia’s lithium miners are feeling the pinch from reduced demand, while in South America, supplies of the strategic resource are becomin ...

Mixed Blessings for Tesla

December 3, 2019

The world-famous Tesla is an impressive piece of engineering and design. But its rise to the top of the market has been beset by financial and commerc ...

The Dutch have taken to electric vehicles like ducks to water. The sector was propelled by generous tax breaks and a high median income.

Wider use of synthetic engine oils and a shift to electric vehicles could reduce the threat of environmental contamination from waste oil in the Middl ...

Master Fluid Solutions opened a metalworking fluids production facility outside of Istanbul in Tulza, mainly serving the aerospace and defense industr ...

Indonesia has enough lubricant blending capacity to meet domestic demand, but because of high levels of imports it utilizes only half of that capacity ...

Canadian convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard has made a takeover offer for Caltex Australia, one of Australias biggest lubricant and g ...