Finished Lubricants

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August 19, 2019

Tom Glenn examines the narrowing gap between price and cost for finished lubes.

Theres no denying it - EVs are going to dominate the lube lab and the road. Additive and lubricant companies share their offerings and insights on the ...

After two recalls in Australia this year, grease makers examine how products can slip through the cracks of sophisticated quality protocols.

Grease can contribute to energy efficiency in applications, but the grease-making process itself can also help cut down on emissions.

Testing lubricating greases is challenging at the best of times. Testing them under sub-zero temperatures, more so.

Europes auto and lubricant industry trade bodies work in close accord to write engine oil performance specs. But it is the lubricant side that assures ...

Japans lubricant demand for full-year 2019 is expected to fall by 1.4 percent to 1.4 million metric tons, according to a recent press release by the P ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP reported a smaller net loss and decreased sales for the second quarter, while Cosans Moove lubricants segment e ...

Indorama Ventures acquired Huntsman Corp.s chemical intermediates and surfactants businesses for $2 billion, the companies announced last week. A numb ...

Afton Chemicals petroleum additives segment posted higher operating profit, while Quaker Chemical and HollyFrontiers lubricants segment recorded weake ...

A preliminary settlement has been reached in a second class action lawsuit in Missouri accusing a lubricant company and a store chain of fraud for the ...

The National Lubricating Grease Institute yesterday announced a collaboration with the Center for Quality Assurance to define future grease specificat ...

Adding its weight to recent efforts to rid the tractor lubricant market of poor quality products, ASTM International announced last week that it will ...

A Norwegian research group recently stated that overall emissions of greenhouse gases would be lower if ships installed exhaust gas cleaning systems a ...

Independent lubricants blender Fuchs Petrolub SE posted decreased profit and sales, and BPs lubricants business reported a slight decline in profit fo ...

A consultant told an industry conference in Mumbai, India, Wednesday that lubricant companies can benefit from crude oil price volatility if they carr ...

Milacron reported a dip in operating earnings and sales for its Fluid Technologies segment in the second quarter, and Heritage Crystal-Cleans oil busi ...

Lukoil sold 875,000 metric tons of finished lubricants in 2018, up from 863,000 tons in 2017, according to the Russian companys latest performance rep ...

Commerce, California-based U.S. Lubricants Inc. agreed to pay almost $200,000 in civil penalties under a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protec ...

The United States Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday that it will require Quaker Chemical and Houghton International to divest operations rela ...