Finished Lubricants

BASF opened a new production facility for alkyl ethanolamines at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium.

American lubricant distributor Stanley Oil & Lubricants filed for Chapter 11 protection after a prolonged dispute over trademark infringement with ...

Moove IPO Confirmed

September 18, 2024

Brazilian lube company Moove has registered for a initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, confirming reports from last month that the ...

YPF u-turned last week on a lubricant price hike in Bolivia under pressure from a number of local transport associations.

Kixx, South Korea’s leading lubricant brand, has launched a groundbreaking global campaign film, "The World Without Lubricants,” to highlight the ...

Castrol is aiming for double-digit growth by the end of the year in Peru’s commercial and industrial lubricant market, part of a push to increase ma ...

Calling for Better Products

September 4, 2024

Electric vehicle manufacturers are pressing the lubricants industry for significant improvements in electric driveline fluids – especially in their ...

Metalworking fluid demand will likely take a hit as EV manufacturing ramps up. How can fluid makers mitigate the damage?

EV Growth Amidst Uncertainty

September 3, 2024

There have been conflicting messages about the health and prospects of the electric vehicle market, but many projections still call for growth.

A Ukraine-based company may have found a more effective way to regenerate aged fire-resistant turbine oils.

Need to Know

September 3, 2024

Tom Glenn explains how the emergence of bigger and stronger distributors has affected the power balance with the oil majors with which they are aligne ...

Fierce competition and weak demand are pushing small companies in China’s lube industry to dig deeper to find opportunities, said speakers at an ann ...

Domestic deliveries of finished lubricants in Germany fell 32% in May, compared to the same month last year, according to new data from the Federal Of ...

Officials from the Nigeria National Petroleum Corp. opened an illicit lubricant blending plant in Malta in order to undercut locally blended products, ...

U.K.-based lubricant company Morris Lubricants upgraded its production plant in Shrewsbury, the first step in a long-term investment plan, with more i ...

Castrol is firmly planting a flag in the space industry through a new collaboration with space exploration company Lunar Outpost. The U.K. company wil ...

Argentinian energy company YPF is divesting from its lubricants business, as well as offering a stake in one of its refineries, so it can concentrate ...

Law enforcement over the weekend seized drums of counterfeit Castrol engine oil and packaging during a raid in the city of Bhadohi, Uttar Predesh prov ...

Fuchs SE, the largest independent lubricant manufacturer in the world, reported a reasonable increase in earnings in the first half of 2024, thanks t ...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced the state had settled with Valvoline to resolve allegations of unfair labor practices at the oil chan ...