Logistics & Distribution

On the night of Oct. 27, Ukrainian special operations forces attacked frontline Russian military supply facilities in the Luhansk region. According ...

A sample of financial reports showed the industry struggling for profitability in the first six months of 2025.

Navigating the Future

April 30, 2025

Kline & Co.’s David Tsui explains how sustainability, resiliency and specification upgrades will impact the global lubricant additives industry.

Mark Lord of Aztec Oils is on a crusade to stop one company dumping cheap lubricants in the U.K. and damaging business.

What are the major trends shaping the distribution business?

What are the major trends shaping the distribution business, and how have distributors rolled with the punches?

Tom Glenn explains why lubricant manufacturers and distributors must implement cost-reduction strategies to maintain profitability and navigate a chal ...

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 ...

Over the past eight months, a number of incidents have had severe impacts on base oil cargoes, extending delivery times and catapulting freight rates ...

ExxonMobil tapped Juliana Holdings, Inc. to be its official distributor of Mobil-branded lubricants and services in the Philippines.

The lubricants industry has undergone significant changes during the past few years. What challenges have these changes created, and how might they be ...

Vivo Energy, which distributes lubricants to retail and commercial customers across Africa, reported a 10% increase in earnings for its lubricants seg ...

ExxonMobil has reached an agreement for its base stocks to be distributed in South China by EMB, a joint venture that already performs similar functio ...

Tom Glenn explains why acquisitive companies are expected to be increasingly discerning in selecting companies to acquire.

What are some of the factors shaping the lubricant distribution segment, and are they likely to continue?

Brenntag Restructures Business

December 11, 2023

Germany-based chemicals and ingredients distributor Brenntag will place its finished lubricants business under its new Brenntag Essentials division as ...

Chevron and Ipiranga recently agreed that their Brazil joint venture, Iconic, will distribute Chevron base oils in addition to the finished lubricants ...

The largest finished lubricant distributor in the United States grew some more recently when Reladyne purchased Michigan-based Great Lakes Lubricants. ...

Valvoline Global last week announced that it has made an equity investment in Haertol Chemie GmbH, a German manufacturer of automotive antifreeze.