What are the major trends shaping the distribution business?

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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?

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. ...

In a nod to India’s growing lubricant market, Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. said this week that it will construct a new finished lubricant blending pl ...

Discover how a leading global distributor of metalworking fluids is working to increase its sustainability profile as well as those of its customers.

Lubricant distributors have been through several phases of consolidation during the past few decades. Is the industry in the midst of yet another phas ...

Vivo Energy, a major distributor of lubricants to retail and commercial customers across Africa, reported a slight decrease in earnings for its lubric ...

Engen and Vivo Energy will combine their respective African businesses to create one of Africa’s largest energy distribution companies, the companie ...

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.’s distributors will deliver automotive and industrial grade lubricants to customers’ doorsteps throughout India via ...

Of the countless headaches the lubricants industry has faced in the past few years, Tom Glenn says that allocation may be the most challenging.

The United States lubricants industry has been operating in unprecedented conditions during the past year. Tom Glenn discusses how marketers can cope ...

Communication between distributors and the majors who supply them has been especially difficult over the past several months. How might the situation ...