Distributors

Specialty chemicals distributor and service provider Azelis reached agreements to buy two related distributors in India – Chemo India and Unipharm L ...

Cosan’s Moove made a splash this week with an almost half-billion-dollar acquisition for PetroChoice, the largest lubricants distributor in the Unit ...

Playing Defense

May 2, 2022

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

German chemicals distributor Oqema acquired the Orosolv Group, a French distributor of lubricants and other products, to expand and develop its busine ...

Forewarned Is Forearmed

March 1, 2022

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

Private equity firm OpenGate Capital has acquired Chemsolv Inc., a Virginia-based regional distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, including ...

Biosynthetic Technologies, a producer of biobased synthetic compounds used in base oils, lubricants and additives, acquired castor oil and castor oil ...

The Aftershock

January 1, 2022

There were eight finished lubricant price increases in 2021. What led to these increases, and how have market conditions been affected?

Investment Firms Swap RelaDyne

December 29, 2021

Private equity firm American Industrial Partners announced last week that it has acquired RelaDyne, one of the leaders of the consolidation trend in N ...

Vitol Announces Buyout of Vivo

November 30, 2021

Africa fuels and lubricants supplier Vivo Energy agreed last week to a $2.3 billion buyout by Netherlands-based energy trader and marketer Vitol Group ...

Lehvoss Group, a producer and distributor of raw materials for lubricant additives and base oils based in Hamburg, Germany, acquired French lubricant ...

A subsidiary of specialty chemicals distributor Azelis will acquire 90% of the shares of South Africa-based lubricants, lubricant additives and base o ...

Automotive

October 4, 2021

Making an Engine Oil Every time you purchase or install a quart of engine oil, you are the end point of a manufacturing chain that includes oil, ad ...

Improving supply chain visibility, managing costs and overcoming labor shortages through innovation are three key concerns that oil and petroleum dist ...

National accounts are an important segment of the lubricant business for both majors and their distributors. When taken together, they make up close t ...

The lubricant supply chain is both long and complex, and no group is more aware of that than lubricant distributors. Because distributors deal with a ...

Two Is Better Than One

July 3, 2021

In the world of business, change is both fast and inevitable, and no group is more aware of that than the lubricants industry. But how specifically ha ...

Need to Know

May 3, 2021

Embracing Technology in Lubricant Distribution   The lubricants business has moved through a period of considerable change over the past three ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. reported a fourth quarter net loss of $82.6 million, worse than a $38.6 million loss for the same period of 2 ...

Lanxess AG will pay $1 billion to acquire United States-based specialty chemical manufacturer Emerald Kalama Chemical, which makes products such as co ...