Distributors

Fuchs Group announced this week that it has purchased a controlling stake in the lubricants business of Vietnamese distributor STD & S Co., aiming ...

SK Capital Partners L.P. made a controlling investment in Baltimore, Maryland-based lubricants and specialty chemicals distributor Tilley Chemical Co. ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP reported a worse loss for the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared to the same period of 2019, while profits improv ...

Need to Know

November 2, 2020

Crunch Time  Looking at the United States lubricants business today, it’s hard to believe that just two decades ago there were close to 10,0 ...

Cadence Petroleum Group has obtained a new private equity investor, and the new backer plans to accelerate the expansion of the growing lubricant dist ...

ExxonMobil is working to reposition its Mobil brand in some South American countries, including Argentina where it recently signed Cosans Moove to ser ...

Need To Know

February 19, 2019

Tom Glenn notes the growing concern for lube distributors that rely on national accounts.

RelaDyne Extends Reach Again

February 13, 2019

Lubricant distributor RelaDyne closed on the acquisitions of Mansura, Louisiana-based Rachel Oil Co. and Columbus, Mississippi-based Dutch Lubricants, ...

Pugh Lubricants, Apollo Oil, Veterans Oil and Halco Lubricants, which identify themselves as a single lubricant and fuel distributor, announced two ac ...

Chemicals company Brenntag AG acquired the lubricants arm of Texas-based Reeder Distributors Inc., continuing to build its South Central United States ...

Overcoming Online Disruptors

January 22, 2019

As Amazon muscles in on lube industry territory, in-depth market analysis can help companies stand their ground.

Need To Know

March 19, 2018

Tom Glenn marks the likely hot spots on the map of U.S. distributor consolidation.

The year that is winding down has been eventful for the global lubricants industry – featuring a rocky road for lubricant standards in North Ame ...

Fuchs Petrolub Group recently acquired Romanian lubricant distributor Lub Asyst. In 2016, Lub Asyst generated some 4 million (U.S. $4.7 million) in sa ...

Lubrizol opened its new drumming facility and warehouse in Painesville Township, Ohio, as part of the Wickliffe, Ohio-based companys five year, $100 m ...

Abu Dhabis Adnoc Distribution, which markets finished lubricants under the Voyager brand, could offer stock worth more than 10 percent of its value by ...

ESL Technologies was founded in 2009 to develop lubricant technologies. Repositioned as a sales and marketing business since 2015, ESL Teknologies sig ...

Need To Know

July 21, 2017

Tom Glenn delivers his thoughts on the evolution of lube distribution channels.

Umongo Petroleum acquired South African base oil distributor Orbichem Petrochemicals, which is now a wholly owned subsidiary. Terms were not disclosed ...

Pugh Lubricants and Apollo Oil announced Monday that they will be joining forces to create one of the largest lubricant distribution companies in the ...