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 ...

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 ...

The United States lubricant industry seemed to largely dodge a major scare as facilities along the Gulf of Mexico coast appeared to have avoided serio ...

From the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic to frequentsevere weather, the past few years have presented noshortage of obstacles for the lubricants in ...

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 ...

Idemitsu Kosan’s U.S. subsidiary will establish a new lubricant distribution hub in Jeffersonville, Indiana, the company announced last week. The si ...

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 ...

Ongoing global supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and a surge in shipping container volumes since July 2020 highlight the need f ...

Supply chain challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have underlined the importance of the partnerships between distributors, lubricant manufacture ...

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

Base Oils Get Moving    By train, boat or automobile, North American base oil makers need to ship their product across the continent. Shi ...

Canadian National Railway offered to buy Kansas City Southern railway for $33.7 billion last week, exceeding the $29 billion offer from rival Canadian ...

Brexit Outcomes The U.K decreed that it would finally leave the EU on Jan. 31, 2020. This date would allow for a transition period of eleven months ...

Be Careful What You Wish For A little over year ago, when an unknown virus plunged the world into a pandemic, base oil market participants started ...

Canadian Pacific Railway acquired Kansas City Southern, one of the largest transporters of base oil and lubricants from the United States into Mexico, ...

Vertex Energy’s black oil segment, which includes its rerefineries and used oil collection business, reported a drop in gross profit and a decline i ...

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 ...