Lubricant and grease manufacturer Chemtool plans to acquire Woodward Governors 102,266-square-foot Rockton, Ill., facility for use as a corporate head ...

Stakeholders in the Nigerian lubricants industry have expressed their opposition to a proposal that effective Jan. 1 would ban imported lubricants as ...

BASF and Oxea, whose chemical price hikes were reported here last week, have announced additional price increases for chemicals used in lube productio ...

An increasingly tight U.S base oil supply scenario, particularly on the naphthenic side, has some buyers searching all corners for product this week. ...

Having ever imagined that the EMEA base oil market would have found some stability for the last week of August, and the last week of the holiday seaso ...

Oil giant Shell announced this month that it is trying to sell refineries in Stanlow, U.K., and in Montreal – both of which include base oil pla ...

Milacron has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, following the completed purchase of the company by a group of existing investors. Milacrons Cimcool i ...

Risk of excessive lubricant short circuiting drivers side electric window master switch control modules has prompted two Toyota joint ventures in Chin ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released its proposed BioPreferred labeling program, a voluntary program for manufacturers that will help consu ...

KenolKobil announced Monday that it has purchased the largest lubricant distributor in Burundi. Nairobi-based KenolKobil said it will use the former O ...

BASF has raised prices on carbonates, and Oxea has increased prices for solvents, as rising raw material costs continue to impact the chemical industr ...

Metalworking fluids in the workplace are on the short list of potentially hazardous chemicals targeted by Ontarios Ministry of Labor health and safety ...

The U.S. base oils naphthenic sector saw a dramatic pickup in demand this week alongside firmer price points, following news that Ergon is planning a ...

With some players filtering back from holiday, producers have initiated increaseson almost all products. Although not on the scale of the rises seen i ...

Numerous major oil companies have informed customers of finished lubricant price increases over the last several weeks, with several citing rising raw ...

Universal Lubricants on Monday hosted a ceremony to mark the opening of its API Group II rerefinery in Wichita, Kan., local media outlets reported yes ...

Maxum Petroleum recently acquired Mid-State Industrial Lubricants Co., which serves coal mines, coal-related businesses and natural gas companies in W ...

Lisa Davis – current general manager, business to business, for Shell Lubricants in the United States – will become vice president of Shel ...

Overall activity in the U.S. base oils market continued at a fairly slow pace this week, reflecting the usual summer doldrums, sources said, although ...

At least the Europe-Middle East-Africa base oil market is relatively simple to read, in terms of quantitative and directional analysis. Prices are bul ...