The market for metalworking fluids in Asia-Pacific is rosy, according to a new consultant study, even if the regions industrial anchor continues to dr ...

Fuchs Petrolub AG announced yesterday that it has agreed to buy the France-based industrial oils business of American systems manufacturer Parker Hann ...

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. announced it is preparing to commercialize a mid-viscosity polyalphaolefin designed to make life easier for formulators ...

Producers of Group II-plus base oils lowered posted prices the past week, moves viewed as reaction to competition by Group III stocks from South Korea ...

The Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission last week, accusing DaimlerChrysler Corp. ...

Lubricant sales volumes in the United States dropped 0.4 percent in 2002, falling to the lowest level in a decade, according to the latest report from ...

Even with the GF-4 passenger car engine oil upgrade way into the homestretch, the latest meeting of the ILSAC/Oil committee in Romulus, Mich., attract ...

A subsidiary of Cargill Inc. and Hatco Corp. parent company Kaufman Holdings said Monday that they have broken ground on a synthetic ester plant being ...

Subsidiaries of Koch Industries Inc. have agreed to buy DuPonts Textiles & Interiors subsidiary for $4.4 billion, the companies announced Monday. ...

ExxonMobil offered a bit more information about plans for its Baton Rouge, La., base oil plant at the Lubricants and Waxes meeting hosted by the Natio ...

Shelf space for high-mileage motor oils became more crowded this month with the launch of four more entrants into the category. With the arrival of th ...

Jiffy Lube International and Chinese carmaker Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. announced a joint venture Oct. 29 aimed at building a chain of quick- ...

A private equity group said last week that it has purchased chemicals and process service provider Ondeo Nalco from Paris-based Suez S.A. for $4.2 bil ...

The U.S. base oil market is back to its game of trying to anticipate the next consolidation of Group I supply. It is an activity based on a trend that ...

The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers last week approved a recommendation to establish a certification program to identify individuals ...

Spurred by a decline in earnings, Lubrizol Corp. announced yesterday that it will eliminate 150 jobs by the end of this year. The additive supplier sa ...

Higher costs dragged down third-quarter financial performance for Ethyl Corp. and Quaker Chemical Corp., despite sharp year-to-year increases in sales ...

In one of a series of cost-cutting measures, Crompton Corp. says it will close a refrigeration lubricant plant in Gretna, La., by the end of this year ...

The U.S. base oil market remains stable – as it has been for much of 2003. On the paraffinic side, observers said, supply and demand remain gene ...

Industry representatives said during the past week that a lawsuit filed by unions seeking to toughen oil mist exposure limits is based on unfounded cl ...