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October 4, 2016

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. announced a deal to supply factory and replacement fill engine oils, transmissions fluids, greases and other fluids for pass ...

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September 28, 2016

Brenntag – which acquired mega-distributors J.A.M. Distributing in Texas and G.H. Berlin-Windward in New Hampshire in late 2015 – agreed t ...

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September 27, 2016

Castrol India and Tata Motors expanded a partnership to cover the joint development, marketing and supply of engine oils for factory and replacement f ...

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September 21, 2016

Original Parts Warehouse of Vaughan, Ontario, will distribute lubricants for Total Canada. Effective Oct. 1, Oxea will raise prices on NPG by 100 per ...

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September 20, 2016

Global demand for food-grade lubricants is forecast to increase at a compound annual rate of 6.7 percent through 2021, with the fastest growth coming ...

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September 14, 2016

Austrias Andritz Frautech Srl will supply solid-liquid separators for coolants, washing fluids and industrial oils to lubricants and emulsions provide ...

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September 13, 2016

PT Pertamina Lubricants recently began supplying industrial lubricants and grease to Indonesian sugar manufacturer PT Sukses Mantap Sejahtera. Demand ...

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September 7, 2016

Jobber PetroChoice acquired the lubricants division of north-central North Carolina-focused distributor Rex Oil Co. Last week, Bureau Veritas integrat ...

Saudi Arabian Oil Co. and its U.S. refining joint-venture Motiva Enterprises are ahead in the race to acquire LyondellBasells Houston refinery, Reuter ...

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September 6, 2016

Chevron Pakistan Lubricants recently broke ground for its West Wharf lube blending facility in Karachi. The project will include new bulk storage tank ...

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August 31, 2016

One of Valvolines 75 certified distributors, New West Oil, opened a new warehouse in Las Vegas, Nevada. Flyers Energy, LLC, began deliveries of ExxonM ...

The AFPM Lubricants Waxes Committee voted to change its name to the AFPM Base Oils & Waxes Committee. The 2016 annual conference in Houston Nov. ...

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August 30, 2016

United Kingdom-based Hydrodec will collect, rerefine and supply transformer and switchgear oils for Australian utility company Essential Energy starti ...

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August 24, 2016

A-76 Technologies, Inc. changed its name to Aidant Brands and rebranded its lubricants and coatings from A-76 to Rust Patrol. Gulf Petrochem Group, th ...

Editor’s Note

August 24, 2016

Beginning this week, news articles in Lube Report will include live links for companies listed in the Lubricants Industry Directory, LubesnGreases lis ...

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August 23, 2016

Japanese integrated oil company Idemitsu Kosans first quarter 2016 total sales volume for lubricants jumped by 3.7 percent from the year before to aro ...

Editor’s Note

August 23, 2016

Beginning this week, news articles in Lube Report Asia will include live links for companies listed in the Lubricants Industry Directory, LubesnGrease ...

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August 17, 2016

Effective Sept. 1, Oxea will increase prices on NPG in North America by $70 per metric ton and 3 cents per pound. The chemical is used in synthetic lu ...

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August 10, 2016

United States-based chemicals company Innospec Inc.acquired manufacturing facilities in France, Italy and Spain from Huntsman Corp., an American surfa ...

Clarification

August 10, 2016

Last weeks article about an ASTM panels acceptance of connecting rod bearings for use in the Sequence VIII engine test referred to the bearings that a ...