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September 8, 2015

Zhonghai Jinxiang Co. finished building a hydrotreater that will turn feedstock from a bitumen refinery into lubricating base oil. The facility, locat ...

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September 2, 2015

Samir Engineering and Trading Co. Ltd./Quantum Petroleum will distribute Engens lubricants in Ghana. Lukoil Marine Lubricants opened a warehouse in Go ...

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September 1, 2015

AP Oil Singapore will distribute lubricants in China through its newly incorporated subsidiary, AP Oil Singapore (Chongqing) Ltd., a 51-49 joint ventu ...

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August 26, 2015

Intertek added staff and equipment as it enhanced testing and condition monitoring services for metalworking fluids at its laboratory in Rotterdam, Ne ...

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August 19, 2015

BioAmber and Mitsui & Co. joint venture BioAmber Sarnia opened a plant in Sarnia, in Canadas Ontario province, that will make 30,000 tons per yea ...

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August 18, 2015

Sister German companies Klueber Lubrication and Chem-Trend opened a shared U.S. $21.1 million production plant in Mysore, India. Japanese production o ...

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August 12, 2015

ChemPoint.com Inc., a Univar subsidiary, becameAfton Chemicals exclusive distributor of packaged industrial and automotive lubricant additives in the ...

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August 11, 2015

Global demand for maleic anhydride was valued at U.S. $2.8 billion in 2013 and is expected to increase at a compound annual rate of 7.2 percent throug ...

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August 5, 2015

Ashland plans to build a $35 million, 145,000-square-foot office building on its Lexington, Kentucky, campus to house its Valvoline business unit and ...

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August 4, 2015

The Asia-Pacific region has the globes largest and fastest-growing demand for pour-point depressants, according to a Markets and Markets study citing ...

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July 22, 2015

Fuchs Petrolubs supervisory board appointed Dagmar Steinert chief financial officer effective Jan. 1, 2016, succeeding retiring CFO Alexander Selent, ...

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July 21, 2015

Fuchs Petrolubs supervisory board appointed Timo Reister - a Shanghai-based member of the German lubricant producers group management committee since ...

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July 15, 2015

Cepsa will supply lubricants for tire maker Continentals BestDrive auto repair shops, first at 186 locations in Spain, then possibly throughout Europe ...

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July 8, 2015

Hydrodec halted production from two trains at its rebuilt Canton, Ohio, transformer oil rerefinery due to equipment issues it is working to resolve. A ...

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July 7, 2015

Jiangsu Gaoke Petrochemical was one of nearly 30 companies that had initial public stock offerings suspended by the China Securities Regulatory Commis ...

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July 1, 2015

ExxonMobil employees finished moving from its Fairfax County, Va., offices – where several operations including ExxonMobil Lubricants & Spec ...

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June 24, 2015

Nynas named Gaia Franzolin global market manager for its base oil segment. Rosneft signed a deal to develop and supply lubricants for Russian oil and ...

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June 23, 2015

Japan is responsible for 53 percent of polyalphaolefin consumption in Asia, an official from Naco Synthetics said in April at the Enmore China Lubrica ...

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June 17, 2015

Maxxam Analytics of Canada opened a testing facility in Edmonton, Alberta, to provide lubricant and oil analysis services. TPC Groups Chairman and CEO ...

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June 16, 2015

Solvay began production at its alkoxylation facility in Singapore last week. Alkoxylate surfactants can be used as emulsifiers, detergents and wetting ...