Carbon-fluorine, one of nature's strongest bonds, can boost the barrier properties of plastic bottles, jugs, tanks and other containers. Here's how it ...

The United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) is sure to bring vital benefits to the lubricants indu ...

Small-to-medium businesses, particularly in Africa, are being squeezed by the cost and limited availability of bulk liquid storage. One cost-effective ...

Global trading in base oils and lubricants is helping propel demand for this cost-saving shipping option, despite some unease about the risks.

Industrial packagings rising star is a 6,000-gallon plastic bag, fitted into a standard shipping container. Is it right for your base oils and lubes?

By standardizing approaches to worker health and safety around the world, the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals w ...

Intermediate bulk containers supplier Hoover Container Solutions Ltd. has moved its Australian operations to a larger facility in Perth, Western Austr ...

Nigeria held its first Lubricant Summit in Lagos in August to discuss the state of the industry and plan the sectors future. Attendees paid particular ...

Current trends in resin pricing and recycling play a major role in determining which material to use in packaging and where to source those materials.

Shell is laying off 17 of the 71 full-time employees at its lubricant plant in Brockville, Canada, at the end of August, a company spokesperson confir ...

Phillips 66 agreed to acquire Spectrum Corp., an independent blender, packager and marketer of specialty lubricants. Terms were not disclosed. There a ...

Many Chinese lubricant suppliers have begun taking tips on marketing from their Western counterparts. Now some are doing the same in the area of packa ...

Why let fraudsters imitate your labels, tamper with your packages and adulterate your lubricants? Here are new tools in the fight against fakes.

British packaging manufacturer RPC Group agreed to buy Hong Kong-based Ace Corp. Holdings Ltd., a manufacturer of injection mold tools and components. ...

Just because a package looks great doesnt make it a great design, says an industry expert. If it slows your filling line or buckles during shipping, i ...

Is your lubricants packaging produced, reused and recycled sustainably? Insiders warn the drumbeat for sustainability will only get louder, and the hu ...

Petroleum products can be a magnet for theft, counterfeiting, adulteration, commingling and other abuses. Battling such fraud is the mission of a secr ...

The list of what can go wrong with plastic motor oil bottles is long and sad. So when containers leak and buckle, you need to apply science rather tha ...

Flexibags are gaining popularity as a packaging option for international bulk shipments. The learning curve can be pretty steep, though.

Sturdy bag-in-box packaging offers an innovative way to store and dispense lubes, and has numerous fans among oil marketers. But can a container remin ...