Some marketers have finally banished glugging, the messy scourge that plagues DIY oil changers.

A container can influence everything from consumer decisions to warehouse handling, shipping costs, safety and more. Packaging companies share their v ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Manufacturers across the United States are reporting a shortage of skilled workers and applicants, as millennials shy away fr ...

Tom Glenn scrutinizes how lubricants are delivered to customers.

Industrial packaging supplier Greif will expand its Houston operations to include an intermediate bulk container manufacturing facility, the company a ...

When it comes to the latest thinking on sustainability, steel drums and other industrial containers are ahead of the curve.

Plastic motor oil containers reign on the shelves, but flexible pouches are boxing clever with a fresh look and reduced environmental footprint.

One of the most important, but perhaps undervalued, considerations for lubricant suppliers is container design. A well designed container not only ens ...

Australias Jan. 1 deadline to comply with a global system of chemical labeling requirements has some of the market's lube traders scrambling to prepar ...

Pennzoil and Quaker State will roll out new packaging for their one-quart and multi-quart motor oil bottles starting Nov. 1. According to an announcem ...

As higher fines loom for GHS label violations, a streamlined labeling tool could rescue distributors still trying to catch up. (Video!)

Italian packaging equipment manufacturer OCME is looking to consolidate its position in the African market. At a seminar on sustainability and product ...

Storage facilities in Durban are not adequate to handle growing traffic in both petroleum and chemical products in the region.

Lubricant manufacturers and distributors in East Africa have shown greater interest in sustainable, eye-catching and consumer-friendly product packagi ...

Lubricant blenders in Nigeria are attempting to foil counterfeiters by using tamper-proof packaging features. Most blenders in Nigeria use tamperproof ...

Pakistani lubricant supplier Hi-Tech Lubricants Ltd. raised 2.84 billion rupees (U.S. $27.1 million) last week in the first phase of its initial publi ...

Amalie Oil on Monday announced it has acquired a 42-acre lubricant blending and packaging facility in South Carolina from Delfin Group USA. With 14 mi ...

Anti-counterfeiting packaging technologies come with costs, but proponents say lubricant marketers should balance them against losses from being count ...

Flexitanks are quietly making their mark on the base oil industry, and some estimate that carriage in these intermodal boxes now surpasses 4 million m ...

Castrol launched the Nexcel oil cell – a combination lube container and filter – which aims to offer faster oil changes while reducing was ...