Expansions & Upgrades

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

Lubrita International and Sunkalp Lubricants Pvt Ltd. opened a joint venture blending plant in Mumbai this month. Lithuania-based Lubrita said it need ...

Chemtura Corp. said it will expand capacity for antioxidant capacity in Taiwan and elsewhere to help meet demand triggered by the push for greater fue ...

Briefly Noted

October 14, 2014

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. will produce tractor lubricants to be supplied to Mahindra & Mahindra dealer workshops under the brand name Mahindra M- ...

Petronas announced new sales strategies and expansion plans for gaining market share in Thailand and India.

Hyundai and Shell Base Oil Co. announced the opening of its API Group II plant in Daesan, South Korea, on Sept. 25.

Valvoline Cummins opened laboratories near Mumbai that will be used for research and development of lubricants and customer training.

Caltex Australia announced yesterday that it will invest AU $5 million to construct and expand lubricant storage facilities at multiple locations. Off ...

Major Japanese lubricant companies, Idemitsu Kosan Co. and JX Nippon & Energy Corp., are following Japanese automobile manufacturers expansions in Tha ...

Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. is preparing to open to open the largest wax plant in India - a 50,000 ton per year facility being built in the northeastern ...

Facing up to Japans shrinking lube market, Cosmo Oil Co. announced last week a supply agreement to have its lubricants manufactured by TonenGenerals E ...

Idemitsu Kosan Co. is nearing completion of an expansion that will increase capacity of its lubricant plant in Thailand by 20 percent by November.

Kluber Lubrication and sister company Chem-Trend opened a research and development center near Shanghai, their parent company, Freudenberg Group, anno ...

South Koreas Hyundai Engineering Co. and LG International Co. are in the midst of a broad project to expand capacity for base oil, fuels and other pet ...

Chevron Oronite announced last week the completion of a major expansion at its lubricant additive plant in Singapore. The project increased the facili ...

KH NeoChem said last week that it had completed a 10 percent expansion of 2-ethyl hexanoic acid at its plant in Yokkaichi, Japan. The chemicals are ca ...

An independent lubricant blender in Indonesia is working to develop a business park for lube companies. The project is modeled after a joint venture b ...

What a difference four years makes. Once outclassed in base oils, Chinas refiners have pumped up their base oil refining muscle by 66 percent since 20 ...

Infineum opened a research and development center in Shanghai, China, last week, as part of its growth plan for the Asia-Pacific region.

JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. began commercial operations last month at its new lubricant factory in Haiphong, Vietnam. The Japanese energy giant is ba ...