Expansions & Upgrades

Evonik Industries AG announced last week the completion of an expansion that nearly doubled capacity at its oil additives factory in Singapore. The Ju ...

Indian grease and lubricant producer Balmer Lawrie said it plans to double its domestic market share in the next five years through expanded manufactu ...

ExxonMobil confirmed that it completed an expansion of its base oil plant at Jurong, Singapore, last quarter. The project further saturates a market t ...

Malaysias Petronas Lubricants International recently opened a new research and development center in China and launched several new products for domes ...

Chevron Oronite announced last week that it will build an additive manufacturing plant in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, by 2019.

Gazprom to Blend in China

March 10, 2015

Russias Gazpromneft-Lubricants plans to establish distribution channels in China this year and to build a production facility there by 2019, the compa ...

Japans Toyo Drilube will expand its facility in Vietnam in April and consolidate its two facilities in Thailand by June 2016, the company told Lube Re ...

GTS Expands China Plant

February 24, 2015

GTS Chemical Holdings will invest at least 49 million ($7.8 million) to expand its annual lubricant production capacity in Liaocheng, China, by 30,000 ...

SK Lubricants is reconsidering plans to expand their API Group III base oil joint venture in Dumai, Indonesia, a company official told Lube Report Asi ...

JV Builds Rerefinery in Zhuhai

February 10, 2015

CleanOil Investment and Hong Kong conglomerate Jebsen Group announced last week the formation of a joint venture to build a used lubricant rerefinery ...

CPC, Partners Enter Vietnam

February 10, 2015

Taiwans CPC Corp. entered a joint venture with Hexing Chemical and Uni-Shine Chemical Corp. to build a lubricant blending plant in Dong Nai Province, ...

Malaysian conglomerate UMW Group aims to penetrate Southeast Asian markets with its new line of lubricants and is targeting overall lube sales of 100 ...

Klueber Expands in Qingpu

January 27, 2015

Sister companies Klueber Lubrication and Chem-Trend will expand their manufacturing facilities in Qingpu, China, parent Freudenberg Chemical Specialit ...

Chevron Oronite announced yesterday that it will install carboxylate capacity at its lubricant additive plant in Singapore.

Handi Postpones Expansion

December 9, 2014

Chinese base stock supplier Hainan Handi Sunshine Petrochemical Co. must delay plans to expand its refinery on Yangpu Peninsula due to land disputes w ...

Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC inaugurated a 45 million liter blending plant and warehouse complex in Sapugaskanda, Sri Lanka, last week.

Uzbek Rerefinery Delayed

December 2, 2014

The opening of the first waste oil rerefinery in Central Asia has been delayed for administrative reasons, Bulgarian lube maker Prista Oil told Lube R ...

Cetex Expands Chemical Plant

December 2, 2014

Chemicals producer Cetex is nearing completion of a two-phase expansion of methyl ethyl ketone capacity at its chemical plant in Chennai, India. MEK i ...

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. said it is nearing completion of an expansion at its 75,000 tons per year lubricant blending plant in Silvassa, India. ...

Malaysian conglomerate UMW Holdings Bhd. says it has decided to build its third lubricant blending plant - a facility that would open near Port Klang, ...