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More Valvoline Lubes for India

Lube Report - May 15, 2013

Valvoline Cummins Ltd. has opened a plant in India with capacity to manufacture and package 120 million liters of lubric ...

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Infineum Grows Footprint in China

Lube Report - May 1, 2013

Additives maker Infineum signed a lease agreement for a three-story building for its proposed new business and technolog ...

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Peachtree City Rerefinery to Launch

Lube Report - May 1, 2013

Universal Environmental Services (Avista Oil USA) said it will commission its rerefinery in Peachtree City, Ga., tomorro ...

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Gulf Amps up Argentina Lube Plant

Lube Report - April 24, 2013

Gulf Oil Argentinas 6,000 metric tons per year lubricants blending plant in Le Reja, Argentina, last week reached full p ...

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Gazprom Expands Reach in Asia

Lube Report - April 24, 2013

Gazprom Neft Lubricants added a new product line designed for Russia’s Far East region and Central Asia, and expan ...

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Total, Veolia Launch JV Rerefinery

Lube Report - April 17, 2013

Veolia Environnement and Total inaugurated their 55 million (U.S. $72.5 million) Osilub joint venture rerefinery in Norm ...

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Q8 to Add Blending Plant in Antwerp

Lube Report - April 10, 2013

Q8 Oils is in the midst of building a new lubricant blending plant at the site of an existing plant in Antwerp, Belgium, ...

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Hydrodec Eyes Group III

Lube Report - April 3, 2013

Transformer oil rerefiner Hydrodec plans to develop a pilot plant later this year focused on rerefining used paraffinic ...

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Gulf to Produce Lubes, Greases in UAE

Lube Report - March 27, 2013

Gulf Oil will begin producing greases and lubricants at its Ras Al-Khaimah plant in the United Arab Emirates tomorrow. T ...

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Gazprom Plans 6th Blending Plant

Lube Report - March 27, 2013

Gazprom plans to buy or build another lube plant in Scandinavia or the Baltic region, and to boost its lubricants busine ...

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Chemtura Grows in Europe, China

Lube Report - March 27, 2013

Chemturas plans to bring on line high viscosity PAO capacity in the Netherlands and synthetic grease capacity in China a ...

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Chem Arrow Expands in Mexico

Lube Report - March 27, 2013

Los Angeles-based industrial lubricant maker Chem Arrow is expanding its presence in Mexico, where the manufacturing sec ...

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Shell Adding Assets in Shanghai

Lube Report - March 20, 2013

Shell plans to open a new lubricants technical center in Shanghai, China, in 2014, driven by the companys growing lubric ...

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Rowe Expands in Germany, Russia

Lube Report - March 13, 2013

German lubricants maker Rowe Minerallwerk is building a new lubricant plant in Germany and looking to build another in R ...

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JX Keeps an Eye on China

Lube Report - March 13, 2013

JX Nippon remains committed to its investment in China, despite the protracted political rift between the governments in ...

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Center to House Arizona Chemical R&D

Lube Report - March 13, 2013

Arizona Chemical broke ground on a $10 million, 27,000 square foot science and technology center in Georgia that will be ...

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Specialty Grease Firm Aims to Grow

Lube Report - March 6, 2013

Engineered Custom Lubricants, which makes specialty lubricating greases for OEM applications, has moved into two buildin ...

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U.K. Lubes Firm Upgrades Site

Lube Report - March 6, 2013

Exol Lubricants announced March 1 it is investing more than 2 million (U.S. $2.6 million) to redevelop its head office a ...