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Welcome to Asia Unveiled

Lubes'n'Greases - January 2, 2024

Asia is an extremely diverse continent and so is the lubricants landscape in the region.

Graphene Manufacturer Opens Australia Plant

Graphene Manufacturer Opens Australia Plant

Lube Report Asia - December 22, 2023

Graphene Manufacturing Group Ltd. commissioned a natural gas-to-graphene production plant in Richlands, Australia, that ...

Japan Lube Production Down, Sales Up

Japan Lube Production Down, Sales Up

Lube Report Asia - September 29, 2023

Finished lubricants production in Japan decreased 5%, while domestic sales rose 4% in August, according to data released ...

Survey: China, India Shift from Lithium Greases

Survey: China, India Shift from Lithium Greases

Lube Report Asia - June 23, 2023

Use of lithium soap grease thickeners dropped significantly in China and South Asia in 2022, according to the latest ver ...

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Asia-Pacific Predicted to Lead Industry Growth

Lube Report Asia - March 31, 2023

Lubricant demand in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to grow out to 2035, driven by an expanding middle class in Indi ...

Aussie Lithium Hydroxide Plant Expands

Aussie Lithium Hydroxide Plant Expands

Lube Report Asia - March 10, 2023

Germany’s GEA announced today that it will supply equipment toward expansion of Albemarle’s lithium hydroxide proces ...

ExxonMobil Mulls PAO Plant in Asia

ExxonMobil Mulls PAO Plant in Asia

Lube Report Asia - February 3, 2023

ExxonMobil is considering constructing a polyalphaolefin plant in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a recent posting ...

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Merger for Caldic, Connell Specialty Units

Lube Report Asia - October 21, 2022

Private equity investment firm Advent International and Wilbur-Ellis announced last week they are merging their life sci ...

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Australia Bill Puts Emissions Targets into Law

Lube Report Asia - August 5, 2022

Australia’s new government administration introduced a bill last week that would for the first time enshrine into law ...

Paper Spotlights Counterfeiting

Paper Spotlights Counterfeiting

Lube Report Asia - August 20, 2021

Ten percent of the lubricants consumed globally are counterfeit, according to a white paper published last week by the A ...

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Utility Buying Emery’s Asian Unit

Lube Report Asia - August 20, 2021

The joint venture owners of esters supplier Emery Oleochemicals have agreed to sell the Asia-Pacific portion of that bus ...

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Australia Court: Wind Down Hydrodec

Lube Report Asia - July 16, 2021

A court last month ordered that transformer oil rerefiner Hydrodec Group’s dormant Australian subsidiary be wound down ...

Ampol Starts Blending Mobil Lubes

Ampol Starts Blending Mobil Lubes

Lube Report Asia - June 25, 2021

Ampol said this week that it had formally commenced production and supply of Mobil lubricants at its lubricant manufactu ...

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Ampol to Continue Lytton Operations

Lube Report Asia - May 21, 2021

Ampol announced Monday that it will keep open its Lytton, Australia, refinery – which includes a finished lubricant bl ...

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Pertamina Expanding in Thailand, Australia

Lube Report Asia - April 2, 2021

Pertamina continues to working to expand lubricant sales overseas, with particular attention to Australia and Thailand. ...

China Leads Wind Energy Charge

China Leads Wind Energy Charge

Lube Report Asia - March 26, 2021

Asia-Pacific’s wind power capacity reached almost 56 gigawatts in 2020, a 78% increase from 2019, according to data re ...

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Australian Court Backs Southern Oil

Lube Report Asia - February 5, 2021

An Australian court last week ruled in favor of Australian rerefiner Southern Oil Refining in its litigation against tra ...