In addition to flat demand that should ratchet competition, Chinas lubricant industry is headed for structural changes that could significantly alter ...

U.S.-based producer Bardahl is pushing its way back into Indonesia a decade after being squeezed out of the countrys lubes market.

Suppliers may better target Indias strong tractor oil segment if they understand how operators make maintenance decisions - a goal of a recent survey ...

Chinese metalworking fluid suppliers face threats and opportunities due to trends such as closings of aluminum producers and a push to supply more sop ...

Idemitsu Kosan Co. and Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. last week said they still plan to merge by an unspecified date and will immediately begin integrating s ...

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. reported a nearly 7 percent increase in its fourth quarter net profit, thanks to sales growth across all key segments. ...

China imported 10.5 percent more base stocks in 2016, totaling 2.8 million metric tons. Exports increased by 54 percent, to 46,920 tons, in the first ...

Gazpromneft Lubricants finished product sales in Central Asia rose by 35 percent in 2016, driven by increased tie-ups within the regions industries, t ...

Indias goliath tractor market will continue mounting thanks to upticks in non-farming applications, increased mechanization in agricultural industries ...

Chinas automotive lubricants suppliers have increasingly turned to aftermarket channels such as oil change workshops to gain market share as nationwid ...

Qingdao Copton Technology Co. made revenue of 730.7 million (U.S. $106 million) from lubricants in 2016, according to the companys annual report, in w ...

S-Oil and SK Lubricants saw operating income decrease despite increased sales revenue in this years first quarter compared to the same period of 2016, ...

Russian lubricants supplier Obninskorgsintez is set to expand its business in India this year, the company told Lube Report Asia last week.

Indias two-wheeler market has surpassed Chinas and will continue growing as vehicle ownership rises, an observer told an industry conference here earl ...

While Indias economy continues growing faster than any other, and its superlative tractor and two-wheeler parcs expand, opportunities only exist for a ...

United Kingdom-based Morris Lubricants has expanded its operations in India by establishing a subsidiary in Mumbai and signing a local distribution pa ...

Three people were killed after a fire broke out on the morning of April 6 at a Yate Lubricant Co. factory in the Bishan District of Chongqing, China.

Petronas Lubricants International on April 7 opened its second lube blending unit in Weifang, Shandong Province, bringing its total annual capacity th ...

Members of the Japanese Automobile Manufacturers Association want to continue pioneering lower-viscosity oils by developing a specification for SAE 0W ...

The global shift to API Group II and III will continue in coming years, but India is one market that will be slower to let go of Group I, an official ...