China

The China Securities Regulatory Commission approved an initial public offering application from Qingdao, Shandong province-based lubricant producer Co ...

A German testing company found that oil change intervals in China are shorter than in other markets and significantly shorter than they need to be.

Shell opened a new blending plant Tianjin, China, Thursday, the latest in a series of investments by the company in the nations large and growing lubr ...

Royal Dutch Shell is narrowing the number of bidders for its majority stake in Shell Tongyi (Beijing) Petroleum, part of its lubricant business in Chi ...

Few Chinese lubricant companies sell products overseas, but Shandong Yuangen Petroleum Chemical Co. is doing just that through a toll-blending agreeme ...

China is one of the worlds largest base oil importers, but it has a surplus of naphthenic base stocks and is heading toward an even larger excess in c ...

Thanks to a slowdown in the nations economic growth, lubricant demand in China was flat in 2014 at 7.6 million metric tons, an official from Sinopec L ...

Gaoke Prepares for IPO

June 9, 2015

Chinese lubricant blender Jiangsu Gaoke Petrochemical is preparing for an initial public stock offering on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

Rebounded Indian auto sales helped Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. post a 13.6 percent improvement in profits, while China Rerun Chemical reported a 50 ...

Southern Chinas Amer Lubricant Technology Co. has seen its business grow at an annual clip of 20 percent and is now building its third blending plant ...

Swiss metalworking fluids manufacturer Blaser Swisslube AG opened a research and development center in Hong Kong last week to help it grow in the Asia ...

Chinas slowing economy brings the domestic lubricant industry enormous challenges, including a decline in traditional manufacturing industries and a m ...

With 240 million existing vehicles and booming sales, China is a crucial automotive lubes market, Infineum says. However, suppliers must cater to the ...

The Asia-Pacific region accounts for around 70 percent of the global two-wheeler market, said an Infineum International Ltd. presenter in Stuttgart, G ...

Chevron Lummus Global and ExxonMobil have had a near corner on the business of providing technologies needed to refine API Group II and III base stock ...

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

Most motorists in five Asian nations get their engine oil changed by professionals and follow experts advice in choosing which oil to use, according t ...

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange suspended trading of Tianhe Chemicals Group Ltd. shares Thursday. Tianhe said it requested the suspension because a delay ...

South Korea and China recently announced that their forthcoming free-trade pact will take 15 years to eliminate Chinese tariffs on South Korean base o ...

Yip’s Sees Dip in 2014

March 24, 2015

Hong Kongs Yips Chemical Holdings Ltd. posted a loss of HK $2.9 million (U.S. $374,000) for its lubricants division in 2014, down from a profit of HK ...