Japan

Finished lubricant production in Japan declined 14%, while domestic sales increased 2% in November, compared to the same month last year, a government ...

Japan’s production of finished lubricants decreased 3%, while domestic lubricant sales climbed 12% in October, according to data released yesterday ...

Profits and sales for the quarter ended Sept. 30 surged for Japanese metalworking fluids and industrial fluids manufacturer Yushiro Chemical, as the i ...

A research group led by two universities in Japan recently announced a new technology that uses dielectrophoresis – electric power – to effectivel ...

Japan’s production of finished lubricants decreased 7%, while domestic sales were down 4% in September, a government agency reported Tuesday. The pr ...

Eneos Corp. this month permanently closed its crude oil refinery in Arida city, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, including its largest remaining base oil p ...

Moresco reported a 10% increase in specialty lubricant sales and a 39% drop in synthetic lubricant sales for the six months ending Aug. 31, attributin ...

Asia-Pacific’s finished lubricant demand is projected to grow by a compound annual rate of 0.8% to 2032, with most of that growth occurring in the f ...

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

Japan Lube Consumption Rises

September 8, 2023

Japan’s consumption of finished lubricants increased 7%, while production and exports of lubes fell 13% and 27%, respectively, in July, according to ...

Japanese specialty lubricant producer Moresco Corp said this week that it will buy out its partner in a specialty lube joint venture in Wuxi, China, b ...

Japanese specialty lubricant manufacturer Moresco Corp. expanded its die casting lubricant market and production capabilities with the acquisition of ...

Finished lubricant consumption in Japan declined 14%, while production of lubricants fell 17% and lubricant exports dropped by 34% in June, according ...

Tsuno Group, a Japanese chemical company, announced the launch of fatty acid esters made from used cooking oil. The lubricant industry’s use of est ...

Japanese specialty lubricant maker Moresco Corp. reported increased sales for its specialty lubricants, boosted by increased automobile production in ...

The Japanese Society of Automotive Engineers has updated its JASO T 903 performance specification for four-stroke motorcycle engine oils, incorporatin ...

Consumption of finished lubricants in Japan rose 13%, while the country’s lubricants production declined 9%, and lubricant exports tumbled 20% in Ma ...

Japan’s lubricants production volume declined 16%, and its domestic lubricants sales volume dropped 46% in April, compared to volumes in the same mo ...

Yushiro Chemical reported that its net profit more than tripled for the fiscal year ended March 31, boosted by strong performance in Japan and the Ame ...

Specialty lubricant manufacturer Moresco Corp has started construction of a plant in Haining city, Zhejiang province, in Eastern China, and the plant ...