Asia

India Shifting Toward Group II

September 14, 2018

API Group II base oils are gradually gaining popularity in India and are expected to nudge aside Group I as the dominant grade by 2030, an industry in ...

China continues to dominate the global wax market, but Indian suppliers are increasing sales domestically and abroad and could provide competition to ...

The Petroleum Association of Japan forecast that the countrys lubricant demand growth will slow to an annual rate of 0.7 percent this year to reach 1. ...

A major Chinese supplier of lubricant packaging equipment has established a subsidiary to help clients use QR codes to battle counterfeiting. The step ...

Chinese coal giant Shanxi LuAn Group issued a statement Saturday denying a recent report that its 50-50 joint venture with Shanghai-based Naco Lubrica ...

Xinxiang Richful Lube Additive Co., a Chinese additives supplier, plans to focus more on emerging markets because of the U.S. governments recent decis ...

Japans Mitsui Chemicals plans to build a second plant in Japan for the production of its ethylene alpha olefin viscosity modifiers, according to a pre ...

As the quality of lubricants in China continues to rise, competition among suppliers - especially of industrial lubes - is intensifying and pushing co ...

The outlook for the process oil market in India remains upbeat, driven by demand from the power sector as well as the cosmetics and pharmaceutical ind ...

Master Fluid Solutions has invested in a new metalworking fluids blending plant in Taicang, China, the company announced on Wednesday. The new facilit ...

The coal-to-liquids base oil operations that Shanxi Luan Group is opening in Changzhi, China, this year includes a plant with capacity to make 3,000 m ...

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd., one of the key players in Indias lubricants market, is upbeat about prospects there, expecting continued growth spurred by dema ...

Profits at Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. have more than doubled in the past three years, thanks in part to the development of a broad, multi-tiered s ...

Lubricant prices in many markets have risen in recent months, largely due to the past years run-up in crude oil costs. In Japan, oil marketers are rai ...

A rapidly expanding population and an aspirational middle class that wants mobility offer a highlight to lubricant marketers in India amid a less than ...

A group of major Chinese vehicle makers and energy giants are working on the nations first lubricant specification for diesel truck engines.

China Shenhua and Shanghai Naco Synthetics last week commemorated the opening of a joint venture research center designed to develop coal-to-liquids a ...

Entering into Indias automotive lubricant market may seem like a no-brainer due to the countrys position as one of the globes largest markets, but the ...

Indias Savita Oil Technologies Ltd. - a supplier of transformer oils, white oils, lubricants and other products - reported a net profit of Rs 40.3 cro ...

The Sri Lankan agency planning to allow more competition in the nations lubricant market was advised recently that it should instead crack down on smu ...