Germany

Fuchs Overcame Costs to Increase Profit in 2022

Fuchs Overcame Costs to Increase Profit in 2022

Lube Report EMEA - March 14, 2023

Independent lubricants blender Fuchs Petrolub SE reported a 2% increase in profits after tax in 2022 and a 19% bump in ...

German Lube Demand Dropped in 2022

German Lube Demand Dropped in 2022

Lube Report EMEA - March 7, 2023

Domestic lubricant demand in Germany decreased 5% in 2022 and was down 17% for December, compared to the same periods in ...

Germany Demand Dipped in November

Germany Demand Dipped in November

Lube Report EMEA - February 7, 2023

Germany's domestic lubricant demand decreased 4% to 55,842 tons in November, according to data released Feb. 1 by a Germ ...

Liqui Moly Sales Up for 2022

Liqui Moly Sales Up for 2022

Lube Report EMEA - January 24, 2023

German lubricants and aftermarket additive manufacturer Liqui Moly reported that its sales revenue rose 10% in 2022 to ...

Jet Lubes Said to Contribute to Pollution

Jet Lubes Said to Contribute to Pollution

Lube Report EMEA - January 10, 2023

Researchers found synthetic aviation engine oils to be a significant source of fine particles polluting the air around a ...

Lubricant Demand in Germany Falls

Lubricant Demand in Germany Falls

Lube Report EMEA - January 10, 2023

Domestic lubricant demand in Germany during October declined 7% compared to the same month last year, to 52,234 metric t ...

Castrol, Schaeffler to Make Wind Turbine Greases

Castrol, Schaeffler to Make Wind Turbine Greases

Lube Report EMEA - December 27, 2022

Castrol and German bearings and drive technologies supplier Schaeffler signed a global contract to develop and manufactu ...

Fuchs Profits Up in Third Quarter

Fuchs Profits Up in Third Quarter

Lube Report EMEA - November 1, 2022

Independent lubricants blender Fuchs Petrolub SE reported a 13% increase in net profit and higher sales in the third qua ...

Liqui-Moly Reports Increased Sales

Liqui-Moly Reports Increased Sales

Lube Report EMEA - August 16, 2022

Liqui-Moly reported an 8 percent increase in sales for the first half of this year. The German company said that exporti ...

Q2 Profits Down for Fuchs

Q2 Profits Down for Fuchs

Lube Report EMEA - August 2, 2022

Independent lubricants blender Fuchs Petrolub SE reported a decrease in profits and an increase in sales for the second ...

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Fuchs Merges Germany Units

Lube Report EMEA - June 21, 2022

Fuchs Petrolub SE has merged two subsidiaries in Germany – Fuchs Schmierstoffe GmbH and Fuchs Lubritech GmbH – to fo ...

Happy Blogiversary! One Year of Sustainability Posts

Happy Blogiversary! One Year of Sustainability Posts

Sustainability InSite - June 10, 2022

Contributing editor Apu Gosalia reviews the last 12 months of sustainability and offers guidance for companies' future a ...

Fuchs Buys Stake in Electrolytes Start-up

Fuchs Buys Stake in Electrolytes Start-up

Lube Report EMEA - May 31, 2022

German independent lubricants maker Fuchs Group entered the battery market by acquiring 28% of the shares in E-Lyte Inno ...

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Evonik to Shed Performance Materials

Lube Report EMEA - May 17, 2022

Evonik announced last week that it will exit its Performance Materials business unit, which supplies some intermediate c ...

Profits Down, Sales Up for Fuchs

Profits Down, Sales Up for Fuchs

Lube Report EMEA - May 3, 2022

German lubricant maker Fuchs Petrolub SE posted a first-quarter 6% decline in earnings after tax and a 16% increase in s ...

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Peter Greven Boosts Esters Output

Lube Report EMEA - April 26, 2022

German oleochemical supplier Peter Greven GmbH announced last week that it has expanded ester production capacity at its ...

Oqema Acquires French Distributor

Oqema Acquires French Distributor

Lube Report EMEA - April 26, 2022

German chemicals distributor Oqema acquired the Orosolv Group, a French distributor of lubricants and other products, to ...