Italy

Uzbek Company Buys Italian Blender
A view of CGC Lubricants Italy’s lubricant plant in Bary, Italy. Photo courtesy of Sanoat Energetika Guruhi

Uzbek Company Buys Italian Blender

Lube Report EMEA - February 20, 2024

Uzbekistan oil and gas company Saneg acquired CGC Lubricants Italy S.p.A., an Italian lube maker, to expand its footprin ...

Eni to Shutter Livorno Base Oil Plant

Eni to Shutter Livorno Base Oil Plant

Lube Report EMEA - January 30, 2024

Italian refiner Eni stated Monday that the base oil plant at its Livorno, Italy, fuels refinery will close permanently w ...

Suit Calls Italy’s Conou Anti-competitive

Suit Calls Italy’s Conou Anti-competitive

Lube Report EMEA - December 19, 2023

Two Italian used oil recycling operators filed an antimonopoly petition against Conou, Italy’s National Consortium for ...

Investment Firm Buys Control of Pakelo

Investment Firm Buys Control of Pakelo

Lube Report EMEA - August 22, 2023

An Italian mutual funds investment firm acquired a majority stake in Italian lubricants and greases producer Pakelo Moto ...

Italy Still Rerefines Close to Half of Waste Oil

Italy Still Rerefines Close to Half of Waste Oil

Lube Report EMEA - June 6, 2023

Italy recycled 98% of used lubricating oils collected there last year – the sixth consecutive year that it met or topp ...

Eni Lube Sales Shrank in 2022

Eni Lube Sales Shrank in 2022

Lube Report EMEA - April 18, 2023

Italian energy company Eni said in its annual report that its wholesale lubricant sales in Italy fell 38% and that its c ...

KLK Acquires Oleo Maker Temix

KLK Acquires Oleo Maker Temix

Lube Report EMEA - March 14, 2023

KLK Oleo acquired a controlling stake in Italian oleochemical producer Temix Oleo, the companies announced. The move exp ...

Dussur Buys Stake in Italmatch

Dussur Buys Stake in Italmatch

Lube Report EMEA - December 13, 2022

Saudi investment firm Dussur has agreed to buy a minority stake in Italmatch Chemicals, a growing Italy-based company th ...

Italy Starts Collecting Used Marine Oils

Italy Starts Collecting Used Marine Oils

Lube Report EMEA - October 18, 2022

A collaborative initiative collected 15% more used marine oils in the first nine months of this year in Italy’s Ostia ...

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Conou Cuts Italian Tax on Lube Sales

Lube Report EMEA - August 23, 2022

An Italian association that promotes recycling of waste lubricants has sharply cut a finished lubricant tax designed to ...

Italy Recycles Close to Half of Lubricants

Italy Recycles Close to Half of Lubricants

Lube Report EMEA - July 26, 2022

Italy recycled 98% of used lubricating oils collected in the country in 2021 – the fifth straight year that it met or ...

COVID Cut Italy’s Used Oil Collection

COVID Cut Italy’s Used Oil Collection

Lube Report EMEA - July 6, 2021

Used oil collection in Italy fell 11% in 2020, reflecting the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on lubricant consumption, ...

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Italmatch Buys Phosphorous Process

Lube Report EMEA - January 26, 2021

Italmatch Chemicals Group acquired Israel Chemicals’ RecoPhos Project Technology, boosting the group’s development o ...

Used Oil Collection Recovers in Italy

Used Oil Collection Recovers in Italy

Lube Report EMEA - November 24, 2020

Used oil collection in Italy nearly recovered to pre-pandemic levels during the three months ended in August, according ...

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Adnoc Offers Base Oil Guarantee

Lube Report EMEA - October 13, 2020

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. said Monday that it will now guarantee that its base stocks meet specified parameters for vis ...

Europe Motorcycle Oil Demand to Stay Flat

Europe Motorcycle Oil Demand to Stay Flat

Lube Report EMEA - October 13, 2020

The global motorcycle oils market is projected to grow by a compound annual rate of 1.5% to 2% during the next four year ...

Condat Acquires Italian Firm

Condat Acquires Italian Firm

Lube Report EMEA - October 6, 2020

French lubricant company Condat SA last week finalized the acquisition of Kemno, a specialist lubricant and coolant comp ...