The world’s main suppliers of lubricant additive packages have stopped supplying Russia, two industry consultants told Lube Report. Without their pr ...

Perstorp Group announced on July 7 that it has increased production capacity of 2-ethylhexanoic acid at its plant in Stenungsund, Sweden, to meet glob ...

ACEA’s new heavy-duty engine oil sequences have finally been released a year later than their light-duty counterparts. Why the delay? How do the new ...

Russian independent lubricant maker Cupper plans to build a lubricant blending plant in Dzershinsk, in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod oblast. The project ...

Sales of new passenger cars in Russia are expected to plummet to about 454,000 vehicles in 2022, a 67% decline from the 1.5 million units sold last ye ...

Lubricant consumption in France decreased 8% to 44,086 metric tons in April, compared to the same month last year, according to data released on Satur ...

Fuchs Petrolub SE has merged two subsidiaries in Germany – Fuchs Schmierstoffe GmbH and Fuchs Lubritech GmbH – to form a single business in its ho ...

Perstorp Group said June 9 that its largest plant in Sweden will convert all polyols derived from petroleum – pentaerythritol, neopentyl glycol and ...

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

Several foreign lubricant brands – including BP’s Castrol – are disappearing from the Russian market, but others are continuing to be sold there ...

Chevron Phillips Chemical said today it will build a new polyalphaolefins unit in Beringen, Belgium, in response to growing global demand for the flui ...

The Torzhok, Russia, lubricant factory that Lukoil bought recently from Shell will produce products to be marketed under the Teboil brand that Lukoil ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created significant supply obstacles for the base oil industry in Europe and beyond, Ray Masson reports.

A research institute has developed two real-time methods for measuring the homogeneity of lubricating greases. What do these new methods entail, and h ...

Specialty chemicals distributor and service provider Azelis reached agreements to buy two related distributors in India – Chemo India and Unipharm L ...

The war in Ukraine has caused and continues to cause horrendous damage. Among the casualties is a lubricants manufacturer in the eastern city of Khark ...

German independent lubricants maker Fuchs Group entered the battery market by acquiring 28% of the shares in E-Lyte Innovations GmbH, a start-up that ...

The Spanish Association of Lubricants and Sigaus, a non-profit waste oil collector, have formed a joint venture to manage commercial and industrial lu ...

Russia’s antitrust regulator approved last week Lukoil’s purchase of Shell’s retail and lubricants business in the country. The assets include a ...

Malaysia’s Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad announced Tuesday it will acquire Sweden-based specialty chemicals company Perstorp Holding AB for €2.3 ...