Europe

Russian base oil export loadings by rail and river dropped 12% in July, compared to June, caused by falling demand in export destinations and higher p ...

Huntsman Corp.’s Performance Products division will expand its manufacturing facility in Petfurdo, Hungary, to meet growing demand for polyurethane ...

Gazpromneft-Lubricants reported larger automotive and industrial lubricant sales volumes for the first half of this year, driven by the positive marke ...

A new report by Human Rights Watch urges carmakers to do more to reduce impacts on communities and the environment from their aluminum supply chains.

Infineum has signed a contract to acquire ISCA UK’s emulsifiers business unit in a deal securing the Iscamul emulsifier brand and formulation expert ...

Infineum’s Jaquie Berryman was recently elected president of the Additive Technical Committee of Petroleum Additive Manufacturers in Europe, vowing ...

United Kingdom-based Verification of Lubricant Specifications said it has resolved a complaint against German automotive parts supplier SCT-Vertriebs ...

Liqui-Moly’s earnings for the first half of 2021 more than doubled from the same period of 2020, though they remained “noticeably” below levels ...

In response to growing demand, Lanxess is expanding production capacity for light-color sulfur carriers – extreme pressure additives for the lubrica ...

France’s lubricant consumption grew 20% in May, compared to the same month last year, reflecting continued recovery from a month when COVID-19 restr ...

Royal Dutch Shell’s subsidiary in Russia sold 6% less lubricants in the country in 2020 due to the negative effects of the pandemic and extended per ...

Austria-based Alpla Group, a global plastic packaging and recycling specialist, acquired last month the lubricants division of South African packaging ...

Independent lubricants blender Fuchs Petrolub SE reported large increases in profit and sales for the second quarter, compared to results in 2020’s ...

Lotos Group will spend 1.4 billion Poland zloty on investment projects in 2021, one of which includes modernization of its base oil plant in Gdansk, P ...

Progress by Failure

August 2, 2021

Electric motor failure in hybrid buses caused by copper corrosion leads to the development of more effective e-transmission fluids.   The tran ...

Sebastian Dörr of Lubtrading talks about the effects of the Green Deal and simplifying standards and certification across the EU.

A United States investment firm is the largest shareholder of Stockholm-based Nynas AB after acquiring a 49.9% stake in the refiner. The firm played a ...

Russian oil major Bashneft increased its bright stock sales by 16% last year by streamlining its production process, the company said in a recent news ...

Russian oil major Rosneft sold 1.05 million tons of base oils and lubricants in 2020, 4.5% less than the year before, according to the company’s a ...

Fuchs Petrolub SE said Monday that it has extended the carbon neutrality of its business to cover on-site operations of joint ventures and non-manufac ...