Imports are on the rise in Russias grease market, but domestic lubricant makers are trying to displace them by offering products of similarly high qua ...

Independent lubricants blender Fuchs Petrolub SE reported a decrease in profits and an increase in sales, while BPs lubricants business posted an incr ...

Axel Christiernsson AB announced on Monday a multi-million dollar expansion and improvement plan across its three grease plants in the United States, ...

Neste stated last week that it has written off its holding in Nynas, an admission of the difficulties that the joint venture faces under economic sanc ...

Russian motorists who purchase motor oil most often consider factors such as original equipment manufacturers recommendations, the oils viscosity and ...

Fuchs Petrolub, the world's largest independent lubricant manufacturer, will be carbon-dioxide neutral by the start of 2020, the company announced on ...

Russias motor oil consumption is expected to rise by a compound annual rate of 1.4 percent through 2024 as the countrys active vehicle parc increases, ...

Perrysburg, Ohio-based Master Fluid Solutions announced on Oct. 7 the acquisition of German metalworking fluids manufacturer Wilhelm Dietz GmbH, sayin ...

Environmental impact testing following a Sept. 26 fire at Lubrizol Corp.s plant in Rouen, France, has found no abnormal levels of contaminants in the ...

Master Fluid Solutions announced on Oct. 7 the acquisition of German metalworking fluids manufacturer Wilhelm Dietz GmbH, saying it will enable produc ...

Greif, an American manufacturer of industrial packaging, expanded its operations in Russia with a second intermediate bulk container production plant ...

NextChem announced yesterday it was contracted by Sogis Chemical Co. to build a plant that will make oleic acid from residual fats. Oleic acids are in ...

Lubrizol Corp. said Monday that it does not yet have a timetable for the reopening of its lubricant additive factory in Rouen, France, following a fir ...

Average carbon dioxide emissions by new cars in the European Union grew 1.8 percent in 2018, the second consecutive year of growth after a steady decl ...

Energy demand will decrease 11 percent in Europe and 5 percent in Russia and the Caspian region between 2017 and 2040, according to a new forecast by ...

German-Turkish joint venture Opet Fuchs last week announced the start of operations at its lubricant blending plant in Aliaga, Turkey, near Izmir, say ...

A European Commission committee met on Sept. 6 to discuss whether to renew, amend or abolish a tariff exemption for API Group II base oil imports to t ...

Quaker Houghton announced Aug. 29 that it agreed to acquire the four operating divisions of United Kingdom-based Norman Hay plc for 80 million. This i ...

Nouryon announced Aug. 27 that it will double capacity at its surfactants plant in Stenungsund, Sweden, through a 12-million expansion and upgrade sch ...

A watchdog for Europes engine oil market has accused a British supplier of Toyota genuine oils of making false performance claims.