German specialty chemical distributor Biesterfeld Spezialchemie acquired Norwegian lubricant distributor Lindberg & Lund AS last week for an undisclos ...

Commercial vehicle registrations across the Europe Union grew 5.8 percent to almost 1.4 million vehicles over the first six months of this year, while ...

United Kingdom-based Hydrodec Group this week unveiled details of the sale of its Australian hydrotreater - to its biggest shareholder, who will have ...

Engine oil demand in Romania increased by 8.8 percent in 2018, compared to the year before, as used car sales spiked over the same period of time, acc ...

Europes auto and lubricant industry trade bodies work in close accord to write engine oil performance specs. But it is the lubricant side that assures ...

The European Commission opened an in-depth investigation into the planned merger of Polands two main oil companies, PKN Orlen and Lotos, to assess whe ...

Independent lubricants blender Fuchs Petrolub SE posted decreased profit and sales, and BPs lubricants business reported a slight decline in profit fo ...

Like others around the world, Russias lubricant market is shifting toward API Group II and Group III base oils, and a consultant predicts that this wi ...

ExxonMobil announced last week that it has increased low-viscosity polyalphaolefin production capacity at its Gravenchon, France, plant by 19 percent ...

Lukoil sold 875,000 metric tons of finished lubricants in 2018, up from 863,000 tons in 2017, according to the Russian companys latest performance rep ...

The non-profit organization that manages the recycling of used lubricants in Spain raised its subsidy for oil collection and rerefining by 17 percent ...

German lubricant and additive marketer Liqui Moly said problems with new software caused a sharp drop in earnings and are continuing to hamper the bus ...

Croda International Plc announced last week the acquisition of Rewitec GmbH, stating it aims to help the German additive supplier to expand. The compa ...

Inflation and declining consumer incomes would typically encourage online purchases of lubricants, where prices are normally cheaper. But a recent stu ...

Russian lubricant producers supplied 65 percent of heavy-duty engine oils used in the country in 2018, while foreign marketers and original equipment ...

Russian grease marketer Intesmo increased its output by 25 percent in 2018, according to Lukoil, a partner in the joint venture with state-owned rail ...

Russian lubricant companies are leaning in to plug the import substitution gap, and Rosneft is at the forefront of that effort. But will it bear fruit ...

Rosneft sold 84,000 metric tons of what it calls premium lubricants, up 21 percent from the year before, driven by an effort to displace imported and ...

Evonik announced yesterday it is expanding its production capacity for polyalkylmethacrylate-based viscosity modifiers by 15 percent to meet rising de ...

Chevron announced it has agreed for its Richmond, California, base oil plant to begin making API Group III oils that Finnish refiner Neste Corp. will ...