Europe

Earnings Rise for Fuchs, Luberef

Earnings Rise for Fuchs, Luberef

Lube Report EMEA - August 1, 2023

Fuchs SE reported a 10% increase in net profit on 7% greater sales revenue for the second quarter, citing continued impa ...

Eurasian Union Updates Technical Regulation

Eurasian Union Updates Technical Regulation

Lube Report EMEA - August 1, 2023

The Eurasian Economic Union of former Soviet republics updated its technical regulation for lubricants, oils and special ...

Chinese Cars Won’t Affect Russia’s Lube Market

Chinese Cars Won’t Affect Russia’s Lube Market

Lube Report EMEA - July 25, 2023

Russia imported 227,000 passenger cars in the first half of 2023 – more than tripling the amount in the same period la ...

Germany Lube Demand Falls in April

Germany Lube Demand Falls in April

Lube Report EMEA - July 25, 2023

Germany’s demand for finished lubricants fell 21% in April, the second straight month with a decrease of 20% or more, ...

Lube Consumption in France Dips Again

Lube Consumption in France Dips Again

Lube Report EMEA - July 25, 2023

Finished lubricant demand in France dipped in May by 14%, according to data released last week by the Paris-based Profes ...

How Green Was My Valley?

How Green Was My Valley?

Lubes'n'Greases - July 20, 2023

Ireland is falling short of its sustainability goals, but changes to livestock populations may help to tilt the scales.

Belarus Additives Joint Venture Expands

Belarus Additives Joint Venture Expands

Lube Report EMEA - July 18, 2023

Additech, a lubricant additive joint venture between the Russian and Belarus oil majors Lukoil and Naftan, expanded its ...

Romanian Official Speculates About Lukoil Exit

Romanian Official Speculates About Lukoil Exit

Lube Report EMEA - July 11, 2023

After it sold a refinery in Italy, a Romanian official speculated recently that Russian oil major Lukoil could sell its ...

EU Takes Input on Chlorinated Paraffin Proposal

EU Takes Input on Chlorinated Paraffin Proposal

Lube Report EMEA - July 11, 2023

Aug. 14 is the deadline for comments on a European Chemicals Agency draft opinion on a proposal to restrict medium-chain ...

France Lubricant Demand Down in March

France Lubricant Demand Down in March

Lube Report EMEA - July 5, 2023

France’s finished lubricant consumption fell 13% to 45,297 metric tons in March, pushing demand for the first quarter ...

Slicker Buys Waste Oil Collector Monster

Slicker Buys Waste Oil Collector Monster

Lube Report EMEA - July 5, 2023

Waste oil collector Slicker Recycling Ltd. acquired competitor Oil Monster for an undisclosed sum in mid-May. The purcha ...

TAIF Plant Now Makes Esters, Polyalkylene Glycol

TAIF Plant Now Makes Esters, Polyalkylene Glycol

Lube Report EMEA - July 5, 2023

Russia’s only polyalphaolefins complex now can also produce polyalkylene glycols and complex esters, after completing ...

Russian Motor Group Complains of Lube Shortage

Russian Motor Group Complains of Lube Shortage

Lube Report EMEA - July 4, 2023

A Russian motorist group complained to the central government last week that the country faces a growing shortage of aut ...

VLS Gets Action on Non-compliant Gear Oils

VLS Gets Action on Non-compliant Gear Oils

Lube Report EMEA - June 27, 2023

United Kingdom-based Verification of Lubricant Specifications announced the resolution of three cases in which it identi ...

Motul, Valvoline Top Poland Motor Oil Survey

Motul, Valvoline Top Poland Motor Oil Survey

Lube Report EMEA - June 27, 2023

Motul and Valvoline were the top-rated brands in Poland last year according to a survey conducted throughout the year by ...

European Grease Output Nearly Steady in 2022

European Grease Output Nearly Steady in 2022

Lube Report EMEA - June 27, 2023

European grease production declined slightly in 2022, dipping less than a third of one percent compared to the prior yea ...

Poland May Exempt Recyclers from Licensing

Poland May Exempt Recyclers from Licensing

Lube Report EMEA - June 20, 2023

As part of an effort to combat illicit trade and tax dodging, Poland’s government plans to begin requiring licenses fo ...

Germany Lube Demand Tumbles in March

Germany Lube Demand Tumbles in March

Lube Report EMEA - June 20, 2023

German lubricant demand fell 24% in March, a second consecutive month of declines following two months of healthy gains. ...