United Kingdom

Castrol Profits Surged in 4th Quarter

Castrol Profits Surged in 4th Quarter

Lube Report EMEA - February 13, 2024

BP reported a triple-digit increase in fourth-quarter profitability for its Castrol lubricants business and a slight imp ...

Vickers Opening Food-grade Lube Plant

Vickers Opening Food-grade Lube Plant

Lube Report EMEA - February 6, 2024

Vickers Oils announced it has built a lubricant blending plant in the Leeds, United Kingdom, area dedicated to productio ...

Millers Oil Profit Dropped in Fiscal 2022

Millers Oil Profit Dropped in Fiscal 2022

Lube Report EMEA - December 27, 2023

United Kingdom-based Millers Oil Ltd., manufacturer and independent blender of oils and lubricants, reported a 21% decli ...

Exol Earnings Fell in 2022

Exol Earnings Fell in 2022

Lube Report EMEA - November 28, 2023

United Kingdom-based blender Exol Lubricants Ltd. reported a 12% decline in net profit on a 25% rise in sales for full-y ...

Profits Up for Castrol, Down for Luberef

Profits Up for Castrol, Down for Luberef

Lube Report EMEA - November 7, 2023

BP reported that profit for its Castrol lubricants business rose 23% because of higher margins, and Luberef reported a 2 ...

Shell Acquires Transformer Fluid, Coolant Lines

Shell Acquires Transformer Fluid, Coolant Lines

Lube Report EMEA - October 10, 2023

Shell Lubricants acquired two product lines from United Kingdom-based M&I Materials Ltd. – one for synthetic and e ...

RS Clare Posts Jump in Profits

RS Clare Posts Jump in Profits

Lube Report EMEA - September 26, 2023

United Kingdom-based lubricant manufacturer RS Clare & Co. reported a 32% jump in profit and a 25% increase in reven ...

Berryman Takes Helm at VLS

Berryman Takes Helm at VLS

Lube Report EMEA - September 26, 2023

United Kingdom-based Verification of Lubricant Specifications announced Jacquie Berryman as its new chairperson, taking ...

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 ...

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 ...

Upholding Lubricant Standards

Upholding Lubricant Standards

Lubes'n'Greases - June 14, 2023

One United Kingdom-based organization is doing its part to ensure that lubricant standards are met or exceeded.

Slicker Acquires Waste Oil Collector Oil Monster

Slicker Acquires Waste Oil Collector Oil Monster

Lube Report EMEA - May 23, 2023

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

Profits Down for Castrol, Up for Luberef

Profits Down for Castrol, Up for Luberef

Lube Report EMEA - May 9, 2023

Citing higher costs, BP reported that profits for its Castrol Lubricants business fell 37% in the first quarter, while L ...

Haydale Develops Lubes for Particle Lab

Haydale Develops Lubes for Particle Lab

Lube Report EMEA - April 11, 2023

Haydale, a graphene and nanomaterial producer based in the United Kingdom, entered an agreement to develop graphene-base ...

Castrol Earnings Took Hit in Quarter, 2022

Castrol Earnings Took Hit in Quarter, 2022

Lube Report EMEA - February 7, 2023

BP reported today that profits for its Castrol lubricants business fell 32% in 2022 and dropped 67% in the fourth quarte ...

Castrol Invests in EV Batteries, Fluid Research

Castrol Invests in EV Batteries, Fluid Research

Lube Report EMEA - August 30, 2022

BP earlier this month announced plans to invest up to £50 million to build an electric vehicle battery testing center a ...

Earnings Decrease for Castrol, Conoil

Earnings Decrease for Castrol, Conoil

Lube Report EMEA - August 9, 2022

BP’s Castrol segment reported a decrease in underlying replacement cost before interest and taxes for the second quart ...