North America

United States operating wind power capacity grew 9.5 percent in 2019 to almost 105,600 megawatts, while power purchase agreements between utilities an ...

The Canadian government decreed this month that it will permit 9-octadecenoic acid (Z)- compound with (Z)-N-9-octadecenyl-1,3-propanediamine to be use ...

Base oil trade through the U.S. border city of Brownsville, Texas, is booming, thanks to growing demand in Mexico and a lack of supply base in that co ...

Vehicle sales for last year were up in Brazil and Colombia but down in Mexico, Argentina and Chile, according to data from a variety of automotive ass ...

Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Phillips 66 and several smaller blenders notified United States customers of impending finished lubricant price increases ...

Automotive sales in the United States for 2019 are expected to reach just above 17 million, down around 1 percent, according to companies that track d ...

Wax Industry Feels Pressure

January 22, 2020

As the trade war between Washington and Beijing continues, the United States paraffin-based wax industry is feeling pressure as sales dip and alternat ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners will undertake a slew of initiatives to lift its lubricating oils and finished lubricants business as part of an o ...

A new engine oil standard that takes effect in Mexico in mid-2020 should help promote fair competition in the country's lubricants industry, an indust ...

Specialty chemicals manufacturer Vertellus acquired Denham Springs, Louisiana-based Bercen Chemicals, a lubricant additives and alkyl succinic anhydri ...

The next heavy-duty engine oil category in North America is not expected for seven years, and industry insiders worry that test hardware for existing ...

The world's two leading engine oil specification groups have developed a closer working relationship in recent years, which will enable new developmen ...

The National Automobile Dealers Association forecasted sales of 16.8 million new cars and light trucks in the United States for 2020, down slightly fr ...

The future of Mexico's state-run base oil plant will be troubled if the government continues to ignore investing in the aging structure, industry anal ...

The Mexican government is preparing to publish new national engine oil standards that are modeled on those in the United States and which would replac ...

United States wind operations and annual maintenance spending is expected to increase by 50 percent from 2018 to more than $7.5 billion by 2030, accor ...

Aerospace Lubricants is nearing completion on an expansion to add 10 million pounds of grease production capacity at its plant in Columbus, Ohio, to h ...

Get Spiffy Gets YLL

November 20, 2019

Get Spiffy Inc. acquired Your Location Lubrication, adding a high-volume oil change system to its fleet management service offering and uniting two co ...

A joint venture between Japanese grease maker Kyodo Yushi and its American partner Lubrication Engineers began operating a new grease plant in Wichita ...

The Fuchs Group acquired Zimmark Inc., a Canadian company offering services in the lubricants and chemicals process management space, effective Nov. 1 ...