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Formulating in a Legislative Straitjacket

Formulating in a Legislative Straitjacket

LNG Magazine EMEA - May 27, 2020

Once the traumas of lost production and lost customers due to Covid-19 are over, metalworking fluid formulators will hav ...

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Clearing the Air

April 27, 2020

Air is an enemy of lubricants. One of a formulator’s major challenges is keeping out the entrained air caused by slidi ...

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Grease and Additive Mysteries Unfold

November 17, 2019

From carousels to wheel bearings to electric vehicle motors, grease keeps the world rotating on its axis. This makes pre ...

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Innovation Challenges for New Additive Components

November 17, 2019

Developing new additive components for lubricant applications is a challenging, risky and expensive process. These barri ...

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The Sticky Problem of Viscous Additives

November 17, 2019

Almost the entire lubricant industry is moving toward lower viscosity fluids. But in some additive package components, m ...

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Everyone’s Business

March 18, 2019

Trevor Gauntlett celebrates the International Year of the Periodic Table.

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Chasing the Holy Grail of Additives

February 18, 2019

The search for an elusive additive that promises extreme pressure, antiwear and friction reduction in either water or oi ...

Stretching the Sinews of Innovation

Stretching the Sinews of Innovation

December 11, 2018

Derived from animal remains, gelatin has been used for centuries in a variety of applications. Now it has found its way ...

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Base Oil Report

October 22, 2018

David Wedlock shines a light on an oft-forgotten piece of the additive puzzle: base oil.

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Last Word

September 19, 2018

Simon Johns paints a picture of lubricants color.

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Slow Growth for the Lubricant Additives Market

September 16, 2016

Demand for lubricant additives is expected to grow at just 1.5 percent annually by 2019.

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Who Is Number One?

July 20, 2016

LubesnGreases EMEA has surveyed the industry to determine the Top 20 lubricant suppliers and the Top 10 additive supplie ...

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Last Word

June 21, 2016

Mark Townsend reports on the influence of additive companies in setting specification requirements.

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Improving the Lapping Process

February 17, 2016

Lapping is a highly precise metal removal process that produces extremely flat surfaces with very low roughness. Additiv ...

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Globalization Challenges Industrial Lube Suppliers

December 14, 2015

Globalization in the raw materials and additives markets is having a significant impact on lubricant manufacturing compa ...

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Determining the Best Grease Additives

August 13, 2015

Statistical tools such as test modeling are invaluable in quickly and efficiently understanding the effects of additives ...

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Imports Dominate Russian Additives Market

October 21, 2014

The Russian additives market amounted to around 56,000 tons in 2013 and was ruled by imported products. The countrys lub ...