Volume 10 Issue 17
Poland Market Shrank Again in 2024
April 23, 2025Poland’s lubricants market contracted in 2024 for a third consecutive year, despite broader signs of economic recovery, as uneven demand across key segments weighed heavily on performance.
Dumping Case May Require Upfront Set-aside
April 23, 2025Importers of finished lubricants from Lithuania and the United Arab Emirates could have to pay a substantial guarantee against extra duty on goods, according to the U.K. Trade Remedies Authority’s provisional determination on lubricant dumping released last week. The only company mentioned in the investigation that imports from these two countries is Lubriage, the exclusive distributor of Mannol products in the U.K and the Republic of Ireland. The TRA wrote that imported finished lubricants un...
Quaker Houghton Partners with Idemitsu, PLI
April 23, 2025Quaker Houghton last week entered partnerships with two giants of the lubricant industry’s Asian giants – Petronas Lubricants International and Idemitsu Kosan.
Lubrizol Gets China’s GB D1 Standard
April 23, 2025Lubrizol CV1150 heavy duty motor oil additive package meets China’s GB D1 specification for heavy duty engines.
Oleon Pushes Further into Cooling Business
April 23, 2025After rigorous testing, U.S.-based cooling innovation company Airsys has approved Belgian bio-based oleochemicals company Oleon’s plant-derived Qloe for use in Airsys’s LiquidRack system. Data centers are feeling ever-greater pressure on their cooling systems’ thermal management capabilities. Crypto currency mining, artificial intelligence, edge computing and high-density processors demand evermore power and generate more heat. Liquid cooling is the likely to be the dominant solution. The ...
Briefly Noted
April 23, 2025Used engine oil is typically burned for heat, recycled into vehicle fuel or rerefined into base oil. But in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Abdulkarim Mwajasi realized it can be made into an effective treatment for urinary tract infections. UTIs affect around 250 million people per year globally, mostly women, children and the elderly, making them the second-most common infection, according to the Lancet. Mwajasi discovered that sulfur in used engine oil could be harnessed to kill bacteria. His product, called UTI Vector, was deemed safe by the Government Chemist Laboratory Authority.
Stellantis’ automotive parts and service network Eurorepar acquired new approvals for its Premium Sun SAE 5W-30 engine oil. The latest approval is Stellantis FPW9.55535/03, which covers the 1.5 BlueHDi (DV5R), 1.2 EB Turbo (Gen I, II, III, and IV) and the DW12RU, found in Peugeot, Citroën, DS, Opel and Vauxhall models, according to a press release.
Valvoline Inc.’s acquisition of Breeze Autocare from Greenbriar Equity Group is nearing the closing stages. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission requested more information to complete the regulatory review. Valvoline says it will close the transaction in the second half of the year.