Volume 10 Issue 22
Loopholes in EU Deforestation Law Threaten Esters Manufacturers
May 28, 2025Europe’s oleochemicals industry is urging lawmakers in Brussels to widen the scope of the European Union Deforestation Regulation.
Fuchs’ New Brazil Plant Signals Latin America Push
May 28, 2025Fuchs Petrolub SE, the German lubricants manufacturer, is investing more than 220 million Brazilian real (U.S.$39 million) to construct a blending facility in Sorocaba, according to media reports. The company believes the project will helbe a springboard to expand across Latin America and double its share of the Brazilian market. Initial activities at the site, such as labelling and filling lines, are scheduled to begin in 2025. Full-scale operations are expected by 2030. The facility will event...
Ethanolamines Plant in Nanjing Back on in May
May 28, 2025Operations at the joint BASF-Sinopec ethanolamines plant in Nanjing are expected to resume at the end of May.
Zuber Issa Buys into UK Oil Brand Duckhams
May 28, 2025A supermarket magnate acquired a strategic equity stake in Duckhams, the 125-year-old British lubricants brand.
Lubricating the Burgeoning Space Industry
May 28, 2025The space industry is burgeoning, and it offers opportunities to tribologists and lubrication researchers who want to play a role in humanity’s exploration of the extraterrestrial.
Briefly Noted
May 28, 2025Specialty chemical company Pilot Chemical and low-crabon base oil company Novvi entered into an exclusive partnership to introduce biobased alpha olefin sulfonate surfactants into the U.S. market. Pilot will be the sole distributor of Novvi’s CalCare AOS biobased alpha olefin sulfonates across several applications.
Transformer oil company Redox acquired Molekulis Pty Ltd and Molekulis Limited, solidifying its position in the Australian and New Zealand transformer and speciality oils markets. Molekulis is headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, and operates a transformer oil regeneration facility in New Zealand.
TotalEnergies has expanded up the geographic scope of its new range of engine oils that meet API SQ and ILSAC GF-7 specifications to include Asia Pacific and the Middle East. The range includes Quartz 9000 Future FGC 5W-30, Quartz 9000 Future GF-7 0W-20/5W-30 and Quartz 7000 Future GF-7 5W-30.