Volume 10 Issue 37

ACFC Opens Hydraulic Fluid Blending Plant in Texas

America Clean Fuel Corp.’s new blending plant in New Caney, Texas, will begin operations in a month.

Blue Water Bids $10 Billion for Citgo

An acquisition company made the winning U.S.$10 billion bid for the beleaguered ex-Venezuelan refiner Citgo.

Protest at Lube Company Over Deadly Accident

Labor organizations and social activists staged a protest outside a lubricant company where three workers were killed and one was injured during maintenance on a waste oil tank, Indian media reported. The protesters demanded compensation for the families of the men and improvements to standards to protect workers’ safety. On Sunday, a worker entered the tank for maintenance. After he stopped responding to colleagues, two others went to retrieve him but they too appeared to lose consciousness. ...

Chinese Boring Machines Demand High-quality Greases

China’s expanding transportation infrastructure projects will boost demand for grease-consuming boring machines.

Briefly Noted

The European Lubricating Grease Institute has appointed a new association management company to administer its ongoing work on the technical, economic, ecological and legislative issues surrounding lubricating grease in Europe. Celesta Maas, representing Lejeune Association Management, will head up daily operations and event planning for the 36-year-old technical association. In 2024, ELGI relocated to The Hague from Amsterdam after the retirement of longtime office manager Carol Koopman, a fami...