Volume 3 Issue 27
Grim Outlook Given for Industry
July 1, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has caused serious damage to lubricants markets around the world, but the bigger problem could be the length of time it takes the industry to emerge from the crisis, according to speakers at a webinar hosted by Lubes’n’Greases.
North American Grease Production Slips
July 1, 2020North American production of lubricating greases seems to have dipped from 2018 to 2019, according to a survey by the United States-based National Lubricating Grease Institute.
YPF Distributes Chevron Base Oils
July 1, 2020Chevron Products Co. announced a base oil distribution agreement with Argentine energy company YPF S.A., adding its second API Group II base oil hub in South America.
Briefly Noted
July 1, 2020University of California, Merced Professor Ashlie Martini and her tribology lab, along with collaborators at the University of Nevada, Reno, and private company Nanotech, will spend the next three years using experimental and computational methods to understand room-temperature ionic liquid mechanisms. Under the National Science Foundation-supported project, they will look for the best ways to produce ionic liquid lubricants and evaluate their performance and biodegradability.