WD-40 Posts Higher Profits

January 17, 2018

WD-40 Co. reported net income of $12.6 million for the quarter ending Nov. 30, a 6.8 percent increase from a year earlier.

ASTM Passenger Car Panel Gets New Leader

January 17, 2018

General Motors Angela Willis has succeeded Valvolines Thom Smith as chairman of the Passenger Car Engine Oil Classification Panel, the first time an OEM stakeholder...

SSY Base Oil Shipping Report

January 17, 2018

U.S. rates to Asia are shooting up, but are stable to other destinations. Europe is more active on all fronts compared to last week, while...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

January 17, 2018

A majority of paraffinic and naphthenic base oil producers initiated price increases, with Calumet, HollyFrontier, Paulsboro, PetroCanada and Avista joining the group of suppliers who...

From Other Editions of Lube Report

January 10, 2018

Lukoil Lube Sales Grew in 2017Challenges, Opportunities Seen in Western EuropeKH Neochem Plans Refrigeration Oil Additives Plant

Lubricants Group Ballots SN Plus

January 10, 2018

The American Petroleum Institutes Lubricants Group closed its ballot on SN Plus Dec. 29, with a healthy majority voting to adopt the supplemental category, industry...

Coolants Plus Acquires Scot

January 10, 2018

Coolants Plus, the marketer of Starfire brand lubricants, announced last week that it had purchased Scot Lubricants Inc., giving the company its first blending and...

Grease Research Earns NLGI Grant

January 10, 2018

A scientific investigation into the mysteries of lubricating grease degradation and entropy has been awarded the NLGI Research Grant for 2017, the National Lubricating Grease...

Briefly Noted

January 10, 2018

Chugoku Kogyo Co. Ltd. of Hiroshima will distribute Grundy Center, Iowa-based Environmental Lubricants Manufacturing Inc.s biobased grease and lubricants in Japan. The Automotive Oil Change...

SSY Base Oil Shipping Report

January 10, 2018

Markets in Asia, Europe and the United States all got off to a fairly sedate start to the year. Encouraging signs have been seen on...