Volume 4 Issue 2
VLS Files Complaint Against Mannol
January 12, 2021A watchdog of the United Kingdom’s lubricant market has lodged a complaint against a German marketer, contending that it promoted one of its engine oils as meeting mutually exclusive performance claims and then refused to provide documentation of its performance.
EU Extends Group II Import Quota
January 12, 2021A year after its initial implementation, the European Union has extended for six more months its duty and 200,000 metric ton quota on imports of API Group II base stocks.
Fuchs’ Results Fell in 2020
January 12, 2021Fuchs Group issued a preliminary report yesterday showing a 7% decline in sales revenue for 2020 and a bit smaller decline in earnings before interest and tax – better than the independent lubricant marketer said it expected for a difficult year.
Briefly Noted
January 12, 2021Through a share exchange transaction, Boca Raton, Florida-based aerospace technology holding company Xeriant will acquire a significant interest in Xeriant Europe s.r.o., its alliance partner in Prague, Czech Republic. The alliance partner company’s technologies include nanofilm lubricants, and it owns the Xeri brand of environmentally safe lubricant products.